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l^tinsverse. Crosswise. 
lYichoi onums. Three-forked, 
Trifid. Three-cleft. 
Trifoliate. Three-leaved. 
Trilo'bate. Three-lobed. 
Triloc'ular. Three-celled. 
TruTi'cate. Having a square termina- 
tion, as if cut off. 
Trunk. The stem or bole of a tree. 
Tube.' The lower hollow cylinder of a 
monopetalous corolla. 
Ttiber. A solid fleshy kneb. 
Tuberous. Thick and fleshy, contain- 
ing tubers, as the potato. 
TvMular. Shaped like a tube, hollow. 
Tu'nicate. Coated with surrounding 
layers, as in the onion. 
Turgid. Swelled, inflated. 
Turbinate. Shaped like a top, or pear. 
Tunning. Ascending spirally. 
Twisted. Coiled. 
U 
Vligino'sus. Growing in damp places. 
Umbilicate. Marked with a centi ai de- 
pression. 
Umbel. A kind of inflorescence in 
which the flower-stalks diverge from 
one centre, like the sticks of an um- 
brella. 
Umbelliferous. Bearing umbels. 
Umbo. The knob in tr.p centre of the 
hat or pileus of the fung: tribe, origi- 
nally the top of a buckler. 
Unarmed. Without thorns or prick- 
les. 
Uncinate. Hooked. 
Unctuo'sus. Greasy, oily. 
Uii'dulate. Waving, serpentine, gently 
rising and falling. 
Unguis. A claw. 
Unguic'ulate. Inserted by a claw. 
Unifio'rus. One-flowered. 
U'nicus. Single. 
Unilat'eral. Growing on one side. 
Urce'olate. Swelling in the middle, 
and contracted at the top in the form 
of a pitcher. 
Utricle. A little bladder, a term ap- 
plied to capsules of a peculiar kind. 
V 
Valves. The parts of a seed-vessel in- 
to which it finally separates ; also the 
leaves which make up a glume, or 
spatha. 
Variety. A subdivision of a species, 
distinguished by characters which 
are not permanent. 
Vaulted. Arched j with a conca v^e cov- 
ering. 
Veined. Having the divisions of the 
petiole irregularly branched on Ji6 
under side of the leaf. 
Ven'iricose. Swelled out. See Inflated. 
Vermifuge. A medicine for the cure ct 
worms. 
Veriial. Appearing in the spring, 
Verru^ose. Warty, covered with litt' 
protuberances. 
Vertical. Perpendicular. 
Verticil late. Whorled, having leaves 
or flowers in a circle round the stem. 
Vesicular. Made up of cellular sub- 
stance. 
Vespertine. Flowers openmg in the 
evening. 
Vex' ilium. See Banner. 
Vil'lose. Hairy, the hairs long and soft. 
Viola' ceous. Violet-coloured. 
Villus. Soft hairs. 
Vires'cens. Inclining to green. 
Virgate. Long and slender. Wand-like 
Vir'idis. Green. 
Virgultum. A small twig. 
Virose. Nauseous to the smell, poison- 
ous. 
Viscid. Thick, glutinous, covered with 
adhesive moisture. 
Vitel'lus. Called also the yolk of the 
seed ; it is between the albumen 
and embryo. 
Vit'reus. Glassy. 
Viviparous. Producing others by 
means of bulbs or seeds, germinating 
while yet on the old plant. 
Vul'nerary. (From vulnus, a wound.^ 
Medicines which heal wounds. 
W 
Wedge-form. Shaped like a wedsre, 
roundea d,t the large end, obovaie 
with straightish sides. 
Wlieel-shaped. See Rotate. 
Wings. The two side petals of a pa- 
pilionaceous flower. 
Wood. The most solid parts of trunks 
of trees and shrubs. 
Z 
Zool'ogy. The science of animais. 
Zo'ophytes. The lowest order of ani- 
mals, sometimes called animal plants 
though considered as wholly belong- 
ing to the animal kingdom. Many 
of them resemble plants in their form, 
and exhibit very faint marks of sen* 
sation. 
