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Ves'sbl— AcellwhichassumesaleDgthened 

 tubular condition. 



VEXiL'LAnY, Vexilla'ms— The .arrange- 

 ment of the petals in the aestivation of 

 a papilionaceous flower. Vexilla'tus 

 — When a papilionaceous flower has a 

 large standard. Vbxil'ldm— A stand- 

 dard. 



Vi'bratilb— That moves to and fro, or 

 vibrates. 



Viob'ni (Twenty)— In twenties. 



ViGl'M^ — Applied to the periods during 

 which certain plants gradually expand 

 and close their flowers daily. 



ViLLOSE', Villif'ebtis, Villo'sus— Covered 

 with long weak hairs. Villos'ity — A 

 covering of long weak hair. 



Vl'jftEN (A twig) — A long flexible shoot. 

 ViMi'NEOns, Vimi'nbus — Furnished 

 with long flexible twigs, as many of the 

 Osiers. 



Vihba'lis — Growing naturally in vine- 

 yards. 



ViNO'sus— Of the colour of red wine ; dirty 

 pale red ; red with much grey. 



Vi'OLET, Viola'ceus — Of a violet colour ; 

 blue with a little red. VlotACBs'oBNS — 

 With a pale violet tijige. 



Vi'EENS— Green. Vibes'cens— Somewhat 

 green. Vi'ridis — Green. Vi'bob — 

 Greenness. 



Vie'oatb, Vibga'tus— Twig-like. Vie- 

 GrL'TUM— A twig. 



ViKGiN'ENS — Having attained the state of 

 flowering. 



ViBlDES'CENS— Synonym for " Viresc'ens. " 



Vibidi'na— Synonym for "Chlorophylla." 



Vi'bob — Greenness. 



ViEO'S0S (Venemous) — With a noisome 

 smell ; rank, poisonous. 



Vis'oiD, Vis'oiDUS, Visoo'sos— Coated 

 with a tenacious juice, as the fruit of 

 any of the Mistletoe, and youug shoots 

 of the viscid Hop-bush. 



ViTEL'i.iNns— The colour of the yolk of an 

 egg ; orange with a little grey. 



Vitel'lus (The yolk of an egg) — The 

 thickened sac within the nucleus which 

 contains the amnios; has been also 

 described as any portion attached to 

 the embryo, not distinctly referable to 

 radicle, cotyledon, or plumule. The 

 oily substance adhering to the spores of 

 Lycopodiacese. 



ViTl'coLUS — Living on or within the vine. 



ViTi'cuLA — Synonym for "Surculus." 

 • VlTICULo'sus — Producing viticulee. 



Vi'tkeus — Transparent. 



Vi'teicds — Looking like glass. 



Vit'ta — A narrow elongated receptacle of 

 aromatic oil, of which there are often 

 several longitudinally and regularly 

 disposed in the spermoderm in Umbelli- 

 ferae. In a transverse sectiim of the 

 fruit they appear as brown dots 

 between the pericarp and albumen. 



ViTTA'TUS— Striped longitudinally. 



Vivip'arous — Bearing young plants in 

 place of flowers and seeds. (See 

 AsxAeniuin •mviparum.) 



Volu'bius — Twisting spirally round a sup- 

 port. (See the stems of plant called 

 Climbing Iceplant or Lamb's-tails, 

 Boussingaultia baselloides. ) 



Volu'tds — Rolled up in any direction. 



VolVa — A membrane which completely 

 invests certain Fungi in their early 

 stages, and which bursts open as the 

 contents develop. 



Waets — Hard or firm excrescences. 



Whoel — Any set of organs or appendages 

 arranged in a circle round an axis, and 

 in, or very nearly in, a plane perpen- 

 dicular to it. Whorled — Synonym 

 for " Verticillate." 



Xanthophyll', . •XanthophylIlcm — A 

 yellow colouring matter in plants. 

 Xanthorrhcea, the Grass-tree, received 

 its name from the yellow resin which it 

 exudes. 



Xebampeli'nub— A very dull brown red ; 

 red with much grey. 



Xe'eos — Dry, as in Xerotes. 



Xi'PHOPHYLLUS — Having sword-shaped 

 leaves, or ensiform leaves. 



Xylooae'pus — When fruit becomes hard 

 and woody. 



Xylo'dia, Xylo'dium— The fruit of Ana- 

 cardium, unsymmetrical, monosper- 

 mous, woody, and seated on a fleshy 

 support. Also synonym for "Ache- 

 nium." (See fruit of Semecarpus ana- 

 cardivm, a common tree of our tropical 

 coast, and also planted in many places 

 about Brisbane.) 



Xylomy'oes — Fungi which grow upon 

 wood or bark. 



Zo'n.\tds, Zoned — Applied to organs when 

 the colour is in bands. (See the leaves 

 of the horseshoe Pelargonium, P. 

 zonale. ) 



Zoo'oakp, Zoadu'la, ZOOSI'EB'MA — The 

 spores of certain Algse, .which are for a 

 time endowed with powers of locomo- 

 tion. 



Zo'OGONiDiA — Gonidia endowed with active 

 niotion. 



Zo'oaPOEAKQiUM, ZoosPOEANGE — Sporan- 

 gium enclosing zoospores. 



Zo'ospoEES — Locomotive motile spores. 



Zy'gos — A yoke, as Zygophyllum. 



Zy'gospoebs — A spore resulting from con- 

 jugation. 



