xKv BOTANICAL TERMS AND DEFINITIONS. 
Verticillata, vide Whorled. 
Verticillus, vide Whorl. 
Vexillum, vide Banner. 
Villous, or Shaggy, (Villosus) applied to stems covered with 
rather long soft hairs. 
Viscid, {Viscidm) applied to stems covered with a clammy juice. 
VoLUBiLia, vide Twining. 
VoLVA, iVolm) a species of calyx. This term is applied to a 
membranous wrapper or covering of the fungus tribe, 
which conceals their parts of fructification ; in due time 
it bursts, and forms a ring upon the stalk. 
WARTY, {Verrucosus) applied to the surface of stems, beset with 
hard tubercles or warts. 
Wavy, (Repandum) applied to the margins of leaves, when bor- 
dered alternately with numerous minute segments of circles 
and angles. 
Wedge-shaped, (Cuneiforme) applied to leaves that are broad at 
the summit, gradually tapering down to the.base. 
Wheel-shaped, {Rotata) applied to corollas of the salver-shaped 
form, but having scarcely any tube. 
Whorl, {Verticillus) a species of inflorescence, in which the 
flowers surround the stem, in the form of a ring ; this term 
is also applied when the flowers are not inserted equally 
on all sides, but on two opposite ones only. 
Whorled, {Verticillata) applied to leaves growing in a circle 
round the stem. This term has no reference to the 
precise number of leaves. 
Wing, {Ala) a membranous appendage to some seeds, serving to 
waft them along in the air ; applied also to the two side 
petals of a papilionaceous corolla. 
Winged, {Alatus) applied to stems, when the angles are extended 
into leafy borders ; also to petioles having a leafy border 
on each side. 
, Wrapper, tide Volva. 
Wrinkled, vide Rugged. 
Yoked, vide Conjugate. 
