Part 71

=Umbel= A flower-cluster with all the pedicels arising from the same point.

=Valvate= Said of buds in which the scales merely meet without overlapping.

=Vegetative= Said of buds which do not contain reproductive organs.

=Veins= Threads of fibro-vascular tissue in leaves or other organs.

=Viscid= Glutinous; sticky.

=Whorl= A group of three or more similar organs, as leaves or buds, arranged about the same place of attachment.

=Whorled= Borne in a whorl.

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Transcriber’s Notes

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. All other variations in hyphenation spelling and punctuation remain unchanged.

Italics are represented thus italic and bold thus =bold=.