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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, 305, a. 



Umbilicate ; depressed in the centre. 



Unarmed, 235, 7. 



Uncinate ; hooked at the end. 



Undulate ; wavy. 



Unquis ; the claw, as of a petal. 



Unilateral; one-sided. 



Utricle, 116, 8. 



Valvate, 108, 1. 

 Valves, 115. 

 Varieties, 51. 

 Vascular tissue, 33. 

 Vasculares, 47. 

 Vasiform tissue, 32. 



Vegetable physiology, 3. 



Vegetable kingdom, variety of, 13. 



Vegetation, its diffusion, 14, a. 



Veins, 228. 



Veinlets, 228. Veinulets, 228. 



Velvety ; clothed with a dense, soft pub- 

 escence. 



Venation, 226. 



Ventral, 84. 



Vernation, 216. 



Verticilla.ster, 309. 



VerticiUate, 218, 4. 



Vescicular; bladdery. 



Vexillary, 108, 6. 



Vexillum, 105, 5. 



ViUose ; villous ; clothed with long haira. 



Vine, 1S7. 



Viscid ; clammy, sticky. 



Vittas ; receptacles ot secretion in th« 

 seed of Umbellifer£e. 



Whorled, 175. 



Winged, 222, 2. 



Wood, 201, 202. 



Woody tissue, or fibre, 30. 



ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGNS, 



OFTEN USED I.N DESCRIPTIVE BOTANV. 



ach. achenia. 

 cBSt. SBstivation. 

 alter, alternate. 

 am]jlex. amplexicaul. 

 anth. anther. 

 axill. axillary. 

 cal. calyx. 

 caps, capsule. 

 Cor. corolla. 

 decid. deciduous. 

 diam. diameter. 

 ellip. elliptical. 

 emarg. emarginate. 

 epig. epigynous. 

 /. or ft. feet. 



fil. filaments. 



fi. flower ; fis. flowers. 



fr. fruit. 



hd. head ; hds. heads. 



hyp. hypogynous. 



imbr. imbricate. 



inf. inferior. 



invol. involucre. 



irreg. irregular. 



leg. legume. 



If. leaf; Ivs. leaves. 



Ifts. leaflets. 



lorn, loment. 



opp. opposite. 



ova. ovarv. 



ped. peduncle. 

 pet. petals. 

 perig. perigynous. 

 perig. perigynium. 

 recep. receptacle. 

 reg. regular. 

 rkiz. rliizoma. 

 rt. root. 

 sds. seeds. 

 scg. segments. 

 Sep. sepals. 

 St. stem. 

 sta. stamens. 

 stig. stigmas. 

 sty. styles. 



The names of the months, 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. 



Tlie follovdng Signs are also 171 gejieral use : — 



© An annual plant. 



© A biennial plant. 



1| A perennial herb. 



h A plant with a woody stem. 



d A staminate flower or plant. 



5 A pistillate flower or plant. 



