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Ore sun's apparent motion, as in Hops, 

 Honeysuckle, Black Bryony, &c. Or 

 from left to right with the sun, as in Con- 

 volvulus, Baa/lii, Phaseolus, Cynanchc,. 

 Euphorbia, Eupatorium. 



Vagima. A sheath, or membrane in\est- 

 ing a stem. 



Vaginales. The name of the twenty-se^. 

 venth order in Linneus's Fragments- of a 

 Natural Method in his Phil's. Bot. 



Valva. A valve, valvelet, or valvule. 



Vaulted. Arched like the roof of the 

 mouth. 



Venosum. Veined. 



YjpTRlCOslTS. Bellied. Distended. Swell- 

 ing out in the middle. 



Veprecul.c (from Fepres, . b ier.) The 

 name of the fifty-fourth order in Lin- 

 neus's Fiagmen ts, and of the thirty-first 

 in his Natural Orders. 



Verrucosa. Waned. Having little I nobs 

 or warts on the surface. 



Verticillus. A sort ofinflorescence made 

 up of many s'ubsessile flowers surround- 

 ing the sum in a ring. 



Yerticillata. Verticillate plants. These 

 are included m the fifty-eighth order of 

 Linneus's Fragments, and the forty- se- 

 cond of his Natural Ordi is. I.i the Ar- 

 tificial System, they form the order Oj/m- 

 7W?pe/ nii a of the Glass Didi/namia. 



Vesicularis Vesicular or bladder} rug- 

 gedness Having little glands like blad- 

 ders on the suriace. 



Vexih um, Standard or banner. 



Villous. Villose. Pubescent or covered 

 with soft hairs. 



Vi.Mii: A bending- twig or wythe ; slen- 

 der and flexible, fis for binding. 



Virgvius A rod-like or wand-like stem 

 or branch. 



Virgui.tum. Small twigs or brushwood. 



Viscidum A visi id or clammy leaf 



Viscositas Viscidity or clamminess. 



Vivip.^rn. A viviparous plant orsiein 

 Producing its offspring alive ; either by 

 bulbs instead of seeds; or by the seeds 

 then. -eves g< rmii ating on the plant, in- 

 stead ot failing as they usuall. do. 



N. B. The tuiegoing explanations have been ex 



Umbella. An umlxl. Withering trans- 

 lates it the rundle. A receptacle stretch- 

 ing out into filiform proportioned pe- 

 des from the same centre. 



UmbellaTjE. The name of the twenty- 

 second order in Linneus's Fragments ; 

 an ! of the forty- fifth in his Natural Or- 

 ders. Included in the second order of 

 the fifth class, in the Artificial System. 

 This order is called by Ray and others 

 / 'inlieL'i/o'ce ; by Caesalpinus Ftfulacea. 



Umbellula. An umbellivle or umbellet. 

 The same with the partial umbel. 



Umbilicus. The navel. Used for the" ca- 

 vity at the end of some fruits opposite to 

 the foot-staik. 



Unarmed Without thorns or prickles. 



Uncinatus. Uncinate. Hooked at the 

 end. 



Undatus, Undulatua. Waved. The sur- 

 face rising and falling in waves, or ob- 

 tusely ; not in angles-. 



Unguiculaibm petalum. A petal with a 

 claw. 



Unguis. A claw. The base of the petal 

 in a polvpetalous corolla. 



Ungul.ata. Hoof-shapedi 



UmfloroS. A one-flowered peduncle. 



U NlLA Bi ata. One- lipped. 



Volva. The membranaceous calyx of r.-. 

 fungus. 



Vc-Lt Bii.is Twining. 



i i i oi.ATrs. Pitcher-shaped. 



Urens. Stinging, or armed with sting". 



Wedge-shaped leaf. Having the longitu- 

 dinal diameter exceeding the transverse 

 one, and narrowing gradually downwards, 



Wheh.-shaped corolla. Rotata. Mono- 

 petalous, and expanded flat without any 

 tube. 



Wings. Ala;. The two side petals in a 

 papilionaceous corolla. Also, meti-- 

 branes affixed to the seed. 



Winged petiole. Having a thin membrane 

 or border on each side ; or, dilated oc 

 the sides; as in Orange. 



Woolly. Lanatus. Clothed with a pube 

 scence resembling wool. 



Writhed. Twisted very much 



traded from Dr. Martyn's Language of Botany. 



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