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direction ; from the zenith, or highest 

 T)oint, directly do"wnwards 

 Vertical leases. "When they stand edge 

 up, or present their margins— and not 

 their laees— to the earth and sky; indic- 

 ative rather of PhyUodia, than of true 

 leaves. 



Ye: tit il: a -whorl : flowers, leaves, or other 

 organ >, arranged in a horizontal ring, 

 round a stem, or at its summit. 



Vei tii:lU(ister. A spurious verticil: a con- 

 densed cyme, or cluster resembling a 

 verticil.— "as in many Labiat-«. 



Terticillat'-: groAving or arranged in a ver- 

 ticil, or whorl, or horizontal ring. 



Vesicl>'>i. Little bladder-like vessels. 



Ves-ienJar. or re^ivuloHe: made of, or re- 

 sembiincf. little bladders. 



Vespi^: fine flowers. Tho;e which expand 

 in the evening. 



Veailliim. The banner, or broad upper 

 petal of a parpilionaceous corolla. 



¥iUoH(>. or vilhnis: velvety: clothed with 

 numerous, and rather long, soft hairs. 



Villus ( plural, f?7?^. The velvet-like pu- 

 bescence on a villous plant. 



Virescent; inclining to, or becoming, green. 



Yvrgate: wand like; long, slender, and 

 straight. 



Yirideacent; gi-eenish. 



Viscid: clammy ; covered with a sticky or 

 adhesive moisture. 



Viscid p^ib esc ent; with a clammy pubes- 

 cence. 



Yittoi Fillets : linear receptacles of oily 

 matter on the carpels of Umbelliferous 

 plants. 



Viviparous; producing a collateral off- 

 spring by means of bulbs: or having the 

 seeds to germinate before they are de- 

 tached from the parent plant. 



Yohihile: ascending spirally, or climbing by 

 embracing another object. See Ticining. 



Wavy; see iindidate. 



WJwrl: see vertinl. 



Winged; having a thin, extended margin. 



Wings. The side petals of a papilionaceous 

 corolla : also, the membranous expansion 

 at the summit or margin of certain peri- 

 carps, and on the sides of some petioles. 



Woolly: clothed with a long curled or mat- 

 ted pubescence, resembling wool 



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