GLOSSARI OF BOTAISIC TERMS. 



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finite and the scondary and ulti- 

 mate axes cymose. 



Thyrsoid :— resembling a thyrsus, 



Tomentose :— densely pubescent 

 with wool or short hairs. 



Torose :— constricted at intervals. 



Torulose :— diminutive of torose. 



Torus '.—See Eeceptacle. 



Triadelphous '.—having stamens 

 in three bundles. 



Triandrous :— having three stam- 

 ens. 



Tricarinate :—■ with three keels. 



Triceps :-with three heads. 



Trichotomous :— three-forked. 



Trifoliolate :-with three leaflets. 



Trigonous :— three-angied. 



Trilobate c-three-lohed. 



Trilocular :- three-celled. 



Trimorphic :— occurring under 

 three forms, applied chiefly to the 

 relative lengths of stamens. 



Tripartite :— three-parted. 



Tripinnate :— thrice pinnate. 



Triquetrous :- with three salient 

 angles. 



Truncate :— as if cut off at the 

 end. 



TuTjer:— a thickened and short 

 subterranean branch beset with 

 buds or ejes. 



Tulierculate :— furnished with ex- 

 crescences on the surface. 



Tuberous:— producing tubers, or 

 resembling a tuber. 



Tumid :— swollen. 



Turbinate -.—shaped like a top. 



Uliginosus :— growing in swamps. 

 IJmbel t— an inflorescence, in which 



all the pedicels radiate from the 



same point, like the ribs of an 



umbrella. 

 XTmbellule : -a secondary umbel. 

 Umbrosus :— growing in shady 



places. 

 Unarmed :— without thorns or 



prickles. 

 Uncinate :-hooked. 

 Undulate :— wavy. 

 Undershrub :- a low shrub, often 



with herbaceous branches which 



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Urceolate :- pitcher-shaped. 



Urens :— burning or stinging. 



Utricle :-a _ small bladder-like 

 pericarp as in Chenopodium ; also 

 applied to the membranous sac 

 surrounding the fruit in Car ex, or 

 to any bladder-shaped appendage. 



Vaginalis :- sheathed. 



Valvate :— opening as if by lids 

 or valves, like the anthers of 

 Berheris and Laurinece ; also when 

 the parts of a flower-bud exactly 

 meet without overlapping. 



Vein :— the branch of a nerve. 



Velutinus :— velvety. 



Ventral :— usually applied to the 

 anterior or inner face of a carpel, 

 in oppusition to dorsal. 



Ventricose:- inflated on one side, 

 like the corolla of many Labiates. 



Venulose :— profusely veined. 



Ver rucose : - warty. 



Versatile :- swinging freely on its 

 support, like the anthers of 

 grasses. 



Versicolor :— changing colour. 



Verticil :- a whorl. 



Verticillaster :- a false whorl com- 

 posed of a pair of opposite cymes, 

 as in many LabiatcB. 



Vexillum x—See Standard. 



Villous -.—clothed with long soft 

 hairs. 



Vimineus :— with long flexij^le 

 branches. 



Virens :— green. 



Virgate -.—twiggy or rod-like. 



Viscid :— sticky or clammy from a 

 gummy secretion. 



Vitifolius -.—with leaves like those 

 of the vine. 



Vittse :— the aromatic oil- tubes or 

 the pericarp of most UmbellifercB. 



Viviparous :— g erminatingor 

 sprouting from seed or bud while 

 still attached to the parent- plant. 



VolubOis -.—twining. 



ZygomorpMc :— applied to flowers 

 which can be divided into equal 

 halves in one plane only. See 



