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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



and in order to distinguish them 

 from Cellular or cryptogamic 

 plants. 



VASCULAR TISSUE. Trache'nchyma. 

 A tissue in plants, consisting of 

 simple membranous tubes taper- 

 ing to each end, but often ending 

 abruptly, either having a fibre 

 generated spirally in the inside, 

 or having their walls marked by 

 transverse bars, arranged more or 

 less in a spiral direction. 



VAC'LTED. Arched like the roof of 

 the mouth. 



VEGETABLE EARTH. ") The thin exter- 



VEGETABLE SOIL. 3 nft l crust of 

 the earth in which plants grow, 

 composed of fragments of mine- 

 rals, vegetables, and animals, re- 

 duced to a great degree of tenuity, 

 (p. 14, Book viii). 



VEGETA'TIVE. Belonging or relat- 

 ing to vegetation. 



VEGETA'TIVE LIFE. Life of nutri- 

 tion. 



VEIN. The veins are vessels for 

 the conveyance of black blood 

 from all parts of the body to the 

 heart. They are found wherever 

 there are arteries. In geology, a 

 crack or fissure in rocks filled up 

 by substances different from the 

 rock, which maybe either earthy 

 or metallic. A dyke. (p. 118, 

 Book viii). 



VEINED. In botany, having the di- 

 visions of the petiole irregularly 

 branched on the under side of the 

 leaf. 



VE INLET. A little vein. 



VEINS OF PLANTS. The ramifica- 

 tions of the petiole among the 

 cellular tissue of the leaf. 



VEL'UM. Lat. A veil. The hori- 

 zontal membrane connecting the 

 margin of the pileus of a fungus 

 with the stipes. 



VKLUTI'NUS. Lat. Velvety. 



VE'NA. Lat. A vein. Vena porta, 

 a vein of the liver. 



VENA'TION. The distribution of the 

 veins of the leaves of plants. 



VENE'NIFLUA. Lat. Flowing with 

 poison. 



VE'NERICA'RIUA. fr. Venus, and car- 

 dium. A genus of bivalve mol- 

 lusks. 



VENERU'PIS. A genus of cardiacea. 



VE'NOUS. Relating to veins. 



VE'NTER. Lat. The belly. The 

 most prominent part of the shell 

 when the aperture is turned to- 

 wards the observer. 



VEN'TRAL Belonging or relating to 

 the belly. 



VEN'TRICLE. fr. lat. ventriculus, a 

 little belly, formed from venter, a 

 belly. A name given in anatomy 

 to various parts. A part of the 

 heart. The second stomach of 

 birds is so called. 



VENTHICO'SA. Lat. Ventricose; in- 

 flated, swelled in the middle. 



VEN'TRICOSE. Inflated ; swelled in 

 the middle. 



VENTRI'CULAR. Belonging to a ven- 

 tricle ; of the nature of a ven- 

 tricle. 



VE'NCS. A genus of the family of 

 cardiacea. 



VE'HA. Lat. True. 



VERME'TCS.-A genus of gasteropods. 

 (p. 59, Book v). 



VERMI'CULAR. Belonging or relat- 

 ing to worms. The'motion of the- 

 intestines is vermicular, that is, 

 resembling that of a worm. 



VER'MIFORM. fr lat. vermis,a. worm ; 

 forma, form. Worm-shaped ; like 

 a worm. An epithet applied to 

 certain carnivorous animals, on 

 account of their ability to pass 

 through narrow openings. 



VER'NAL. In botany, appearing in 

 the spring. 



VERNA'LIS. Lat. Vernal. Relat- 

 ing to the spring. 



VERNA'TION. Germination. The 

 manner in which the leaves of 

 plants are arranged in the unex- 

 panded or bud state. 



VERNI'CIFLUA. Lat. Flowing with 

 varnish. 



VER'NIX. Lat. Varnish. 



