unguiculate 



Unitegminatae 





of the nail of the little finger ; 

 unguic'ulate, unguicula'tus, con- 

 tracted at the base into a claw ; 

 un'guiform (forma, shape), like 

 the claw of a petal (Crozier) ; 

 Un'guis (Lat., a nail or claw), a 

 claw-like base of a petal, as in 

 Dianthus ; (2) the length of a 

 finger-nail, roughly half an inch. 



un'gulate, ungula'tus (Lat., having 

 claws or hoofs), clawed. 



uni (from unus, one), in composi- 

 tion, one, or single ; uniala'tus ( + 

 ALATUS), having one wing or de- 

 current ridge ; uniax'ial ( + AXIAL), 

 when a primary stem does not 

 branch, though it may innovate, 

 but ends in a flower ; unicalcara'- 

 tus ( + CALCARATUS), one-spurred; 

 unicap'sular, unicapsula'ris ( + CAP- 

 SULAR), with all the carpels united 

 into one capsule ; unicar'inated 

 (carina, a keel), one - keeled 

 (Crozier) ; unicarpellate (Kapiros, 

 fruit), the fruit consisting of a 

 single carpel; U'nicell (+ CELL), a 

 plant which consists of a single 

 cell ; unicellular, unicellular' is ( + 

 CELLULAR), formed of one cell ; 

 unico\.'oTO\LB,unic'ol or (color, colour), 

 of one colour or uniform in tint ; 

 unicos'tate ( + COSTATE), having a 

 single rib or costa, with a mid- 

 rib ; unicotyle'donous = MONOCOTY- 

 LEDONOUS. 



u'nicus (Lat., one only), single or 

 solitary. 



uniembryona'tus (uni from unus, 

 one, + EMBRYONATUS), having one 

 embryo ; unifa'rious ( + farius, as 

 in bifarius), one-ranked (Crozier) ; 

 uniferus (fero, I bear), bearing 

 once a year (S. F. Gray) ; uniflor'- 

 ous, -rus> (flos, floris, a flower), 

 one-flowered ; unifo'liate, unifolia'- 

 tus (folium, a leaf), with one leaf ; 

 unifo'liolate, vnifoliola'tus, with 

 one leaflet only ; unifo'lius, single- 

 leafed ; unifora'tus (foratus, 

 pierced), opening by one aperture. 



uniform' is (Lat., having one shape), 

 used when the receptacle of Com- 

 positae bears only one kind of 



florets, as all ligulate or all 

 tubular. 



unigem'mius (uni = one, gemma, a 

 bud), giving rise to a single bud ; 

 unig'enus (gen, the root of gigno, 

 I produce), leafing annually (Hens- 

 low) ; unij'ugate, unijuga'tus, uni- 

 fugus (jugum, a yoke), with one 

 pair of leaflets ; unila'biate, uni- 

 Idbia'tus (Idbium, a lip), one- 

 lipped, as the corolla of Acanthus, 

 the upper lip being obsolete, or 

 the ligulate florets of Composites ; 

 unilateral, unilatera'lis (lotus, a 

 side), one-sided, either originating 

 or, usually, all turned to one side ; 

 uniloc'ular (loculus, a small com- 

 partment), one- celled ; uniner'- 

 viate, uninervia'tus, uniner'vis, un- 

 iner'vius (nervus, a nerve), one- 

 veined or ribbed. 



uninterrup'ted, continuous. 



uninu'cleate, uninuclea'tus (uni = one, 

 + NUCLEUS), having a single nucle- 

 us; uniocula'tus(oct^a^s, furnished 

 with eyes), having only one vege- 

 tating point; uniov'ulate ( + OVULE), 

 with a solitary ovule ; u'nipared= 

 unip'arous (pario, I bring forth), 

 bearing one, as a cyme giving forth 

 one axis at each branching ; uni- 

 pet'alous (+ PETALUM), (1) having 

 a corolla of only one petal, the 

 others not being developed ; (2) 

 erroneously used for GAMOPETAL- 

 ous ; uniprophylla'tus ( + PRO- 

 PHYLLA), with only one prophyllum 

 (Buchenau) ; unisep'tate ( + SEP- 

 TATE), having only one septum, as 

 in most teleutospores ; unise'rial, 

 uniseria'lis, unise'riate, uniseria'tus 

 (aeries, a row), in one horizontal 

 row or series ; unisex'ual, unisexu- 

 a'lis, unisexfus (sexus, sex), of one 

 sex ; stamens or pistils only, or 

 their representatives; -~ Heredity, 

 the property of transmitting the 

 qualities of one parent only (Mac- 

 farlane) ; uniso'rous ( + SORUS), con- 

 sisting of one sorus ; unistra'tose 

 (stratum, a layer), of one layer of 

 cells ; Unitegmina'tae (tegmen, a 

 covering), Van Tieghem's term for 



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