GLOSSARY 



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Ventral. Belonging to the anterior or inner 

 face of an organ; the opposite of dorsal. 



Ventricose. Inflated or swollen on one 

 side. 



Versatile (anther). Attached near the mid- 

 dle and turning freely on its support. 



Verticil. A whorl. 



Verticillate. Whorled. 



Vesicle. A little bladder. 



Vexillum. The standard of a papilionaceous 

 flower. 



Vttlose. Shaggy with long and soft hairs. 



Vine. Any trailing or climbing stem. 

 Virgate. Wand-shaped, as a long, straight, 



and slender twig. 

 Viscid. Glutinous, sticky. 

 Vitta (plural vittae). The oil-tube of the 



fruit of Umbelliferae. 



Wedge-shaped. Broad above and tapering 

 by straight lines to a narrow base. 



Wing. Any membranous expansion. 



Woolly. Clothed with long and entangled 

 soft hairs. 



