GLOSSARY. 341 



Verticillatae, an order of plants in the Fragment^ method! 

 naturalis of Linnaeus. 



Verticillus, a species of infloresence, in which the flowers 

 grow in whorls, as in Mentha. 



Vesicula, a little bladder. 



Vesicularis scabrities, a kind of glandular roughness, resem- 

 bling Vesiculae. 



Vexillum, a standard, the upright petal of a papilionaceous 

 flower. 



Vigiliae, Watchings, when flowers open or shut at particu- 

 lar hours. 



Villosus caulisj folium, a stalk, or leaf, covered with soft 

 hairs. 



Virgatus caulis, stalks shooting out slender, straight branches 

 or rods. 



Viscidum folium, a leaf whose surface is clammy. 



Viscositas, glewy, clammy. 



Vitellus, a substance composing the bulk of the seed in Fu- 

 ci, Musci, Fiiices, &c. 



Uliginosa loca, boggy places. 



Umbella, an umbel or umbrella. 



Umbellatus flos, an umbellated flower, as in Pentandria di- 



gynia. 



Umbellula, a little umbel. 

 Umbilicatum folium , a peltate leaf, shaped like a. navel, at 



the insertion of the footstalk. 

 Uncinatum stigma, a hooked stigma. 

 Undatum folium, a waved leaf, whose surface rises and falls 



in waves towards the margin. 



Undulata corolla, a flower whose petals are waved. 

 Unguis, a nail or claw, that part of a petal that is joined to 



the receptacle. 

 Unicus Jlos, one flower. 

 Unicus radix, a single root. 

 Uniflorus peduncular, one flower on a footstalk. 

 Unilateralis racemus, a branch of flowers growing on one 



side. 

 Universalis umbdla, an universal umbel. 



Volva, the membranaceous calyx of the fungi, 

 Volubilis caulis, a twining stalk. 



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