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Umbel. A form of flower cluster in which 

 the pedicels radiate from the same point, 

 similar to the rays of an umbrella. 



Umbellate. Borne in umbels. 



Umbellet. A secondary umbel. 



Umbo. A projection or boss. 



Umbonate. Bearing an umbel. 



Undulate. With wavy margin. 



Unguiculate. Contracted into a claw. 



Uni-. In composition, one; as unisexual, of 

 one sex, etc. 



Urceolate. Urn-shaped. 



Utricle. A bladder-like organ; a small 1- 

 seeded fruit with a bladder-like pericarp. 



Valvate. Said of sepals, etc., which are in 

 contact along their margins only (not 

 over-lapping) in the bud. 



Valve. One of the parts into which a cap- 

 sule splits. 



Vascular. Possessing ducts or vessels. 



Vein. One of the main branches of the 

 framework of a leaf. 



Veinlet. A branch of a vein. 

 Venation. The arrangement of veins. 

 Ventral. Pertaining to the anterior or 

 inner face of an organ; opposed to dorsal. 

 Ventricose. Inflated on one side. 



The arrangement of leaves in 



Covered with wart-like eleva- 



Vernation. 



the bud. 

 Verrucose. 



tions. 

 Versatile. Said of an anther attached at 



about its middle and swinging freely. 

 Verticil. A whorl. 

 Verticillate. Arranged in a whorl. 

 Villous or Villose. Covered with long soft 



not matted hairs. 

 Virgate. Slender or wand-like. 

 Viscid. Sticky, glutinous. 

 Whorl. An arrangement of three or more 



leaves or branches radiating in a circle 



from the same node. 

 Wing. A thin filmy expansion. 



