GLOSSARY. 
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Vesicles, (277) hollow excrescences resembling blad- 
ders, g. 310. (note.) 
Vexillum, (188) a standard ; the upper petal of a papi- 
lionaceous flower. Petalostemum, g. 1501. p. 598. 
Villous, (278) shaggy, with long loose hair. Costus 
villo>issimiis, s. H6. 
Virescent, green, flourishing. Mesembryanthemum 
vircscens, s. 7275. 
Virgate, twiggy. Verbasciim ci'ipreum, s. 2152. 
Viscid, or Viscous, adhesive, clammy. Boerhaavia 
viscosa, s. 109. 
Vivacious, lively. Carduus, g. 1663 (note.) 
Viviparous, (279) bearing young plants in the place 
of flowers and seed. Marica cajrulea, s. 841. 
Vuiuerary, useful in the cure of wounds. Symphy- 
tum, g". 334;. (note.) 
Vuloijorm, like a cleft with projecting edges. Me- 
lampodium, g. 1828. p. 605, 
W. 
Wattled, having processes like the wattles of a cock, 
Rhinanthus alectorolophus, s. 8746. 
Welted, flaccid, drooping. Ciirduus acanthoides, 
s. 11375. 
Whorls, (280) leaves inserted round a stem. Hip- 
puris, g. 23. (note.) 
Wing, (281) in botany, signifies a membranous bor- 
der, wherewith many seeds are supported in the air 
wlien floating from place to place. Amomum de- 
albatum, s. 77. 
Zones, (282) stripes or belts, Zonaria pav6nia, s. 1533S. 
O signifies wanting or'absent. 
O O > very numerous. 
p. 79. 
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