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Veinlet. A small subdivision of a vein. 
Velutinous. Velvety; covered with a 
dense soft fine pubescence. 
Yenation. The mode of veining. 
Ventral. Belonging to the anterior 
or inner face of a carpel, ete.; the 
opposite of Dorsal. 
Ventricose. Swelling unequally or 
inflated on one side. 
Venulose. Abounding with veinlets. 
Vermicular. Worm-shaped, 
Vernal. Appearing in spring. 
Vernicose. Appearing as if varnished. 
Verrucose. Covered with wart-like 
elevations. 
Versatile. Swinging; turning freely 
on its support. 
Vertex. The apex of an organ. 
Vertical. Upright; perpendicular to the 
plane of the horizon; longitudinal. 
Vertical. A whorl. 
Verticillate. Arranged in whorls. 
Vesicle. A small bladder or air-cavity. 
Vesicular. Composed of vesicles. 
Vessels. Elongated tubular cells, of 
various kinds, forming the vascular 
tissue of plants. 
Vexillum. The standard or large 
upper palet of a papilionaceous 
corolla. 
Villose, Villous. Bearing long and 
soft straight or straightish hairs. 
Appendix VI: Glossary. 
Vimineous. Bearing long and flexible 
twigs. 
Vine. A trailing, climbing or twining 
stem. 
Virgate. Like a wand or rod, slender, 
straight and erect. 
Viscid, Viscous. Glutinous, sticky. 
Vittate. Bearing vitte. 
Vitte. The longitudinal oil-tubes in 
the pericarp of most Umbellifere. 
Viviparous. Propagating by buds or 
bulblets instead of by seeds, or 
with the seeds germinating while 
still on the plant. 
Wavy. See Undulate. 
Waxy. Resembling bees-wax in ap- 
pearance or consistence. 
Wedge-shaped. See Cuneate. 
Wheel-shaped. See Rotate. 
Whorl. An arrangement of leaves, 
flowers, etc:, in a circle about the 
stem or axis. 
Wing. Any membranous or thin 
expansion or appendage; the 
lateral, petal of a papilionaceous 
flower. 
Wood. The hard firm part of a stem, 
etc., composed mainly of wood-cells 
(fibro-vasecular tissue). 
Woolly. Clothed with long and twisted 
or matted hairs. 
