OLOSSAET. XXV 



Unilateral ; turned to one side. 



Upper part of a floral whorl ; that next the main axis of the 



stem ; posterior. 

 Urceolate ; like a pitcher contracted at the mouth. 

 Utricle ; a hladder-like covering as in Chenopodiacem, i. a. an 



achene with a membranous pericarp. The envelope of 



the nut of Carex. 



Valvate ; having valves or parts of an organ opening like little 

 doors ; or organs touching only along their edges. 



Veins ; bundles of vessels in leaves and their modifications. 



Ventricose ; swelling unequally on one side. 



Vernation ; the arrangement of leaves in a bud. 



Versatile ; swinging freely on its support, as an anther attached 

 by one point of its back. 



Villose ; shaggy with loose long soft hair. 



Viscous; clammy. 



Vittce ; linear receptacles of oil in the fruits of UmbeUif ers 

 stripes. 



Viviparous ; bearing yoimg plants in the place of flowers. 



Wedgeshaped ; like a wedge, but attached by its point. 



Whorl ; formed of similar organs arranged in a circle round an 



axis. 

 Whorled; arranged in whorls. 



Winged; having leaflike or membranous expansions. 

 Wings ; the lateral petals of a Pea-flower ; the flat membranous 



appendages of some seeds. 



When two terms are combined, as ovate-lanceolate, it means 

 that the form or structure is compounded of the two, or lies 

 between them. 



