GLOSSARY. 



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tu ber'cu late, covered with warls or tu- 

 bercles. 

 tu ber If er ous, bearing or producing tubers. 

 tu'berose, consisting of or bearing tubers; 



resembling a tuber. 

 tu'bu lar co rSl'la, a corolla having the form 



of a tube. 

 tu'bu li flo'rous, having the flowers of a head 



all with tubular corollas. 

 tu'inid, swollen or inflated. 

 tu'ni cate, covered or coated with layers, as 



a bulb. 

 tQr'binate, shaped like a top or inverted 



cone. 

 tu'ri on, a shoot or sprout from the ground. 

 twin'ing, ascending by coiling round a 



support. 

 type, the ideal pattern. 

 typ'i cal flow'er, a flower which serves for a 



pattern. 



u. 



u ITg'i nose, growing in muddy or swampy 



places. 

 Qm'bel, an inflorescence in which the pedi- 

 cels all spring from the same point, like 



the ribs of an umbrella. 

 um'bellate, bearing umbels. 

 Qm'bel let, a small or partial umbel. 

 um bTl'i cate, having a sharp depression at 



one end. 

 Qm'bo nate, bossed ; having a conical or 



rounded projection, like a boss {umbo). 

 um brSc'u li form, umbrella-shaped. 

 un armed', having no stings or thorns. 

 Qn'cial, an inch in length. 

 Qn'ci nate, hooked ; bent at the tip in the 



form of a hook. 

 llu'der shrub, a low shrub. 

 Qn'dulate, wavy. 

 une'qual lj» pin'nate, pi««cr/c, n-ith an odd 



terminal leaf. 

 un gulc'u late, furnished with hooks or claivs. 

 un i cgl'lu lar, composed of a single cell. 

 un i flo'rous, having only one flower. 

 un i fo'li ate, having only one leaf. 

 u'ui form, having always the same form. 

 u ni ISt'er al, one-sided ; on one side only. 

 u ni 15c'u lar, having only one cell or cavity. 

 u ni se'ri al, having only one row or series. 

 u ni s6x'u al, having stamens or pistils only. 

 u'ni valved, having but one valve. 

 un sym mSt'ri cal flow'ers, flowers in which 



similar parts are of different size or 



shape, or the parts of successive circles 



differ in number. 

 Qr'ce o late, shaped like a pitcher or urn. 

 u'tri cle, a Utile bladdery seed-vessel ; a 



little sac or vesicle, as the air cell of a 



sea-iceed. 

 u trTc'u lar, resembling a small bladder or 



bag. 



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vSg'i nate, invested with a sheath. Vaginate 

 leaf, 07ie invested by the tubular base of a 

 leaf 

 vSlv'ate, opening as by doors. 

 vSlve, one of the pieces into which a capsule 

 naturally separates when it bursts; a 

 small portion of certain anthers, opening 

 like a trap-door. 

 vSlv'u lar, having valves; serving as a valve. 

 va ri 'e ty, a particular form of species. 

 vSs'cu lar cryp'to gams, cryptogams that ha ve 



vascular tissue. 

 vSs'cu lar tls'sue, tissue furnished ivith ves- 

 sels or ducts. 

 vault'ed, arched. 

 veins, the syston of branching vascular 



woody tissue seen in leaves. 

 vein'lets, or vein'u lets, tittle veins, or 

 smaller branches in the network of a leaf. 

 ve'late, having a veil; veiled. 

 ve lu'ti nous, velvety. 

 vSn'e nate, poisoned. 

 venose', having numerous or conspicuous 



veins ; veiny. 

 vSn'tral, pertaining to that side of an organ 

 of a flower which looks towards the axis or 

 center of the flower ; opposite 0/ dorsal. 

 vSn'tricose, swelling otit on one side, or- 



unequally. 

 vSn'ulose, having veinlets. 

 vermic'ular, worm-like; shaped like a 



worm. 

 ver'nal, appearing in the springtime. 

 ver na'tion, the arrangement of leaves within 



the leaf bud ; prefoliation. 

 ver'ni cose, having a brilliantly polished 



surface. 

 vgr'rucose, covered with warts; tubercn- 



late ; warty. 

 ver'satile (anther), swinging or turning on 



its support. 

 ver'tex, summit ; apex. 

 ver'ti cal, up and down ; parallel with the 



axis. 

 ver ti ?il ISs'ter, a whorl of flowers, appar- 

 ently of one cluster, but composed of two 

 opposite axillary cymes. 

 ver tiQ'il late, whorled. 

 ve sTc'u lar, bladdery. 

 vgs'pertine, blossoming in the evening. 

 vSs'sels, ducts. 



vexTl'lum, the upper petal of a papiliona- 

 ceous flower ; the standard. 

 vil lose', covered uith long, fine hairs. 

 vi mln'e ous, producing long, slender twigs 



or shoots. 

 vine, a woody climbing or ttrining stem. 

 vi rgs'cent. or vir i dSs'cent, greenish ; turn- 

 ing green. 

 vir'gate, straight and slender ; having the 



form of a straight rod. 

 vTe'cid, or vTa'cous, sticky ; glutinous^ 



