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Verticillus, A species of inflorescence, in which the flowers 



grow in whorles, Ex. Lythrum, Class xi. Order 1 . 

 Vesicula. A little bladder. 



Vesicularis scahrities. A kind of glandular roughness, resem- 

 bling Ve.siculae. 

 Vexilium. A standard, the upright petal of a papilionaceous 



flower. 

 Villosus caulis. A stalk covered with soft hairs. 

 Virgatus caulis. A stalk shooting out ; a slender, straight 



branch or rod. 

 Viscidum folium. A leaf whose sursace is clammy. 

 Viscositas, glewy, clammy. 

 Uliginosa loca. Boggy places. 

 Umbella. An umbel, as the sticks of an umbrella. 

 Umbellatus Jlos. An umbellatcd flower, as Cicuta virosa, 



Class v. Order 2. Butomus, Class ix. &c. 

 Umbellula. A little umbel. 

 Umbilicatum folium. A peltate leaf, shaped like a navel, at 



the insertion of the foot-stalk. Ex. Cyamus Nelumbo. 



PI. 3. 

 Uneinatum stigma. A hooked stigma. 

 Undatum folium. A waved leaf, whose surface rises and falls 



in waves towards the margin, as Rheum undulatum, &c. 

 Undulata corolla. A flower whose petals are waved. 

 Unguis. A nail or claw, that part of a petal which is joined to 



the receptaculum. 

 Unicus flos. One flower. 

 Unicus radix. A single root. 

 Uniflorus pedunculus. One flower on a foot-stalk. 

 Unilateralis racemus. A bunch of flowers growing on one 



side. 

 Universalis umbella. An universal umbel. 

 Volva. The calyx* of the fungi. Ex. Class xxiv. Order 4. 

 Volubilis caulis. A twinins; stalk. Ex. Class viii. Order 3. 



