113 PRACTICAL BOTANY. 



Umbellate : arranged in umbels. 



Umbellet : a secondary or partial umbel, or smaller umbel, borne on 

 each ray of the primary umbel, which, therefore, has become 

 compound. 



Umbilicate : with a sharp depression in the centre or at the end. 



Undershrub : a partially shrubby plant, or a very low shrub. 



Unequally pinnate : odd-pinnate. 



Utricle : a small, 1-seeded, thin-walled fruit, usually bladder-like. 



Valve : one of the pieces into which a pod splits at maturity. 



Veins : the small branches, furrows, or ridges, forming the frame- 

 work of leaves. 



Veinlets : the smaller branches of veins. 



Ventral : see Suture. 



V^ERRucosE : warty. 



Versatile anther : an anther attached to the stalk of the stamen 

 by one point, so that it may swing to and fro, as in the Evening 

 Primrose. 



Verticil : a whorl. 



Verticillate : whorled. 



Vexillum : standard. Sec Papilionaceous Jioiccr. 



Villous: shaggy with long and soft hairs. 



Vine : a trailing or climbing stem. 



Virgate : wand-like, as a long, straight, and slender stem, twig, 

 peduncle, etc. 



Viscous, or Viscid : glutinous. 



Vitt^ : the minute oil-tubes in the fruit-coat of Umbclworts, 



Wing; any membranaceous expansion. 



Winged : furnished with a membranaceous margin. 



Woolly : clothed with lon,«2; and soft hairs. 



