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VOCABULARY. 
Transverse. Crosswise. 
Trichot'omnus. Three-forked, 
Trijid. Three-cleft. 
Trifo'liate. Three-leaved. 
Trilo'bate. Three-lobed. 
Triloc'ular. Three-celled. 
Truth' cate. Having a square termina- 
tion, as if cut ofi'. 
Trunk. The stem or bole of a tree. 
Tube. The lower hollow cylinder of a 
monopetalous corolla. 
Tuber. A solid fleshy knob. 
Tuberous. Thick and fleshy, contain- 
ing tubers, as the potato. 
Tubular. Shaped like a tube, hollow. 
Tu'nicate. Coated with surrounding 
layers, as in the onion. 
Thtrgid. Swelled, inflated. 
Turbinate. Shaped like a top, or pear. 
Twining. Ascending spirally. 
Twisted. Coiled. 
U 
Dligino'sus. Growing in damp places. 
Umbilicate. Marked with a central de- 
pression. 
Umbel. A kind of inflorescence in 
which the flower-stalks diverge from 
one centre, like the sticks of an um- 
brella. 
IJvibelliferous. Bearing umbels. 
Umbo. The knob in the centre of the 
hat or pileus of the fungi tribe, origi- 
nally the top of a buckler. 
Unarmed. Without thorns or prick- 
les. 
Uncinate. Hooked. 
Unctuo'sus. Greasy, oily, 
Un'dulate. Waving^ serpentine, gently 
rising and falling. 
Unguis. A claw. 
Unguic'ulate. Inserted by a claw. 
fJniflo'rus. One-flowered. 
U'nicus. Single. 
Unilat'eral. Growing on one side. 
Vrce'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 
epatha. 
Variety. A subdivision of a species, 
distinguished by characters which 
,are not permanent. 
Vaulted. Arched ; with a concave cov- 
ering. 
Veined. Having the divisions of the 
petiole irregularly branched on ^he 
under side of the leaf 
Ven'tricose. Swelled out. See Inflated. 
Vermifuge. A medicine for the cure oi 
worms. 
Vernal. Appearing in the spring, 
Verrucose. Warty, covered with little 
protuberances. 
Vertical. Perpendicular, 
Verticil' late. Whorled, having leaves 
or flowers in a circle round the stem. 
Vesic'ular. Made up of cellular sub- 
stance. 
Vespertine. Flowers opening in the 
evening, 
Vex'illum: 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. 
Vivip'arous. Producing others by 
means of bulbs or seeds, germinating 
while yet on the old plant, 
Vul'nerary. (From vulnus, a wound.) 
Medicines .which Leal wounds, 
W 
Wedge-form. Shaped like a wedge» 
rounded at the large end, obovate 
with straightish sides. 
Wheel-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 animals. 
Zo'ophytes. The lo^st 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 sers" 
sation. 
