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■ temulentum : intoxicated, from supposed 

 toxic properties, 

 tenax : tenacious, 

 tenella : slender, 

 tenuifolia : slender leaf, 

 teuuior : rather slender, 

 tenuissimus : very slender, 

 terete : round in transverse section, 



cylindric. 

 temate : divided in three equal divisions, 

 tetragona . four-angled, 

 tetragyna : four carpels in the pistil, 

 tetraphyllus : four-leaved, 

 tetraquetrous : four prominent angles, 

 teucrioides : resembling Teucrium, a 



Labiate genus, 

 thesioides : resembling Thesium, a genus 



of the Sandalwood family. 

 Thistle : Carduus sp. 



., milk : Carduus marianus. 

 ,, sow : Sonchus oleraceus. 

 ,, Scotch : in Australia the name 

 given to Carduus lanceolatus. 

 ,, California : C. arvensis. 

 thymifolia : Thyme-leaved, 

 thysiflorus : flowers arranged in thyrsi, 

 thyrsus : a panicle where the ultimate 

 flower-stalks are rather short, so that 

 the flowers are bunched on the primary 

 or secondary branches of the inflores- 

 cence. 

 Tiger Orchid : Diuris sulphurea and D. 



maculata. 

 Timothy : Phleum pratense. 

 tinctoria : wet, moisten ; probably figura- 

 tive from appearance, 

 tomentum : the hairy, scaly, or glandular 



development on the epidermis. 



tortuous : curved, usually indicating 



spirally. i • i. 



torus : the end of the stalk upon which 



the members of a flower are inserted; 



also termed thalamus, obsoletely also 



receptacle and erroneously disk. - 



Tourquoise-berry : Drymophila cyano- 



carpa. 

 Tree-fern : Dicksonia antarctica. 



palm : Cyathea cunninghami. 

 prickly : Alsophila australis. 

 river : Todea barbara. 

 tremula . tremulous, 

 triandrum : three anthers, 

 trichomanoides : Trichomanes-like. 

 trifida : divided in three (style). 

 trifoil : Trifolium species. Clovers. 

 Triaeer-plant : Stylidium grammifolium. 

 trisulca : deeply divided by three furrows, 

 truncate : ending abruptly, as though cut 



tunbridgense : Tunbridge, first habitat. 



turbinate : shaped like a top that is spun 

 by whipping. 



Tussack-grass : Poa csespitosa. 



Twitch-grass : Agrostis alba and vulgaris. 



Ulicina : resembling Ulex, Furze. 



uliginosa • marshy (habitat). 



umbel ■ an inflorescence where the indi- 

 vidual flower-stalks all arise from one 

 spot and usually are unequal in length, 

 so that, though they radiate, the 



flowers all reach the same level. A 

 compound umbel is an inflorescence of 

 many umbels. 



umbonate : bearing an umbo, that is a 

 defined terminal process, as a warty 

 central protuberance on an operculum, 

 or a terminal spine on a leaf. 



TJmbrella-fem : Gleichenia flabellata, 

 also often G. dicarpa. 



uncinate : furnished with a hook. 



unioloides : resembling TJniola, an 

 American genus of Grass. 



urbanum : elegant, refined. 



umigera : shaped lite an urn (fruit). 



vaginatus : sheath, from reduced leaves. 



valvate : meeting edge to edge, petals in 

 the bud may be so placed. 



varia : from conspicuous variability. 



velleyoides : resembling Velleya, a 

 goodeniaceous genus. 



velutinum : velvety. 



venosum : meagre, dry. 



veuusta : elegant, beautiful. 



vernal : spring. 



vemiciflua : exuding varnish. 



vernicosa : appearing varnished. 



verticellate : arranged in a circle at one 

 spot (leaves on stems). 



vesiculosum : covered with vesicles. 



vestiture : the clothing of hairs, scales, or 

 glands a plant may bear on its epi- 

 dermis. 



vestitum : bearing a conspicuous vesti- 

 ture. 



Vetch : Vicia sp. 



,, native : Bossisea oordigera. 



villous : softly hairy, 



viminalis : resembling (leaf) Salix vimi- 

 nalis, a species of Willow. 



vimineum : resembling Viminaria, a 

 leguminous genus. 



Vine, native : Muehlenbeckia adpressa. 



Violet, blue : Viola betonicifolia. 

 ,, white : Viola hederacea. 



virgate : twiggy (habit). 



viridis :. greenish (flowers). 



visoosa : viscous, sticky. 



vittata : bound with a filet, from fancied 

 resemblance to a small gathered bunch 

 of flowers. 



volubile : twining. 



vomeriformis : ploughshare shaped 



(leaves) . 



vulcanica : from common habitat amongst 

 igneous rocks. 



Waddy or white wood : Pittosporum 

 bicolour. 



Wallaby-grass : Danthonia penicillata. 



Wallflower, native : Pultensea subum- 

 bellata. 



Waratah : Telopea truncata. 



,, white : Agastachys odorata. 



Water-grass : Glyceria fluitans. 

 Wattle : Acacia species, but principally 

 those with divided leaves. 

 ,, Silver : A. dealbata. 

 ,, black : A. deourrens. 

 ,, green or river : A. discolour. 

 ,, prickly : A. riceana, vertici- 

 lata, &c. 



