XJniparous Cyme 



A DICTIONARY 



Vague 



UNiP'AROUS CYME, a cyme with 

 one main axis; mouocbasiuui. 

 Compare Dichasium. 



UNIPET'ALOUS, having but one 

 petal, as Amorpha. Compare 

 Gamopetalous. 



UNlSEP'TATE, having a single 

 septum. 



UNiSE'RIAL, having one row or 

 whorl; uniseriate. Compare 

 One-ranked. 



UNISE'RlATE, arranged in a sin- 

 gle line; uniserial. 



UNlSEX'UAL, applied to an indi- 

 vidual or flower which has one 

 kind of sexual organs only; 

 diclinous. 



UNlvAL'VULAR, dehiscing along 

 one suture only, so that the 

 pericarp has but one valve, as 

 the pod of the common milk- 

 weed, Asclepias Cornuti. 



UNIVERSAL, see Common. 



UNIVERSAL IN'VOLUCRE, see 

 Common Involucre. 



UNIVERSAL UMBEL, see Com- 

 pound Umbel. 



UNLIN'ING, the separation of 

 parts originally united. For- 

 merly used for Chorisis, from 

 the erroneous supposition that 

 the additional organs in cho- 

 risis were always produced in 

 this manner. See Chorisis. 



UNSYMMET'RlCAL, not symmet- 

 rical, which see. 



UR'QEOLATE, pitcher- or urn- 

 shaped : tubular, and con- 

 tracted at the orifice. 



URE'DO FRUIT, a sorus or group 

 of uredospores. 



URE'DOSPORE, a form of unicel- 

 lular spore or gonidium in the 

 Uredinese or rust-fungi, pro- 

 duced earlier in the season 

 than the teleutospores, and 

 destined for immediate ger- 

 mination. 



URE'D6-STA6e, the early sum- 

 mer stage of the Uredineae, 

 during which only uredo- 

 spores are produced. 



URN, the spore-capsule of mosses; 

 also the base of a pyxidium. 



URN-SHAPED, see Urceolate. 



URTICA'gEOUS, pertaining to 

 nettles or the family Urticaceae. 



U'TRiCLE, (1) a fruit having a 

 small inflated membranous 

 pericarp, as that of Cbenopo- 

 dium; (2) the bladder of vari- 

 ous aquatic plants, as Utricu- 

 liiria; (3) oue of the large 

 hyaline 'cells in the leaves of 

 Sphagnum. 



UTRICLE, PRIMORDIAL, see 

 Primoudial Utricle. 



UTRICULAR, bladder -like or 

 furnished with utricles. 



UTRIC'tJLATE, inflated like a 

 bladder; utricular. 



UTRlC'ULIFORM, shaped like a 

 bottle or bladder; about the 

 same as Urceolate, but a less 

 definite term. 



UTRIC'ULOSE, bearing utricles. 



UtrICULUS (pi. Utric'ull), see 

 Utrtcle. 



VACUOLE, a sap-cavity in the 

 protoplasm of a cell. 



VAgTnA, see Sheath. 



VA6'INANT, sheathing. 



VAGlNATED, sheathed; invagi- 

 nsted. 



VAGINERVOSE', having the small 

 veins (nerves) in no apparent 

 order. 



VAGIN'UlA, a small sheath; es- 

 pecially, the apex of the stem 

 which surrounds the base of 

 the seta in mosses; vaginule. 



VAG INULE, see Vaginula. 



VAGUE, in no definite order or 

 direction; of no definite or 



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