GLOSSARY OS 1 TERMS. 



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Tubcrculate, covered with knobs or 

 tubercles. 



Tuber, a solid fleshy knob, 11, g. 



Tuberous, 11, g 1 . 



Tubular, shaped like a tube ; in a 

 compound flower, the florets 

 which are not ligulate, are call- 

 ed tubular. ' ,.-i : 



Tunicated, coated with concentric 

 layers ; as the Onion. 



Turbinats, shaped like a top or 'pear. 



Valves, the segments or parts of a 

 seed vessel, into which it finally 

 separates, 136 ; also the leaves 

 which make up a glume or 

 epathe. 



Valvular, or valved, consisting of 

 valves or seed cells. 



Vaulted, arched over, with a con- 

 cave covering. 



Femed, having the divisions of the 

 petiole irregularly branched on 

 the under side of the leaf. 



Ventricose, swelling, inflated. 



Vcrrucose, warty, covered with lit- 

 tle protuberances. 



Vertical, perpendicular. 



Verticillate, whorled, having leaves 

 given off in a circle round the 

 stem. 



Versatile, swinging lightly on a 

 stalk so . as to be continually 

 changing direction. 



Vesicular, made of vesicles or little 

 bladders. 



Vesiculose, bladder like. 



Villous, or villose, hairy, the hairs 



long and soft. 

 Virgate, long and slender, wand 



like. 

 Virose, poisonous, nauseous, and 



strong to the smell. 

 Viscid, or viscous, thick, glutinous, 



covered with adhesive juice. 

 Viviparous, producing^ a collateral 



offspring by means of bulbs* 



Umbtl, 66. 



Umbelliferous, bearing umbels. 



Umbilicate, marked with a central 

 depression. 



Unarmed, without prickles or 



. thorns. 



Uncinate, hooked, hook shaped. 



Undulated, wavy, serpentine, gen- 

 tly rising and falling. 



Ungiticulate, inserted by a claw. 82, 



Unilateral, growing all on one side, 

 or with the flowers leaning to 

 one side. 



Urceolate, pitcher shaped, swelling 

 in the middle and slightly con- 

 tracted at top. 



Utricle, or utriculus, 145. 



Wedge shaped, formed like a wedge,. 



ajid commonly rounded at the 



largest end. . 



Wheel shaped, see Rotate. 

 Winged, having the sides extended 



into a leafy expansion. 

 Wings, the two lateral petals of at. 



papilionaceous flower, 81,. 



