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Tumid : swollen ; somewhat inflated. 



Tunicate : coated ; invested with layers, as an onion ; p. 46. 



Turbinate: top-shaped. Turgid: thick as if swollen. 



Turio (plural turanes) : young shoots or suckers springing out of the ground ; as 



Asparagus-shoots. 



Turnip-shaped: broader than high, and rnptly narrowed below; p. 32, fig. 57. 

 Twin: in pairs (see geminate) , as the flowers of Linnsea 

 Twining : ascending by coiling round a support, like the Hop ; p. 37. 

 Typical : well expressing the characteristics of a species, genus, &c. 



Umbel: the umbrella-like form of inflorescence ; p. 79, fig. 159. 



Umbeilate : in umbels. Umbelliferous : bearing umbels. 



Umbellet: a secondary or partial umbel ; p. 81. 



Umbilicate : depressed in the centre, like the ends of an apple. 



Umbonate: bossed ; furnished with a low, rounded projection like a boss (umbo}- 



Umbrdculfform ; umbrella-shaped, like a Mushroom, or the top of the style of 



Sarracenia. 



Unarmed : destitute of spines, prickles, and the like. 

 Uncinate : hook-shaped ; hooked over at the end. 

 Under-shrub : partially shrubby, or a very low shrub. 

 Undulate : wavy, or wavy-margined ; p. 62. 



Unequally pinnate : pinnate with an odd number of leaflets; p. 65. 

 Unguiculale: furnished with a claw (unguis) ; p. 102, i. e. a narrow base, as the 



petals of a Rose, where the claw is very short, and those of Pinks (fig. 200), 



where the claw is very long. 

 Uni-, in compound words : one ; as 

 Uniftdrous : one-flowered. Unifoliate : one-leaved. 

 Unifdliolate : of one leaflet; p. 66. Unijugate: of one pair. 

 Unildbiate: one-lipped. Unilateral: one-sided. 



Unildcular: one-celled, as the pistil in fig. 261, and the anther in fig. 238, 239. 

 Unidvulate: having only one ovule, as in fig. 213, and fig. 267-269. 

 Unise'rial : in one horizontal row. 



Unisexual: having stamens or pistils only, as in Moonseed, fig. 176, 177, &c. 

 Univalved: a pod of only one piece after dehiscence, as fig. 253. 

 Urce'olate : urn-shaped. 



Utricle: a small, thin-walled, one-seeded fruit, as of Goosefoot ; p. 130, fig. 350. 

 Utricular : like a small bladder. 



Vdginate: sheathed, surrounded by a sheath (vagina). 



Valve : one of the pieces (or doors) into which a dehiscent pod, or any similar 



body, Bplits; p. 131, 114. 



Valvate, Valvular : opening by valves. Valvate in aestivation, p. 109. 

 Variety, p. 174, 177. 



Vascular: containing vessels, or consisting of vessels, such as ducts ; p. 146, 148. 

 Vaulted: arched; same &s fornicate. 

 Vegetable Physiology, p. 3. 



Veil : the calyptra of Mosses. (Manual, p. 607 ) 

 Veins: the small ribs or branches of the framework of leaves, &c.j .p. 55. 



