474 ORCHIDS. 



Turner!. In honor of James A. Turner, of Pendlebury, Man- 

 chester, a zealous amateur in Orchids. 

 Turialvee. Native of the mountain of Turialva. 

 Tyrianthina. Bright violet color. 



U. 

 Undulatus, -a -um. Wavy ; applied to crimped petals of 



flowers. 



Unguiculatus, -a, -um. Having claws. 

 Unicornis, -e. One-horned. 

 Uniflorus, -a, -um. One-flowered, or having single-flowered 



peduncles. 



Umbellatus, -a, -um. Having flowers in an umbel. 

 Umbonate. More or less flattened and with a base in the 



centre, like a shield. 



Uropedium. From uron, a tail, and pedion, a lip. 

 Uro-Skinnerii. In memory of George U. Skinner. See Skin- 



nerii. 



V. 

 Vanda is in Sanskrit the sacred mistletoe of the oak, the oak 



being Vandaca. Thus the name was extended to parasites 



and epiphytes in general, but always with an addition, as 



Amaravanda, a tree Orchid. 

 Vaginatus, a, -um. Having sheaths. 



Vanilla. Altered from the Spanish Vaynilla, which is a dimin- 

 utive of vaina, a sheath, alluding to the seed-pod. 

 Variegatus, -a, um. Variegated. 



Veitchianus, -a, -um. ) In honor of the distinguished horti- 

 Veitchii. ) culturists of Exeter and Chelsea, 



the late Messrs. James and John G. Veitch, and Mr. 



Harry Veitch. 

 Velatus, -a, -um. Veiled. 

 Velutinus, -a, -um. Velvety ; soft. 

 Venosus, -a, -um. Veined. 

 Ventricosus, -a, -um. Distended ; swelling in the middle. 



Applied to the pouches of plants. 



