GLOSSARY. 



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sympetalous, petals united. 



tawny, dull yellowish, with a 

 tinge of brown. 



tendril, a thread-like organ used 

 in climbing. 



terete, cylindrical. 



ternate, in 3's. 



testa, the outer seed coat. 



throat, the expanded portion 

 between the lobes and the 

 proper tube in a sympetalous 

 corolla. 



thyrsus, a compact and pyra- 

 midal panicle of cymes. 



torus, the receptacle of the 

 flower. 



trifid, 3-cleft. 



trtfoliolate, with 3 leaflets, 



triquetrous, sharply 3-angled. 



truncate, as if cut off at the top. 



tuberculate, bearing little pimple- 

 like bodies. 



tunicate, coated, as an onion. 



turbinate, top-shaped. 



umbel, an inflorescence in which 

 a number of pedicels of nearly 

 equal length spring from the 

 same point, as in the parsley 

 family. 



umbellate, in umbels. 



unarmed, destitute of thorns or 

 spines, etc. 



uncinate, hook-shaped. 

 undulate, wavy-margined, or 



wavy. 

 unguiculate, clawed. 

 unisexual, having stamens or 



pistils only. 

 urceolate, urn-shaped. 

 utricle, a small thin-walled, 1- 



seeded fruit. 



valve, one of the pieces into which 

 a dehiscent fruit splits. 



valvate, opening by valves; in 

 aestivation when the parts 

 just meet and do not overlap. 



venation, the veining of leaves. 



ventral, the opposite of dorsal. 



ventricose, inflated on one side. 



verrucose, warty. 



versatile, attached by a point 

 so that it may swing to and 

 fro. 



verticil, a whorl. 



vespertine, appearing or expand- 

 ing in the evening. 



virgate, wand-like. 



viscid, having a glutinous sur- 

 face. 



'.-shaped, broad above, 

 tapering to the base by 

 straight lines. 

 whorled, arranged in whorls or 

 circles. 



