ventral 



vertical 



of the mother-cell of the oosphere 

 next the neck ; --' Su'ture, the 

 ventral seam or line of dehiscence 

 in a carpel ; ven'tricose, ventrico'sns, 

 ven'tricous, swelling or inflated on 

 one side, as the corolla of some 

 Labiates and Scrophularineae ; ven- 

 tric'alose, vtntriculo'sus (Lat. , per- 

 taining to the belly), slightly 

 ventricose. 

 ventricum'bent {venten*, belly ; cum- 

 bens, lying down), face downward, 

 prone (Crozier) ; ven'tri-dor'sal, the 

 reversed position of DORSi-VEJsTRAii 

 (G. Henslow). 

 Ve'nulae, pi. of Ve'nula (Lat., a small 

 vein), veinlets ; ■-' commu'nes J, 

 veinlets which proceed from ana- 

 stomoses of the '-' pro'priae J, those 

 which first leave the costal or 

 primary veins ; Ve'nule, employed 

 by J. Smith for veins of secondary 

 importance ; ve'nulose, venido'sus, 

 profusely veined ; venulo'so-hinoi'- 

 deus, having equally curved parallel 

 veins originating in the midrib and 

 not losing themselves in the pas- 

 sage ; '-' nervo'sns, with straight 

 parallel veins connected by cross- 

 veinleta. 

 Ver-spe'cies, Syme's name for a true 

 species, neither super-, nor sub- 

 species ; the epithet is derived from 

 verus. 

 Vera'triii«, an alkaloid derived from 



Veratrum. 

 verbtna'ceons, allied to or resembling 



Verbena. 

 Ver'digris (Fr., Vert-de-gris), the sea- 

 green "rast" of brass; --' Green, 

 the bluish-gi'een colour of the same, 

 vennic'iilar, vermieiUar'is, vennic'u- 

 late, vermicula'tus (vermiculus, a 

 little worm), worm-shaped, thickened 

 and bent in places, as the root of 

 Polygonum. Bistorta, Linn, 

 ver'miform {vermis, a worm ; forma, 

 shape), worm-shaped; -' Bod'y = 



SCOLRCITE. 



Vermirion (Old Fr., Vermilion, the 

 Kermes insect) coroured, scarlet, 

 brilliant red approaching orange. 



Ver'muth- steppe, extensive plains on 



which the dominant plants are 

 species of Artemisia (Warming). 



veronal, verna'lis, ver'nus (Lat., ])er- 

 taining to spring), ap[>earing in 

 spring ; Vema'tlon, Verna'tio (Lat., 

 casting off a slough), the order of 

 unfolding from leaf-buds, prefolia- 

 tion. 



ver'nicose, vernico'stis (Mod. Lat., 

 varnished), shiny, as though var- 

 nished. 



Verru'ca (Lat., a wart), (1) a wart or 

 elevation sometimes of a glandular 

 nature ; (2) a sessile apothecium, as 

 in Verrucaria ; (3) the perithecium 

 of some Fungi. 



verruca'rioid, resembling Verrucaria 

 as to the verrucae or apothecia. 



verru'cifonn {verruca, a wart; forma, 

 shape), wart-shaped. 



ver'rucose, verruco'sus (Lat., full of 

 warts) ; ver'rucous, warty. 



verru'culose, verruculo'sus {verrucula, 

 a small wart), very warty, much 

 covered with warts, 



ver'satile, versa' iilis (Lat., movable), 

 turning freely on its support, as 

 many anthers on their filaments. 



versic'olor (Lat. , of changeable colour), 

 vergicolor'ous, changing colom, or 

 one colour passing into another. 



var'siform {versiformis, changing 

 shape), altering in shape as it ages. 



Ver'siform {versus, turned towards), 

 a form which varies from the Stem- 

 form in several particulars (Kuntze). 



versipal'mos {versus, turned ; palma, 

 a palm), a palmate arrangement, 

 the divisions not all in the same 

 plane. 



ver'tebrate {vertchratus, jointed), con- 

 tracted at intervals, like the back- 

 bone of animals. 



Ver'tex (Lat., that which revolves 

 about itself), (1) the apex of an 

 organ ; (2) \, the pileus of Agarics ; 

 ver'tical, verticalis, (1) perpendi- 

 cular to the horizon; or (2) to the 

 suppoi't, usually longitudinal : ~ 

 An'ther, an innate anther ; --' 

 Gbor'isiB, transverse chorisis ; -^ 

 Leaves, those which stand erect 

 like Iris leaves, with no obviously 



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