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GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



l/nxolate, pitcher-shaped. 



Uterine, belonging to the womb. 



Uterus, tile womb. 



Utricle or Utrictdas, a, little bottle or bladder. 



Valvular or Valved, consisting of valves or seed cells. 



Varicose, swollen here and there. 



Vascular, consisting of tissue In a very succulent en- 

 larged state. 



Vau&d, formed or placed like tlie roof of a vault. 



Veneeririg, the art of covering one kind of wood with 

 thin plates of anotlier kind. 



Ventricose, inflated. 



Veratnne, the active principle of Vcratrum. 



Vermifuge, that which expels worms. 



Vernacular, native. 



Vernal-, belonging to the spring. 



Versatile, swinging lightly on a stalk so as to be con- 

 tinually changing direction. 



Vertex, the uppermost point. 



Vertical, per])endtcular. 



Vertically compressed, that is depressed. 



VcrtUinear, the same as rectilinear; in a straight line. 



Vesicatoriea, blistering plasters. 



Vesicles, hollow excrescences resembling bladders. 



Veadllum, a standard; the upper petal of a p.apiliona- 



ceous flower. 

 Villous, shaggy, with long loose hair. 

 Virescent, green, flourishing. 

 Virgate, twiggy. 



Viscid or Viscous, adhesive, clammy. 

 Vivacious, lively. 

 Viviparous, bearing young plants in the place of flowers 



and seed. 

 Vulnerary, useful in the cure of wounds. 

 Vidviform, like a cleft with projecting edges. 



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Wattled, having processes like the wattles of a cock. 



Welted, flaccid, drooping. 



Whorls, leaves inserted round a stem, 



Winff, in botany, signifies a membranous border, where- 

 with many seeds are supported in the air when float- 

 ing from place to place. 



Zones, stripes or belts. 



