GLOSSARY OR DICTIONARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



OD 



J\i])-rot>f, a root with a stout tapering body, 

 Fig. 10, p. 4. 



Teginen^ tho iiiuer seed coat. 



Tendril, a modified branch or leaf xisedfor 

 climbing. 



Teriniiial bad, tlio bud terminating the 

 main stem or a growing brancli, p. 10. 



Ternate, in threes. 



Tc^ita, tlie external seed-coat, p. 44. 



TetriulynanwuH, having six stamens, two 

 of them shorter tliaii tlie otlua-s. 



Thickened fuscicled tou/k, Fig. 11, p. 5. 



Throat, the point where the tube and limb 

 of a monosepalous calyx or monopetal- 

 ous corolla meet, pp. 31, 32. 



Thi/VKC, an ovoid panicle, p. 26. 



Trading skin, one which runs over tho sur- 

 face of the ground or other objects. 



Trees, woody plants of a greater height 

 than twenty feet, p. 12. 



Tri-pinndte, thrice pinnate. 



Truncate, cut off. 



Tvbe, the undivided portion of a mono- 

 sepalous calyx or monopetalous corolla, 

 pp. 31,32. 



Tuber, a thickened, bud-bearing portion .it 

 & subterranean stem, p. 12. 



Twining stem, one which climbs by twin- 

 ing about some support, p. 10. 



Umbel, an \imbrella - like inflorescence. 

 Figs. 41, 42, p. 20. 



UnibclU't, a secondary umbel, p. 28. 



Uncinate, hook-shaped. 



UneqaaUy pinnati; with leaflets in pairs 

 surmounted by an odd terminal one, 

 Fig. 30, p. 21. 



Uugnicidate, furnished with a claw. 



Unisexiud, having stamens or pistils only. 



Utricle, an achenium with a loose, blad- 

 dery pericarp. 



Valnite, opening by valves. 



Vain; one of the parts of a dehiscent pod 



or similar body which ojx'ns. 

 Varietiis (of plants), p. 47. 

 Veinlets (of leaves), p. 17. 

 Veins (of leaves', p. 17. 

 Venation, the veining of leaves, p. 17. 

 Ventricose, inflated on one side. 

 Verrucose, warty. 

 Versatile (anther), attached at its middle so 



as to turn easily, p. 33. 

 VerticU, a whorl. 

 Vertieillate branches, p. 10. 

 Vessels (or ducts), Fig. 23, p. 14. 

 Vcnllnm, the standard of i)apiliouacoou.-j 



flowers. 

 Villosc, shaggy with long, soft hairs. 



Wood, Figs. 22, 23, p. 13. 



'Woody, having the texture of wood, p. 12. 





