INDEX 709 
Tupelo, Nyssa 
Turbinate, cone-shaped 
Turf, 185 
Turgidity, 35, hi 
T urion, a scaly sucker or shoot 
from the ground 
Turkey-berry (W. I.), Solanum 
spp. ; -oak, Quercus ; -red, 
Peganum 
Turmeric, Curcuma 
Turnip, Brassica ; prairie-, Psoralea 
Turnsole, Chrozophora 
Turpentine, T99, Coniferae, Abies , 
Pice a, Pinus ; Chian-, Pistacia ; 
oilof -, Pinus \ Strasburg-, Abies; 
-tree, Bursera; Venice-, Larix 
Turtlehead (Am.), Chelone; -grass 
(W. I.), Thalassia 
Tuscarora rice, Zizania 
Tutsan, Hypericum 
Tway blade, Lister a 
Twig-rush (Am.), Cladium 
Twin flower (Am.), Linnaea; -leaf, 
Jeffer sonia 
Twining plants, 170; stem, 44 
Twisted stalk (Am.), Streptopus 
Twisting (flower stalk), 74 ; (leaf), 
47, 49; (stem), 17 1 ; (theca of 
anther), 78 
Twitch grass, Agropyron 
Tyle berry (W. I Jatropha multi- 
fida L. 
Type of species, 117 
Ule, Castilloa 
Uliginosus (Lat.), growing in 
swamps 
Umbel, 63 
Umbilicate, peltate, or depressed 
in the centre 
Umbonate, with central boss 
Umbraculiferous, like an expanded 
umbrella 
Umbrella fir, Sciadopitys ; -grass 
(Am.), Fuirena; -leaf (Am.), 
Diphylleia ; -tree, Acacia , Mag- 
nolia 
Umbrinus (Lat.), umber coloured 
Umbrosus (Lat.), of shady places 
Uncate, uncinate, hooked 
Undershrubs, 154 
Undulate, wavy, 53 
Unguiculate, ungulate, clawed, 
77 
Uni- (Lat. pref.), one-; -corn 
plant (Am.), Martynia ; -folio- 
late, with one leaflet, Berberis , 
Citrus ; -lateral, one-sided ; 
-loc., -locular, 79, 82; -parous, 
monochasial ; -sex., -sexual, 68 
Upas tree, Antiaris 
Urceolate, urn-shaped, 77 
Urens (Lat.), stinging 
Urucury nut, Maximiliana 
U.S., United States 
Ustilago antherarum, Lychnis 
Utricle, Cyperaceae 
Uvarius (Lat.), like a bunch of 
grapes 
Vaginate, sheathed 
Vahy, LandoLphia m a dagasca rien - 
sis Benth. et Hook. f. 
Vaill., Vaillant 
Valerian, Valeriana ; red-spur-, 
Centranihus 
Vallecula (Lat.), grooves in fruit 
Valonia, Quercus 
Valvate aestivation, 75 
Valve, 108 
Valvular, dehiscence (anther), 78; 
(fruit), 108 
Vandevelde, A., 112 
Vanilla, Vanilla; -grass (Am.), 
Hierochloe 
Var., variety 
Variation, 21, 2, 159; accumu- 
lated-, 25; correlated-, 23,26; 
discontinuous -, 22, 118; - in 
colour, 100; step -,22 
Varieties, 116 
Varnish, 199, Melanorrhoea; 
Chinese - tree, A leurites Fordii 
Hemsl. 
Vascular bundles, 33 ; -cryptogams, 
124, Pteridophyta 
Vasculum, 11, 13 
Vegetable horsehair, Tillandsia; 
-ivory, 207, Palmae , Phytele- 
phas ; -marrow, Cucurbita, 
Blighia ; -oyster, salsify ; -patho- 
logy, 3 ; -sheep, Raoulia 
Vegetation, forms of, 150; zones 
of, 178 
