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VEGETABILIA [a vegeto, to quicken] one 

 of the three kingdoms of nature according to 

 J.innaeus, comprehending feven diftinft fami- 

 lies, viz, Plantce, Palmts, Gramma^ Fillces, Mu- 

 fci, Alga^ Fungi. 



VENOSUM Folium iFena, a vein] cum vafa 

 dlfcurrentia evadunt ramofifftma^ is' anq/iomofes nu- 

 do oculo exhibent, whofe veins branch and anailo- 

 mofe over the whole leaf, as in the Viburnum 

 hntana, 



VENTRICOSA Splca [venter, the belly] big- 

 bellied , narrowing towards each extremity. 

 Ventricojum Perianthium, as in the Efculus. 

 Vcntricofa Corolla, as ia»the Digitalis. 



VENTRICULOSUS Calyx [dim. a venter, 

 the belly] bellying out in the middle, but not 

 in fo great degree as Ventricofus ; exemplified 

 in the Salicornia. 



VEPRECUL.^ [dim. a Vepres, a brier or 

 bramble] An order of plants in the Fragmenta 

 ?nethodi naturalis of Linnaeus, in which are thefe 

 genera, viz, Rhamms, Sideroxyliim, Chryfophyllum , 

 Lyciu?n, Ccanothus, Philyca, Ccjlrum, Catt- 

 fiara^ &C. 



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