GLOSSARY. 



Triternate: three times ternate. 



Trumpet-shaped: tubular, enlarged at or towards the summit, as the corolla 



of Trumpet-Creeper. 

 Truncate : as if cut off at the top. 



Trunk: the main stem or general body of a stem or tree. 

 Tuber: a thickened portion of a subterranean stem or branch, provided with 



eyes (buds) on the sides ; as a potato. 

 Tubercle : a small excrescence. 



Tubercled, or Titberculate : bearing excrescences or pimples. 

 Tuberous: resembling a tuber. Tuberiferous : bearing tubers. 

 Tubular: hollow and of an elongated form; hollowed like a pipe. 

 Tumid: swollen; somewhat inflated. 

 Tunicate: coated; invested with layers, as an onion. 

 Turbinate: top-shaped. Turgid: thick as if swollen. 

 Turnip-stiaped : broader than high, abruptly narrowed below. 

 Twin : in pairs (see geminate). 



Twining: ascending by coiling round a support, like the Hop. 

 Typical : well expressing the characteristics of a species, genus, &c 



tJmbel : the umbrella-like form of inflorescence. 



Umbellate : in umbels. Umbelliferous : bearing umbels. 



tJmbellet: a secondary or partial umbel. 



Umbtiiccte : depressed in the centre, like the ends of an apple. 



Cmbonate: bossed; furnished with a low, rounded projection like a boss 



(umbo). 

 Unarmed : destitute of spines, prickles, and the like. 

 tJncinate : hook-shaped ; hooked over at the end. 

 Under-shrub : partially shrubby, or a very low shrub. 

 tJndulate : wavy, or wavy-margined. 



Unequally pinnate : pinnate with an odd number of leaflets. 

 Unguiculate: fnrnished with a claw (unguis) ; i. e. a narrow base, as the 



petals of a Rose, where the claw is very short, and those of Pinks, 



where the claw is very long. 

 Uni- % in compound words : one ; as 

 Uniflorous: one-flowered. Unifdliate: one-leaved. 

 Unifdliolate: of one leaflet. Unijugate: of one pair. 

 Unildbiate: one-lipped. Unilateral: one-sided. 

 Unildcular: one-celled. 

 Unidvidate : having only one ovule. 

 Uniserial: in one horizontal row. 



Unisexual: having stamens or pistils only, as in Moonseed. 

 tJnwalved: a pod of only one piece after dehiscence. 

 Urceolate : urn-shaped. 



tJtride : a small, thin-walled, one-seeded fruit, as of Goosefoot 

 Utricular : like a small bladder. 



Vdginate: sheathed, surrounded by a sheath (vagina) 



Valve: one of the pieces (or doors) into which a dehiscent pod, 01 any simi* 

 lar body, splits. 



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