GLOSSARY 



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Triruspidafe, having, or terminating in, Unguirulatc, having a narrow base, like 



throe sharp points. a claw. 



Trifarious, facing, or pointing, in three Unilateral, growing, or inserted, all on 



directions. one side of a stem, or peduncle. 



Trifil, three-cleft; partially divided into Urceolate, Piicher-shapcd ; swelling be- 

 * A segments. low, and contracted to a neck, above. 



Trifoliate, having 3 leaves ; or the leaves Utricle^ a sac, or thin membranous pel i- 



arranged in threes. 



Trigonous^ three-cornered. 



JYigynouSi having 3 nistils. 



Trilobate, three do bed. 



Tripartite, three -parted. 



'1 ripinnate, thrice-pinnate ; when a com- 

 mon petiole has bipinnate divisions 

 on each side. 



Tripinnatifid, pinnately dissected, with 

 the primary divisions twice pinnatitid. 



earn, which does not adhere to the 

 seed. 



Valvule aestivation, when the sepals or 

 petals are folded together and fit by 

 their edges without overlapping. 



Valves, the several partsof a seed -vessel. 

 — especially of a capsule ; also, the 

 chatly pieces, which cover the flower 

 of the grasses; and the scales which 

 close the tube, in some corollas. 



Triplincrved, having 3 principal nerves. Valriform, resembling, or having the 



form of, valves. 



Variety, a plant changed by some acci- 

 dental causes,-— as soil, culture, cli- 

 mate, &c, but not permanently or 

 specifically distinct. 



Vaulted, arched over, like the roof of 

 the mouth. 



from the base. 



Triquetrous, having 3 angles, or sides, 



Triternate, when a petiole is biternate, 

 and each branch bears ternate leaves. 



Truncate, having the end square, or ab- 

 rupt, as if cut off. 



Tube, a pip;', or hallow cylinder. 



Tuber, a solid fleshy knob,— usually at- Veined, having the vessels variously 

 lached to roots, branching over the surface. 



Tubcrrlt\ a small excrescence; or point Ventrirvsc, swelling out in the middle, or 

 on a surface, making it rough. below. 



Tubcrculate, covered with tubercles. \ Vernation, the mode in which young 



Tuberiferous, bearing or producing tubers leaves are folded and packed in a 



Tuberous, consisting of, or fleshy and sol- bud. 



id like, tubers. Verrucosa wartv ; covered with wart- 



like 



, excrescences. 



Verticulf Virtically, in a perpendicular 

 direction; from the apex directly 

 towards the base. 



Verticil, a whorl ; flowers, or leaves, sur- 

 rounding the stem in a ring. 



Vcrticillate, growing or arranged 

 verticil. 



Vesicles, li tie bladder-like 



in a 



vessels. 



Tubular, having a tube, or shaped like a 



tube. 

 Tuft, a bunch, or fascicle, growing from 



the same root, or originating at the 



same point. 

 Tumid, swelled, or distended like a swel- 

 ling. 

 Tunicate, coated ; having concentric 



coats, or layers. 

 Turbinate, top-shaped ; resembling an Vesicular, Vcsirulose, made of, or re- 

 inverted cone. semblinz, little bladders. 

 Turgid, swelled, but not inflated. Vcxillum, the banner, or 1 road upper 

 Turion, the thick tender young shoot of petal, of a papilionaceous corolla. 



a plant,-as of the Asparagus, Hop, <5cc. Vi I lose, or Villous, clothed with numer- 

 Tussock, a dense tuft or bunch formed at ous long soft hairs. 



the root; as in some species of Carex. Villus, the pubescence on a villose plant. 

 Twin, two of the same kind connected, Virescent, inclining to or becoming ereen. 



or growing together. \Virgate, wand-like; long slender and 



Ttcining, winding round and ascending strakht. 



spirally. I Viscid, clammy ; covered with an adhe- 



Tico-mnked (or rotted), see Distichous. sive moisture. 



Umbel, a kind of inflorescence, in which Vitta (s insular, Vit/a), fillets; or linear 



the llowerstalks proceed from a com-l receptacles <>f oily matter on the car- 



mon centre, like rays, or the braces' | els of uml elliferous plants. 



of an umbrella. Viviparous, producing a collateral off- 



Umbellate, in the form of an umbel. spring by means of bulbs,— or hav- 



Umbellet, a partial umbel; one of the ing the seeds to eerminate before 



subdivisions of a comj>ound umbel. ihev are detached from the plant. 



Umbelliferous, bearing the fljwers in ro/u6t/e.ascending sj.irally.See Iksining, 



umbels. Wuri/, See l undulate. 



Umbiljcate, having a central hollow, or Whorl, See Verticil. 



depression. Winged, having the sides extended into 



Unarmed, without thorns, or prickles. ' a leaf-like expansion. 

 Uncinate, hook-shaped; hooked at the) Wings, the two sided-petals of a papili- 

 onaceous corolla 

 nous expansion 

 some pericarps; 

 some petioles. 

 Woolly, clothed with a pubescence re- 

 sembling wool, 



end. 

 Undulate, wavy ; rising and falling like 



waves. 

 Unequal, the parts not corresponding in 



size, form, or duration. 



, also, the membra- 

 on the margin of 

 and on the sides of 



