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INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



Tube, 103. 



Tuber, ISO. 



Tuberiferous ; bearing tubers. 



Tuberous, 147. 



Tubular, 103. 



Tunicated, 178, a. 



Turbiuate ; shaped like a top. 



Turgid ; swollen. 



Umbel, 302, a. 



Umbellet, 305, a. 



Umbilicate ; depressed in the centre. 



Unarmed, 235, 7. 



Uncinate ; hooked at the end. 



Undulate; Avavy. 



Unquis ; the claw, as of a petal. 



Unilateral ; one-sided. 



Uu-icle, 116, 8. 



Valvate, 108, 1. 

 Valves, 115. 

 Varieties, 51. 

 Vascular tissue, 33. 

 Vasculares, 47. 

 Vasifonn tissue, 32. 



Vegetable physiology, 3. 



Vegetable kingdom, Variety of, 13. 



Vegetation, its diffusion, 1^, a. 



Veins, 228. 



Veinlets, 228. Veinulets, 228. 



Velvety ; clothed with a dense, soft pub- 

 escence. 



Venation, 226. 



Ventral, 84. 



Vernation, 216. 



Verticillaster, 309. 



Verticillate, 218, 4. 



Vescicular ; bladder}^ 



Vexillary, lOS, 6. 



Vexillum, 105, 5. 



ViUose ; villous ; clothed with long hairs. 



Vine, 187. 



Viscid ; clammy, sticky. 



Vittae ; receptacles of secretion in the 

 seed of Umbelliferge. 



Wlioried, 175. 



Winded, 222, 2. 



Wood, 201, 202. 



Woody tissue, or fibre, 30. 



ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGNS, 



OFTEN USED IN DESCRIPTIVE BOTANY. 



ach. achenia. 

 test, aestivation. 

 alter, alternate. 

 amjdex. amplexicauL 

 aiith. anthei*. 

 axill. axillary. 

 cal. calyx. 

 caps, capsule. 

 cor. corolla. 

 decid. deciduous. 

 diam. diameter. 

 ellip. elliptical. 

 eniarg. emarginate. 

 epig. epigynous. 

 /. or ft. feet. 



Jil. filaments. 



fl. flovi'er ; Jls. flowers. 



fr. fruit. 



lul. head ; hds. heads. 



hyp. hypogynous. 



imbr. imbricate. 



inf. inferior. 



invol. involucre. 



irreg. irregular. 



leg. legume. 



//; leaf; Ivs. leaves. 



Ifts. leaflets. 



lorn, loment. 



opp. opposite. 



ova. ovary. 



ped. peduncle. 

 pet. petals. 

 perig. perigynous. 

 perig. perigynium. 

 recep. receptacle. 

 reg. regular. 

 rliiz. rhizoma. 

 rt. root. 

 sds. seeds. 

 seg. segments. 

 sep. 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 folloioing Signs are also i7t general ii^e : — 



(i) An annual plant. 



© A biennial plant. 



% A perennial herb. 



h A plant with a woody stem. 



cf A staminate flower or plant. 



$ A pistillate flower or plant. 



