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Glossary. 



L'ngiuculate. Coiitiacteil intu a claw. 



Uni-. In composition, one; as unisexual, of 



one sex, etc. 

 Urceolate. Urn-shaped. 

 Utricle. A hladder-like organ; a small 1- 



seeded fruit with a liladder-like pericarp. 

 Valvate. Said of sepals, etc., which are in 



contact along their margins onlj' (not over- 

 lapping) in the bud. 

 Valve. One of the parts into which a capsule 



splits. 

 Vascular. Possessing ducts or vessels. 

 Vein. One of the branches of the framework 



of a leaf. 

 Veinlet. A branch of a vein. 

 Venation. The arrangement of veins. 

 Ventral. Pertaining to the anterior or inner 



face of an organ; opposed to dorsal. 



Inflated on one side. 

 The arrangement of leaves in the 



Covered with wart-like eleva- 



\^entricose. 

 A'ernation. 



bud. 

 Verrucose. 



tions. 

 Versatile. Said of an anther attached at 



about its middle and swinging freely. 

 Verticil. Same as whorl. 

 Verticillate. Arranged in a whorl. 

 Villous or Villose. Covered with long soft 



not matted hairs. 

 Virgate. Slender or wand-like. 

 Viscid. Sticky, glutinous. 

 Whorl. An arrangement of three or more 



leaves or branches radiating in a circle 



from the same node. 

 Wing. A thin filmy expansion. 



