113 PRACTICAL BOTAI^T. 



Umbellate : arranged in umbels. 



Umbellbt : a secondary or partial umbel, or smaller umbel, borne on 

 each ray of the primary umbel, which, therefore, has become 

 compound. 



Umbilioate : with a sharp depression in the centre or at the end. 



Undeeshrub : a partially shrubby plant, or a very low shrub. 



Unequally pinnate : odd-pinnate. 



Utricle : a small, 1-seeded; thin-walled fruit, usually bladder-like. 



Valve : one of the pieces into which a pod splits at maturity. 



Veins : the small branches, furrows, or ridges, forming the frame- 

 work of leaves. 



Veinlets : the smaller branches of veins, 



Ventral : see Suture. 



Vebrucose : warty. 



Versatile anther: an anther attached to the stalk of the stamen 



■ by one point, so that it may swing to and fro, as in the Evening 

 Primrose. 



Verticil : a whorl. 

 ,Verticillate : whorled. 



Vexilluji : standard. See Papilionaceoua flower. 



Villous : shaggy with long and soft hairs. 



Vine : a trailing or climbing stem. 



ViRGATE : wand-like, as a long, straight, and slender stem, twig, 

 peduncle, etc. 



Viscous, or Viscid : glutinous. 



Vitt^: the minute oil-tubes in the fruit-coat of Umbclworts. 



"Wing: any membranaceous expansion. 



Winged : furnished with a membranaceous margin. 



■\VooLLY : clothed with long and soft hairs. 



