GLOSSARY. 



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T. 



Tail, any slender prolongation. 

 Terete, cylindrical. 

 Terminal, at the apex. 

 Ternate, in threes. 

 Tetradynamous, with four long 

 stamens and two short ones. 



Throat, the entrance to the tube of 

 a calyx or corolla. 



Thyrse, a compact panicle. 



Thyrsoid, like a thyrse. 



Tomentose, woolly. 



Transverse, across. 



Tri-, a prefix meaning three or 

 thrice. 



Trlfollolate, having three leaflets. 



Truncate, as if cut off square 

 across the end. 



Tuber, the enlarged end of an un- 

 derground stem. 



Tubercle, a small tuber-like body. 



Tuberous, having the appearance 

 of a tuber. 



Tnnicated, having coats one with- 

 in another. 



Twining, winding spirally about 

 a support. 



U. 



Umbel, a flower-cluster with radi- 

 ating pedicels. 

 Umbellate, umbel-like. 



Umbellet, a secondary umbel. 

 Undulate, wavy. 

 Urceolate, urn-shaped. 

 Utricle, an indehiscent 1-seeded 

 fruit, with a thin loose pericarp. 



V. 



Valvate, with the edges meeting 



but not overlapping. 

 Valve, one of the pieces into which 



a capsule splits. 

 Veins, the threads of fibro-vascular 



tissue running through the sub- 

 stance of a leaf. 

 Ventral, belonging to the inferior 



or lower side. 

 Vernation, the folding of a leaf in 



the bud. 

 Versatile, attached by the centre 



(of the anther) and so able to 



swing about. 

 Vertical, upright. 

 Verticillate, whorled. 

 Vlllous, with long soft hairs. 

 Viscid, sticky. 



W. 



Whorl, a circle of leaves round a 

 stem. 



Wing, a thin expansion bordering 

 any organ ; one of the side petals 

 of a papilionaceous corolla. 



Woolly, with long matted hairs. 



