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GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Urceolate^ pitcher-shaped. 



Uterine, belonging to the womb. 



Uterus, the ■womb. 



Utricle- or Uiriculus, a little bottle or bladder. 



Valvular or Valrcd^ consisting of valves or seed cells. 



Vai-icose, swollen here and there. 



Vascular, consisting of tissue in a very succulent en- 

 larged state. 



Vaulted, formed or placed like the roof of a vault. 



Veneeiing, the art of covering one kind of wood with 

 thin plates of another kind. 



Venti-icose, inflated. 



Veratrine, the active principle of Veratrum. 



Vermifuge, that wliicli expels worms. 



Vernacular, native. 



Vernal, belonging to the spring. 



Versatile, swinging lightly on a stalk so as to be con- 

 tinually changing direction. 



Vertea; the uppermost point. 



Vertical, perpendicular. 



VeHically compressed, that is depressed. 



VcrtilzTiear, the same as rectilinear; in a straight line. 



Vesicatories, blistering plasters. 



Vesicles, hollow excrescences resembling bladders.^ 



Ve-xillum, a standard; the upper petal of a papiliona- 

 ceous flower. 



Villous, shaggy, with long loose hair. 



Virescent, green, flourishing. 



Virr/ate, twiggy. 



Viscid or Viscoits, adhesive, clammy. 



Vivacious, lively. 



Viviparous, bearing young plants in the place of flowers 

 and seed. 



Vulnerary, useful in the cure of wounds. 



Vulvi/orm, Uke a cleft with projecting edges. 



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Wattled, having processes like the wattles of a cock. 



Welted, flaccid, drooping. 



]VJio7-ls, leaves inserted round a stem. 



Wing, in botany, signifies a membranous border, where- 

 with many seeds are supported in the air when float- 

 ing from place to place. 



Zones, stripes or beK.s. 



