GLOSSARY. 



Valvate, Vdlvular: opening by valves. Valvate in {estivation. 



Vascular: containing vessels, or consisting of vessels, such as duett. 



Vaulted: arched; same as fornicate. 



Veins: the small ribs or branches of the framework of leaves, &c. 



Veined, Veiny : furnished with evident veins. Veinless: destitute of vein*. 



Veinlets : the smaller ramifications of veins. 



VehUinous: velvety to the touch. 



Venation : the veining of leaves, &c. 



Venose : veiny ; furnished with conspicuous veins. 



Ventral : belonging to that side of a simple pistil, or other organ, which 



looks towards the axis or centre of the flower; the opposite of dorsal; 



as the 

 Ventricose : inflated or swelled out on one side. 

 Vermicular: shaped like worms. 

 Vernation : the arrangement of the leaves in the bud. 

 Verrucose : warty ; beset with little projections like warts. 

 Versatile : attached by one point, so that it may swing to and fro, as the 



anthers cf the Lily and Evening Primrose. 

 Vertex : same as the apex. 



Vertical: upright ; perpendicular to the horizon, lengthwise. 

 Verticil : a whorl. Verticillate : whorled. 

 Vesicle: a little bladder. Vesicular: bladdery. 

 Vkrillary, VexiUar: relating to the 

 Vextilum: the standard of a papilionaceous flower. 

 Villose: shaggy with long and soft hairs (viUosity). 

 Vimlneous : producing slender twigs, such as those used for wicker-work. 

 Vine: any trailing or climbing stem; as a Grape-vine. 

 Virescent, Viridescent: greenish ; turning green. 

 Vfrgate : wand-shaped, as a long, straight, and slender twig. 

 Piscous, Viscid: having a glutinous surface. 

 Vitta (plural vilim) : the oil-tubes of the fruit of Umbelliferse. 

 Voluble : twining, as the stem of Hops and Beans. 



Wavy : the surface or margin alternately convex and concave. 

 Waxy: resembling beeswax in texture or appearance. 

 Wedge-shaped: broad above, and tapering by straight lines to a narrow base. 

 Wheel-shaped: see rotate. 



Whorl, Whorled : when leaves, &c. are arranged in a circle round the stem. 

 Wing: any membranous expansion. Wings of papilionaceous flowers. 

 Winged: furnished with a wing; as the fruit of Ash and Elm. 

 Woolly : clothed with long and entangled soft hairs ; as the leaves of Mullein 

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