Venule 
Vesicle 
vein), veinlets; ~ commu’nes, + 
veinlets which proceed from ana- 
stomoses of the ~ pro’priae, } those 
which first leave the costal or 
peers veins ; Ve’nule, employed 
y J. Smith for veins of secondary 
importance ; ve’nulose, venulo’sus, 
profusely-veined ; venulo’so-hinoi’- 
deus, having equally curved parallel 
veins originating in the midrib 
and not losing themselves in the 
passage ; ~ nervo’sus, with straight 
parallel veins connected by cross- 
veinlets. 
Ver-spe’cies, Syme’s name for a true 
species, neither super-, nor sub- 
species; the epithet is derived 
from verus. 
Vera’trine, an alkaloid derived from 
Veratrum. 
Ver’digris (Fr., Vert-de-gris), the sea- 
green ‘‘rust” of brass; ~ Green, 
the bluish-green colour of the same. 
vermic’ular, vermicular’is, vermi- 
culate, vermicula'tus, vermiculus, a 
little worm), worm-shaped, thick- 
ened and bent in places, as the 
root of Polygonum Bistorta, Linn. 
ver’miform (vermis, a worm, forma, 
shape), worm-shaped; ~ Bod’y = 
ScoLEcIrTE. 
Vermilion (Old Fr., Vermillon, the 
Kermes insect) ~ coloured, scarlet, 
brilliant red approaching orange. 
ver’nal, verna'lis, ver’nus (Lat., per- 
taining to spring), appearing in 
spring ; Verna'tion, Verna’tio (Lat., 
casting off a slough), the order of un- 
folding from leaf-buds, prefoliation. 
ver’nicose, vernico’sus (Mod. Lat., 
varnished), shiny, as though var- 
nished. 
Verru’ca (Lat., a wart), (1) a wart or 
elevation sometimes of a glandular 
nature ; (2) a sessile apothecium, 
asin Verrucaria ; (3) the perithe- 
cium of some Fungi. 
verruca’rioid, resembling Verrucaria 
as to the verrucae or apothecia. 
ver’rucose, verruco’sus (Lat., full of 
warts); Ver’rucous, warty. 
verru’ciform (verruca, a wart, forma, 
sbape), wart-shaped. 
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verru'culose, verruculo'sus (verrucula, 
a small wart), very warty, much 
covered with warts. 
ver'satile, versat’ilis (Lat., moveable), 
turning freely on its support, as 
many anthers on their filaments. 
versic’olor (Lat.,of changeable colour), 
changing colour, or one colour 
passing into another. 
ver’siform (versiformis, changing 
shape), altering in shape as it 
ages. 
versipal’mus (versus, turned, palma, 
a palm), a palmate arrangement, 
the divisions not all in the same 
plane. 
vertebrate (vertebratus, jointed), 
contracted at intervals, like the 
backbone of animals. 
Ver'tex (Lat., that which revolves 
about itself), (1) the apex of an 
organ ; (2) the pileus of Agarics ; 
vertical, vertica’lis, (1) perpendi- 
cular to the horizon ; or (2) to the 
support, usually longitudinal; ~ 
An’ther, an innate anther; ~ 
Chor‘isis, transverse chorisis; ~ 
Leaves, those which stand erect 
like Iris leaves, with no obviously 
dorsal or ventral surfaces; ~ 
Sys‘tem, the fibro-vascular system 
(Crozier); vertically compres’sed 
= DEPRESSED (Crozier). 
Ver'ticil, Verticil’/lus (Lat., the whirl 
of a spindle), a whorl, or circular 
arrangement of similar parts round 
an axis; Verticil’lus spu’rius, = 
VERTICILLASTER ;_ Verticillas’ter 
(-aster, a suffix = small), a false 
whorl, composed of a pair of op- 
posed cymes, as in Labiates ; verti- 
cillas’trate, possessing false whorls ; 
vertic’illate, verticilla/tus, whorled ; 
verticillifior'us (jlos, floris, a 
flower), when whorls have a 
spicate arrangement. 
verucula’tus (Lat., furnished with a 
small pike), cylindric and some- 
what pointed. 
vesicato’rius (vesica, a blister), blis- 
tering. 
Ve’sicle, Vesi'cula (Lat., a little 
bladder), (1) a small bladder or 
