A GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS 45 



Unisexual Flowers are those which contain either male or 



female organs, but not both. 

 Urceolate, pitcher-shaped, or urn-shaped. 



Vascular, built up of vessels. 

 Vermicular or Vermiform, worm-Uke. 

 Vernation, the state of leaves in bud. 

 Verrucose, warty. 



Versatile anthers are those which are balanced on the filament. 

 Verticillate, whorled. 

 Vesicle, a bladder. 

 Villous, shaggy. 

 Viscous, sticky, clammy. 



Viviparous, applied to the production of young plants (not seeds) 

 attached to the parent plant. 



Whorl, three or more leaves or flowers arranged around the stem 

 on the same level ; e.g. Galium, Gentiana lutea. 



Wing, a prolongation of a fruit or seed or of a stem ; the side petal 

 of a Leguminous flower. 



Woolly, when the hairs are long and loose, like wool. 



The best Glossary of Botanic Terms is that by Dr. B. Daydon 

 Jackson ; and Ed. 1905. The author regrets he had not it before 

 him when compiling the above. 



