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Turbinatum pericarpium. A kind of pod, narrow at the base 

 and broad at the apex, as the Shepherd's Purse. Ex. in the 

 Plate illustrating the Class and Orders of Class xv. 



Turgidum legumen. Swollen, puffed out, as in Ononis. 



Turio. The young buds, or shoots of Pines. 



Vaginales. Sheathed, a natural Order of plants inthe Frag- 



menta methodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 

 Vaginans/o/iuirc. A leaf like a sheath, whose base infolds the 



stem. 

 Valvula. A valve partition of the external cover of that sort 

 of pericarpium called capsula. 



Vegetabilia. One of the three kingdoms of nature. 



Venosum folium. The veins which run over the whole sur- 

 face of a leaf. 



Ventricosa spica. A spike narrowing at each extremity, and 

 bellying out in the middle. 



Ventriculosus calyx. A calyx bellying out in the middle, but 

 not in so great a degree as Ventricosus. 



Vepreculae. Briars or brambles, a natural Order of plants in 

 the Fragmenta methodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 



Verucosa capsula. A capsula having little knobs or warts on 

 its surface. 



Versatilis anthera. When the anthera is fixed by the middle 

 on the point of the filament, and so poised as to turn like 

 the needle of a Compass, as in the common Lily. 



Verticalia folia. Leaves so situated that their base is perpendi- 

 cular above the apex. 



Verticillati rami, fores. Branches and flowers, surrounding 

 the stem, like the spokes of a wheel. 



Verticillatae. A natural Order of plants in the Fragmenta me- 

 thodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 



