Variola 



vegetative 



Var'iola (Mod. Lat., the pustule of 

 sruail-pox), a pustular shield occur- 

 ring on the' thallus of the Lichen 

 genus Variolaria; variolate, vario- 

 hi'tua, variola' ris (Mod. Lat.), 

 marked as though pitted. 

 \arioiar'ioid (eI5os, resemblance), with 

 granular tubercles like the fructi- 

 jication of the old genus Variolaria; 

 variolose' has the same meaning. 

 var'ius (Lat., variegated), liable to 



ch nge or mndification. 

 Var''ni8h= Blastocolla; var'ni8lied= 



VERNicosE (Crozier). 

 Var'zea, in Brazil, means the partially 



submerged forest. 

 Yaa, pi. Va'ga (Lat.), vessels, ducts. 

 [Lindley (Glossary, p. 98), gives 

 nineteen names for modifications of 

 these.] Va'sa exlialan'iia = stom- 

 ates; -^ pro'pria, sieve-tubes or thin- 

 walled tubular cells of the phloem; 

 va'sal = vas'cular; -^ Bnn'dle = 

 Vascular- 1>UNDLE. 

 vas'cular, vascular'is (vasadum, a 

 small vessel), relating to or fur- 

 nished with vessels ; — Bun'dle, a 

 strand of specialized tissue ; -' 

 Bun'dle-sheath, the enveloping 

 cylinder of closely united paren- 

 cnyma; -' Cyl'inder,.the central cord 

 of vascular tissue ; '~ Plants, Vascur 

 la'res, those which possess vessels, 

 as Phanerogams and Filicales; 

 '~ Sys'tem, the interior parts in 

 which the vessels occur; --^ Tis'sue, 

 consists chiefly of vessels, in con- 

 tradistinction to cellular tissue; 

 vasculiferouB {fero, I bear), pro- 

 ducing vessels; vas'culose, a com- 

 }>onent of the vegetable skeleton of 

 the cellulose group; Vaa'culum (1) 

 = AsciDiUM ; (2) a collecting-box 

 for botanic specimens, 

 vase-shaped, "shaped like a flower- 

 pot" (Lindley). 

 vasicen'tric (vas, vasis, a vessel ; cen- 

 trum, a centre), with parenchyma 

 round the vessel) ; Vasiduc'tus 

 {ductus, led) = Raphe; va'siform, 

 rasi/orm'is {forma, shape), in the 

 shape of a vessel or duct ; ^ El'e- 

 menti, '^ Tis'sae, ducts or tubes 



with spiral markings ; -^ Wood- 

 cell = Tracheid ; vascula'ris = 

 vase-shaped. 

 Vaucher'ia-gall, an hypertrophied 

 formation on Vaucheria, due to 

 some animal attack, as of Rotifers, 

 vanlt'ed, fornicate. 



veg'etable {vrgetabilis, animating), be- 

 longing to or consisting of plantsf ; 

 [Veg'etable, in a restricted sense is 

 a kitchen garden plant, anything 

 cultivated for culinary purposes]; 

 '~ Ac'ids, the most frequent and 

 abundant are cit'ric, ma'lic, oxalic, 

 and tartaric ; ^ Arbumen, a sub- 

 stance resembling animal albumen 

 [Note, not to be confounded with 

 the Albumen of seeds]: '~ Anat'omy, 

 the structiu-e of plants ; '-' Ca'sein, 

 the same as Legumin ; cf. Plant- 

 casein ; -^ Cell, see Cell ; -*' 

 Fi'brin = Gluten ; -^ Glob'ulin, 

 see Globulin; '~ I'vory, the seed 

 of Phytelcphas macrocarpa, Ruiz and 

 Pav, ; -^ Mu'cus, Mu'cilage, see 

 Mttcilage ; -^ Noforogy, the classi- 

 fication and diagnosis of plant- 

 diseases ; '-' Parch'ment, paper after 

 treatment with acids ; '^ Fatho- 

 Togy, the science of the diseases of 

 plants, and remedial treatment ; -*• 

 Taxon'omy, the classification of 

 plants in systematic order; -*> 

 Wax, a substance resembling animal 

 wax, occurring as Bloom on the 

 surface, or in bulk in certain fruits ; 

 veg'etal, (1) having power to pro- 

 duce growth ; (2) an abbreviation of 

 "vegetable": veg''etate, to sprout 

 or glow as plants; Vegeta'tion, (1) 

 the process of plant-growth ; (2) 

 plants in general ; '^ Form, a cha- 

 racteristic plant form, as a tree, 

 shrub, etc. ; -^ Types, primary 

 divisions of the ecologists ; Lines 

 of '^ , the boundary lines of the dis- 

 tribution of a given species (Kerner); 

 veg'etative, giowing or causing to 

 grow ; '^ Apog'amy = Apogamy ; 

 ~ Cell, (1) the larger of the two 

 cells in a pollen granule, which 

 causes tlie growth of the j)ollen- 

 tube; (2) in Selaginella, a portion 



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