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Umbelliferous. Bearing umbels, 

 Unarmed Without thorns or prickles. 

 Uncinate. Hooked. 

 Unctuosus. Greasy, oily. 



Undulate. Waving serpentine, gently rising and fa.hng. 

 Unguis. A claw. 

 Unguiculate. Inserted by a claw. 

 Uniflorus. One flowered. 

 Unicus. Single. 



Unilateral. Growing on one side. 



Urceolate. Swelling in the middle, and contracted at the top m the 

 form of a pitcher. 



V. 



Valves. The parts of a seed vessel into which it finally separates, also 

 the leaves which make up a glume or spatha. 



Variety. A subdivision of a species distinguished by character which 

 are not permanent; varieties do not with certainty produce their 

 kind by their seed. All apples are but varieties of one species ; if 

 the seeds of a sour apple be planted, perhaps some will produce 

 sweet apples. 



Vaulted. Arched over ; with a concave covering. 



Veined. Having the divisions of the petiole irregularly branched on 

 the under side of the leaf. 



Ven'tricose. Swelled out. See Inflated. 



Vernal. Appearing in the spring. 



Ver'rucose. Warty, covered with little protuberances. 



Vertical. Perpendicular. 



Verticil' late. Whorled, having leaves or flowers in a circle round th 

 stem. 



Vesic'ular. Made up of cellular substance. 



Vesper' tine. Flowers opening in the evening. 



Vil'lous. Hairy, the hairs long and soft. 



Viola' ccous. Violet coloured. 



Vires'cens. Inclining to green. 



Vir'gate. Long and slender. Wandlike. 



Vir'idis. Green. 



Virgul'tum. A small twig. 



Vi'rose. Nauseous to the smell ; poisonous. 



Viscid. Thick, glutinous, covered with adhesive moisture. 



Vitel'lus. Called also the yolk of the seed ; it is between the albumen 

 and embryo. 



Vit'reus. Glassy. 



Vivip'arcus. Producing others by means of bulbs or seeds germina- 

 ting while yet on the old plant. 



Vul'neranj, (from vulnus, a wound,) medicines wLich heals wounds. 



W. 



Wedge-form. Shaped like a wedge, rounded at the large end, obovate 

 with straitish sides. 



