




Glossary 439 
Ventral—Belonging to the anterior or in- 
ner face of an organ; the opposite of 
dorsal. 
Versatile (anther)—-Attached near the 
middle and turning freely on its sup- 
port. 
Verticillate—Whorled. 
Vesicle—A little bladder. 
Villous—Shaggy with long and soft hairs. 
Vine—Any trailing or climbing stem. 
Virgate—Wand - shaped, as a_ long 
straight slender twig. 
Viscid—Glutinous, sticky. 
Wedge-shaped—Broad above and taper- 
ing by straight lines to a narrow base. 
Whorl—A circle of leaves or other or- 
gans at a node. 
Wing—Any membranous expansion. 
Woolly—Clothed with long and tangled 
soft hairs. 
