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INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



Tube, 103. 



Tuber, ISO. 



Tuberiferous ; bearing tubers. 



Tuberous, 147. 



Tubular, 103. 



Tunicated, 178, a. 



Turbinate ; shaped like a top. 



Turgid; swollen. 



Umbel, 302, a. 



Umbellet, 30.5, a. 



Umbilicate ; depressed in the centre. 



Unarmed, 235, 7. 



Uncinate ; hooked at the end. 



Undulate; wavy. 



Unquis; the cla'w, as of a petal. 



Unilateral ; one-sided. 



Utricle, 116, 8. 



Valvate, 108, 1. 



Valves, 115. 



Varieties, 51. 



Vascular tissue, 33. •' 



Vasculares, 47. 



Vasifomi tissue, 32. 



Vegetable physiologj', 3. 



Vegetable kingdom, variety of, 13. 



Vegetation, its diflusion, 14, a. 



Veins, 228. 



Veinlets, 228. Veinulets, 228. 



Velvety ; clothed with a dense, soft pub 



escence. 

 Venation, 226. 

 Ventral, 84. 

 Vernation, 216. 

 Verticillaster, 309. 

 VerticUlate, 218, 4. 

 Vescicular; bladdery. 

 Vexillary, 108, 6. 

 Vexillum, 105, 5. 



ViUose ; vQlous ; clothed with long hairs. 

 Vine, 1S7. 



Viscid ; clammy, sticky. 

 Vittse ; receptacles or secretion in tha 



seed of UmbeUiferse. 



Whoried, 175. 

 Winged, 222, 2. 

 Wood, 201, 202. 

 Woody tissue, or fibre, 30. 



ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGNS, 



OFTEN USED IN DESCRIPTIVE BOTANY. 



e,ch. achenia. 

 eBst. estivation. 

 otter, alternate. 

 ampleX: amplexicaul. 

 anth. anther. 

 axill. axillary. 

 cal. calyx. 

 caps, capsule. 

 cor. corolla. 

 decid. deciduous. 

 diam. diameter. 

 ellip. elliptical. 

 emarff. emarginate. 



/• 



Tjiig: epi 

 f. or ft. 



Jigynous. 

 feet. 



Jil. filaments. 



fl. flower; Jls. flowers. 



Jr. fruit. 



hd. head ; /ids. heads. 



kyp. hypogynous. 



imSr. imbricate. 



i/iy. inferior. 



invol. involucre. 



irreg. irregular. 



leg. legume. 



If. leaf; Ivs. leaves. 



Ifts, leaflets. 



lorn, loment. 



opp. opposite. 



ova. ovary. 



ped. peduncle. 

 pet. petals. 

 2>eng. perigynous. 

 perig. perigynium. 

 recej). receptacle. 

 reg. regular. 

 rliiz. rhizoma. 

 rt. root. 

 sds. seeds. 

 seg. segments. 

 se}). sepals. 

 St. stem. 

 sta. stamens. 

 stig. stigmas. 

 sty. styles. 



The names of the vionths, and of states and countries, are often abbreviated, and 

 always in the same manner as in other works ; thus, Apr. April ; Jn. June ; Mass. 

 Massachusetts ; N. Y. New York ; la. or Ind., Indiana, &c. 



The following Signs are also in general tise : — 



© An annual plant 



© A biennial plant. 



% A perennial herb. 



h A plant with a woody stem. 



d" A staminate flower or plant. 



9 A pistillate flower or plant. 



