A GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS 45 



UNISEXUAL FLOWERS are those which contain either male or 



female organs, but not both. 

 URCEOLATE, pitcher-shaped, or urn-shaped. 



VASCULAR, built up of vessels. 

 VERMICULAR or VERMIFORM, worm-like. 

 VERNATION, the state of leaves in bud. 

 VERRUCOSE, warty. 



VERSATILE anthers are those which are balanced on the filament. 

 VERTICILLATE, whorled. 

 VESICLE, a bladder. 

 VILLOUS, shaggy. 

 Viscous, sticky, clammy. 



VIVIPAROUS, applied to the production of young plants (not seeds) 

 attached to the parent plant. 



WHORL, three or more leaves or flowers arranged around the stem 

 on the same level ; e.g. Galium, Gentiana lutea. 



WING, a prolongation of a fruit or seed or of a stem ; the side petal 

 of a Leguminous flower. 



WOOLLY, when the hairs are long and loose, like wool. 



The best Glossary of Botanic Terms is that by Dr. B. Day don 

 Jackson ; 2nd Ed. 1905. The author regrets he had not it before 

 him when compiling the above. 



