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VroCABTJLART. 



Fransvp.rsc. Crosswise. 



Trichot omous. Three-forked. 



Trijid. Three-cleft. 



Trifo'lialc. Three-leaved. 



Trilo'bate. Three-lobed. 



Triloc'ular. Three-celled. 



Trun'cate. Having a square termina- 

 tion, as if cut ofi'. 



Trunk. The stem or bole of a tree. 



Tube. The lower hollow cylinder of a 

 monopetalous corolla. 



Tuber. A solid fleshy knob. 



Tuberous. Thick and fleshy, contain- 

 ing tubers, as the potato. 



Tubular. Shaped like a tube, hollow. 



1\i,'nicate. Coated with surrounding 

 layers, as in the onion. 



Turgid. Swelled, inflated. 



Turbinate. Shaped like a top, or pear. 



Tiijining. Ascending spirally. 



Twisted. Coiled. 



U 



inigino'sus. Growing in damp places. 



Umbilicate. Marked with a central de- 

 pression. 



Umbel. A kind of inflorescence in 

 which the flower-stalks diverge from 

 one centre, like the sticks of an um- 

 brella. 



Umbelliferous. Bearing umbels. 



Umbo. The knob in the centre of the 

 hat or pileus of the fungi tribe, origi- 

 nally the top of a buckler. 



Unarmed. Without thorns or prick- 

 les. 



Uncinate. Hooked. 



Unctuo'sus. Greasy, oily. 



U7i'dulate. Waving, serpentine, gently 

 rising and falling. 



Unguis. A claw. 



Unguic'ulate. Inserted by a claw. 



Unijlo'rus. One-flowered. 



Unicus. Single. 



Unilat'eral. Growing on one side. 



Vrce'olate. Swelling in the middle, 

 and contracted at the top in the form 

 of a pitcher. 



Utricle. A little bladder, a term ap- 

 plied to capsules of a peculiar kind. 



Valves. The parts of a seed-vessel in- 

 to which it finally separates ; also the 

 leaves which make up a glume, or 

 ■•spatha. 



Variety. A subdivision of a species, 

 distinguished by characters which 

 are not permanent. 



Vaulted. Arched ; with a concave cov- 

 ering. 



Veined. Having the divisions of tho 

 petiole irregularly branched on -he 

 under side of the leaf 



Ven'tricose. Swelled out. See Inflated. 



Vermifuge. A medicine for the cure oi 

 worms. 



Vernal. Appearing in the spring. 



Verrucose. Warty, covered with little 

 protuberances. 



Vertical. Perpendic ular. 



Verticil' late. Whorled, having leaves 

 or flowers in a circle round the stem, 



Vesic'ular. Made up of cellular sub- 

 stance. 



Vespertine. Flowers opening in the 

 evening. 



Vcx'illum. See Banner. 



Vil'lose. Hai ry, the hairs long and soft. 



Viola'ceous. Violet-coloured. 



Villus. Soft hairs. 



Vires'cens. Inclining to green. 



Virgate. Long and slender. Wand-like 



Vir'idis. Green. 



Virgultum. A small twig. 



Virose. Nauseous to the smell, poison- 

 ous. 



Viscid. Thick, glutinous, covered with 

 adhesive moisture. 



Vitel'lus. Called also the yolk of the 

 seed ; it is between the albumen 

 and embryo. 



Vit'reus. Glassy. 



Vivip'arous. Producing others by 

 means of bulbs or seeds, germinating 

 while yet on the old plant. 



Vul'nerary. (From vulnus, a wound.) 

 Medicines which heal wounds. 



W 



Wedgeform. Shaped like a wedge, 

 rounded at the large end, obovate 

 with straightish sides. 



Wheel-shaped. See Rotate. 



Wings. The two side petals of a pa- 

 pilionaceous flower. 



Wood. The most solid parts of trunks 

 of trees and shrubs. 



Zool'ngy. The science of animals. 



Zo'ophytes. The lowest order of ani- 

 mals, sometimes called animal plants 

 though considered as wholly belong- 

 ing to the animal kingdom. Many 

 of them resemble plants in their form, 

 and exhibit very faint marks of sen- 

 sation. 



