128 
Tube, 103. 
Tuber, 180. 
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. 
INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 
Vegetable physiology, 3. 
Vegetable iurcden. 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. ; 
Verticillaster, 309. 
Verticillate, 218, 4. 
Vescicular; bladdery. 
Vexillary, 108, 6. 
Vexillum, 105, 5. 
Villose ; villous ; clothed with long hairs. 
Vine, 187. 
Viscid; clammy, sticky. / 
Vittz ; receptacles of secretion in the 
seed of Umbellifere. 
Whorled, 175. 
Winged, 222, 2. 
Wood, 201, 202. 
Woody tissue, or fibre, 30. 
ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGNS, 
OFTEN USED IN DESCRIPTIVE BOTANY. 
ach. achenia. 
est. sestivation. 
alter. alternate. 
* amplex. amplexicaul. 
Jr. fruit. 
anth. anther. hyp. hy pogynous. 
azill. axillary. umér. imbricate. 
cal. calyx. inf. inferior. 
caps. capsule. 
cor. corolla. 
decid. deciduous. 
diam. diameter. 
ellip. elliptical. 
emarg. emarginate. 
epig. epigynous. 
J. or fh. feet. 
leg. le 
ova. ovary. 
fil. filaments, 
Ji. flower; jis. flowers. 
hd, head; hds. heads. 
znvol. involucre. 
trreg. irregular. 
pe 
Uf. leaf; lws. leaves. 
ifts. leaflets. 
lom. loment. 
opp. opposite. 
ped. peduncle. 
pet. petals. 
perig. perigynous. 
perig. perigynium. 
recep. receptacle. 
reg. regular. 
rheiz. rhizoma. 
rt. root. 
sds. seeds. ia 
seg. 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; Ia. or Ind., Indiana, &c. 
The following Signs are also in general use: — 
@) An annual plant. 
@) A biennial plant. 
A perennial herb. 
h A plant with a woody stem. 
¢ A staminate flower or plant. 
9 A pistillate flower or t. 
