TRIANDRIA, the third class of vegetables, comprehending those her- 

 maphrodite plants which have 3 stamina : plate 1, fig. 3. 



TRICHOTOMOUS, cloven into three, 3-forkcd. . 



TRICUSPIDATE, ending in three poinds. 



TRIDACTILOUS, having three toes or claws. 



TRIGYNIA, having three styles. 



TKIOEClAj the third order of plants in the class polygamia, containing 

 such as have hermaphrodite, male, and female Mowers, each on a 

 distmdt plant. 



TROCHANTERS, oblong moveable appendages placed at the base of 

 of the thighs, near the thorax, in some inserts ; as the carabus kind. 



TRUNCATE, cut abruptly oft at the end. 



TUNICATE, composed of numerous concentric coats, as the bulb of 

 an onion : plate 2, fig. 7. 



TURBINATE, shaped like a top, or pear. 



VENTRICOSE, inflated, swelling in the middle. ^ 



VESICULAR, having small vessels on the surface, or composed of 



small distindt vessels. 

 VILLOUS, clothed with soft hair. 

 VIRG'^TE, wand-like, or rod-like. 

 VITRESCENT, fusible into glass by the action of fire. 

 UMBEL, a kind of inflorescence where the frudihcation is supported 



on several slender stalks all from the same centre : plate 7, lig. 5. 

 UMBELLATE, a partial umbel : plale7^ %• 5, a. 

 UMBILICATii, having a depression in the centre like a naveL 

 UMBONATE, bossed, having a raised knob in the centre. 

 UNDULATE, having a waved surface. 

 UNGULATE, shaped like a horse's hoof. 



VOLVF, the curtain or ruflie of a fungus : plate 1, fig. 24, B, d, 

 URCEOLATE, swelling in the middle like a pitcher. 



WATTLES, the fleshy appendages at the sides of the lower mandible 



in some birds. 

 WHORL, the position of a part all round that to which it is attached : 



plate 3, f. &, b. \ he spire or mass of circles at the top of shells. 

 WING-COVERTS, the feathers covering the wings of birds: Birds, 



fig. 1, b. c. 

 WING-SPOT, the coloured shining spot on the anterior margijas of 



the wings of some birds. 



ERRATA in the LIFE. 



f» a3, 1. iS, for Immedi read immediate. P« 3i» ^ i^* for ftruft read ftruclf» 

 f* ^7* 1« I, for pofeffe4 read poffefled. p. 41, i. 15, for bercvi read brevi. 



p: 41, if zoj for geiiuice read geneiici 



