GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS USED. xxxv 



TBABECULATE : cross- barred. 

 TRANSLUCENT : allowing light to pass through. 

 TBICHOTOMOUS : an axis successively 3-forked. 

 TBIGONOUS : 3-angled. 



TBIQUETBOUS : 3-edged with salient angles. 

 TBUNCATE : as though cut off at the end. 



TUBEB : a short, thickened subterranean branch beset with buds ; 

 the swollen end of a root attached to the upper end of a rootstock. 

 TUMID : inflated, swollen. 

 TUBBINATE : top-shaped. 

 TUBGID : swollen, but not with air. 



UMBEL : an inflorescence in which a cluster of pedicels springs from the 



same point. 



UMBILICUS : a vascular strand by which some seeds are attached. 

 UMBONATE : embossed in the centre. 

 UNCINATE : hooked. 



UNGUICULATE : contracted at the base into a claw. 

 UBCEOLATE : urn- or pitcher-shaped. 

 UTBICLE : a membranous sac, or a bladder-like appendage. 



VAGINATE : sheathed or sheathing. 



VALVATE : opening by valves ; or the several parts of an organ which 



meet exactly without overlap. 

 VASCULAB : relating to or furnished with vessels. 

 VENOSE : having veins. 



VENTBAL : the front side, the side towards the axis. 

 VENTBICOSE : bellied ; swollen or inflated on one side. 

 VEBMICULIFOBM : shaped like a small worm. 

 VEBMIFOBM : worm-shaped. 

 VERBUCOSE : warty. 

 VERSATILE : turning freely on its support ; said of anthers attached 



above the base and swinging freely on the acute tip of the filament. 

 VEBTICILLATE or VEBTICELLATE : arranged in a ring around an axis. 

 VEXILLABY : pertaining to the vexillum, the more or less modified 



anterior or posterior petal of some flowers. 

 VILLOUS : shaggy with long, weak hairs. 



VISCID or viscous : sticky or clammy owing to an exudation. 

 VIVIPABOUS : germinating or sprouting from seed or bud while still 



attached to the parent plant. 



ZYGOMOBPHIC : symmetrical on either side of a median plane only. 



