CALIFORNIAN PITCHER-PLANT. CALF'S-HEAD.

Darlingtonia Californica, Torr. Pitcher-plant Family.

Bog plants, with long horizontal rootstocks. Leaves.—Tubular; hooded and appendaged above; eighteen to thirty-four inches high. Scape.—Eighteen inches or more high, with green bracts crowded near the solitary nodding flower. Flower parts in fives. Sepals.—Green; twenty lines long. Petals.—Purplish; shorter than the sepals; constricted above into a terminal lobe. Stamens.—Twelve to fifteen in a circle around the ovary. Ovary.—Top-shaped; truncate; five-lobed; five-celled. Style five-lobed. Stigmas thickish. Hab.—The Sierras, from Truckee Pass into Oregon.

Our pitcher-plant is one of the most wonderful and interesting of all the forms that grow, linking, as it were, the vegetable world with the animal, by its unnatural carnivorous habits. If you would like to visit it, this warm July day, we will take a mountain trail, leading around under lofty yellow pines, Douglas spruces, and incense-cedars, making our way through the undergrowth until we come to a swamp lying upon a hillside yonder. While still some distance away, we can discern the yellowish-green of the myriad hoods as they lift themselves in the sunlight like spotted snakes.

If you have never seen the plant before, you will be in a fever of excitement till you can reach the spot and actually take one of the strange pitchers in your hand to examine it. Nothing could be cleverer than the nicely arranged wiles of this uncanny plant for the capturing of the innocent—yes, and of the more knowing ones—of the insect world who come within its enchantment. No ogre in his castle has ever gone to work more deliberately or fiendishly to entrap his victims while offering them hospitality, than does this plant-ogre. Attracted by the bizarre yellowish hoods or the tall nodding flowers, the foolish insect alights upon the former and commences his exploration of the fascinating region. He soon comes upon the wing, which often being smeared with a trail of sweets, acts as a guide to lure him on to the dangerous entrance to the hoodlike dome. Once within this hall of pleasure, he roams about, enjoying the hospitality spread for him. But at last, when he has partaken to satiety and would fain depart, he turns to retrace his steps. In the dazzlement of the translucent windows of the dome above, he loses sight of the darkened door in the floor by which he entered and flies forcibly upward, bumping his head in his eagerness to escape. He is stunned by the blow and plunged downward into the tube below. Here he struggles to rise, but countless downward-pointing, bristly hairs urge him to his fate. He sinks lower and lower in this "well of death" until he reaches the fatal waters in the bottom, where he is at length ingulfed, adding one more to the already numerous victims of this diabolical plant.

[CALIFORNIAN PITCHER-PLANT—Darlingtonia Californica.]

The fluid at the bottom of the well is secreted by the plant, and seems to have somewhat the action of a gastric juice in disintegrating the insects submerged in it. Many species of ants, flies, bees, hornets, grasshoppers, butterflies, moths, dragon-flies, beetles, etc., are to be found in the tube, sometimes filling it to a depth of two or three inches.

The disagreeableness of the vicinity of these plants can be imagined upon a hot day when the sun is shining "upon this sad abode of death" and all the air is tainted with their sickening odor.

The mountaineers call the plant "calf's-head," because of the large yellowish domes of the pitchers.

INDEX TO LATIN NAMES

[To assist in the pronunciation of the Latin names, the accented syllable in each word is indicated by an accent mark. If this syllable ends in a vowel, the vowel has the long sound; but if it ends in a consonant, the vowel has a short sound. Either the English or the Continental sounds may be given the vowels, though the former are more generally authorized.]

Abro´nia latifo´lia, [146]
marit´ima,[292]
umbella´ta,[292]
villo´sa,[292]
Achille´a Millefo´lium, [97]
Aconi´tum Columbia´num, [328]
Fisch´eri, [328]
Adenos´toma fascicula´tum, [60]
sparsifo´lium, [60]
Æs´culus Califor´nica, [69]
Amelan´chier alnifo´lia, [88]
Amor´pha Califor´nica, [315]
Amsinck´ia, [128]
Anagal´lis arven´sis, [126]
Anaph´alis Margarita´cea, [102]
Anemo´ne nemoro´sa, [18]
quinquefo´lia, [18]
Anemop´sis Califor´nica, [76]
Antenna´ria, [102]
Antirrhi´num Coulteria´num, [46]
glandulo´sum, [320]
Orcuttia´num, [46]
va´gans, [320]
Apoc´ynum androsæmifo´lium, [236]
cannab´inum, [238]
Aquile´gia cœru´lea, [348]
trunca´ta, [348]
Ar´abis blepharophyl´la, [196]
Ara´lia Califor´nica, [76]
Ar´butus Menzie´sii, [37]
Arctostaph´ylos bi´color, [14]
glau´ca, [14]
manzani´ta, [12]
pun´gens, [12]
Argemo´ne platy´ceras, [74]
Aristolo´chia Califor´nica, [374]
Artemis´ia Califor´nica, [377]
tridenta´ta, [378]
vulga´ris, [377]
As´arum cauda´tum, [310]
Hartwe´gi, [310]
Ascle´pias Mexica´na, [312]
As´ter Chamisso´nis, [332]
salsugino´sus, [32]
Astragalus, [xxxv]
leucop´sis, [40]
Audiber´tia grandiflo´ra, [350]
stachyoi´des, [294]
niv´ea, [296]
Bac´charis Douglas´ii, [106]
pilula´ris, [104]
Bae´ria gra´cilis, [124]
Ber´beris Aquifo´lium, [122]
nervo´sa, [118]
re´pens, [118]
Bloome´ria au´rea, [154]
Clevelan´di, [156]
Boykin´ia occidenta´lis, [81]
Bras´sica ni´gra, [140]
Brevoor´tia coccin´ea, [238]
Brodiæ´a capita´ta, [262]
coccin´ea, [238]
conges´ta, [264]
grandiflo´ra, [318]
ixioi´des, [156]
lac´tea, [156]
lax´a, [302]
multiflo´ra, [262]
terres´tris, [318]
Brodiæ´a volu´bilis, [232]
Brunel´la vulga´ris, [322]
Bryan´thus Brew´eri, [246]
Calandrin´ia caules´cens, [212]
Calochor´tus, [xl]
al´bus, [54]
Ben´thami, [130]
Catali´næ, [306]
clava´tus, [150]
lu´teus, [174]
lu´teus ocula´tus, [81]
macrocar´pus, [268]
Mawea´nus, [278]
pulchel´lus, [144]
splen´dens, [306]
umbella´tus, [278]
uniflo´rus, [278]
venus´tus, [78]
Weed´ii, [150]
Calycan´thus occidenta´lis, [352]
Calyp´so boreal´is, [210]
Camas´sia esculen´ta, [292]
Campan´ula prenanthoi´des, [322]
Cardam´ine paucisec´ta, [4]
Castille´ia foliolo´sa, [344]
parviflo´ra, [344]
Ceano´thus, [xxxiv]
divarica´tus, [258]
integer´rimus, [84]
prostra´tus, [326]
thyrsiflo´rus, [274]
velu´tinus, [39]
Cephalan´thera Orega´na, [388]
Cephalan´thus occidenta´lis, [98]
Cer´cis occidenta´lis, [198]
Cercocar´pus parvifo´lius, [373]
Chamæba´tia foliolo´sa, [92]
(Pronounced Kameba´tia.)
Cheiran´thus as´per, [132]
Chimaph´ila Menzie´sii, [104]
umbella´ta, [104]
Chlorog´alum pomeridia´num, [82]
Chorizan´the staticoi´des, [218]
Cicho´rium In´tybus, [312]
Clar´kia concin´na, [236]
el´egans, [228]
Clayto´nia perfolia´ta, [16]
Clem´atis lasian´tha, [91]
ligusticifo´lia, [91]
Clinto´nia Andrewsia´na, [202]
Collin´sia bi´color, [294]
Collo´mia grandiflo´ra, [178]
Convol´vulus arven´sis, [42]
lute´olus, [40]
occidenta´lis, [40]
Soldanel´la, [210]
villo´sus, [42]
Corallorhi´za Bigelo´vii, [272]
multiflo´ra, [272]
Cor´nus Nuttal´lii, [94]
Cot´ula coronopifo´lia, [151]
Cotyle´don Califor´inicum, [142]
ed´ulis, [142]
lanceola´ta, [141]
pulverulen´ta, [142]
Cucur´bita fœtidis´sima, [117]
peren´nis, [117]
Cus´cuta, [160]
sali´na, [161]
Cynoglos´sum gran´de, [258]
Cypripe´dium Califor´nicum, [384]
monta´num, [382]
Darlingto´nia Califor´nica, [390]
Datu´ra meteloi´des, [54]
Stramo´nium, [96]
suaveo´lens, [96]
Delphin´ium, [276]
cardina´le, [364]
nudicau´le, [346]
scopulo´rum, [330]
Dendrome´con rig´idum, [118]
Denta´ria Califor´nica, [4]
Dicen´tra chrysan´tha, [162]
formo´sa, [242]
Dip´sacus Fullon´um, [386]
Dis´porum Hook´eri, [376]
Dodeca´theon Clevelan´di, [206]
Henderso´ni, [204]
Mea´dia, [204]
Downin´gia el´egans, [315]
pulchel´la, [314]
Echinocac´tus virides´cens, [374]
Echinocys´tis faba´cea, [26]
macrocar´pa, [26]
Echinosperm´um floribun´dum, [334]
Ellis´ia chrysanthemifo´lia, [36]
Emmenan´the penduliflo´ra, [130]
Ence´lia Califor´nica, [128]
Epilo´bium angustifo´lium, [244]
obcorda´tum, [254]
panicula´tum, [244]
spica´tum, [244]
Epipac´tis gigante´a, [388]
Erig´eron Coul´teri, [106]
Erig´eron glau´cus, [304]
Philadel´phicus, [216]
salsugino´sus, [332]
Eriodic´tyon glutino´sum, [56]
tomento´sum, [58]
Eriog´onum fascicula´tum, [34]
nu´dum, [34]
umbella´tum, [178]
ursi´num, [178]
Eriophyl´lum cæspito´sum, [182]
confertiflo´rum, [180]
Eritrich´ium, [30]
Ero´dium Bo´trys, [194]
cicuta´rium, [194]
moscha´tum, [194]
Erys´imum as´perum, [132]
grandiflo´rum, [132]
Erythræ´a venus´ta, [218]
Erythro´nium gigante´um, [136]
grandiflo´rum, [138]
Eschschol´tzia Califor´nica, [114]
Eucharid´ium concin´num, [236]
Flœr´kia Douglas´ii, [126]
Fraga´ria Califor´nica, [10]
Chilen´sis, [10]
Fremon´tia Califor´nica, [158]
Fritilla´ria biflo´ra, [266]
coccin´ea, [346]
lanceola´ta, [264]
lilia´cea, [267]
pluriflo´ra, [266]
pu´dica, [267]
recur´va, [346]
Ga´lium Apari´ne, [28]
angustifo´lium, [29]
Gar´rya ellip´tica, [370]
Fremon´ti, [370]
Gaulthe´ria Shal´lon, [75]
Gentia´na calyco´sa, [330]
Gil´ia, [xxxvii]
achilleæfo´lia, [296]
aggrega´ta, [360]
androsa´cea, [222]
Califor´nica, [206]
capita´ta, [296]
Chamisso´nis, [296]
dianthoi´des, [216]
dicho´toma, [50]
grandiflo´ra, [178]
tri´color, [288]
Gnapha´lium decur´rens, [68]
Sprenge´lii, [68]
Gode´tia, [xxxvi]
Bot´tæ, [240]
grandiflo´ra, [240]
vimine´a, [240]
Gomphocar´pus tomento´sus, [380]
Goodye´ra Menzie´sii, [98]
Grinde´lia cuneifo´lia, [176]
hirsu´tula, [178]
robus´ta, [176]
Habena´ria el´egans, [384]
leucosta´chys, [94]
Helian´thus an´nuus, [185]
Califor´nicus, [186]
Heliotro´pium Curassa´vicum, [47]
Hemizo´nia luzulæfo´lia, [188]
Heterome´les arbutifo´lia, [90]
Heu´chera micran´tha, [58]
Hosack´ia bi´color, [165]
crassifo´lia, [166]
gla´bra, [152]
gra´cilis, [166]
Purshia´na, [252]
Tor´reyi, [165]
Hyper´icum anagalloi´des, [172]
concin´num, [162]
I´ris longipet´ala, [280]
macrosi´phon, [280]
Iso´meris arbo´rea, [144]
Krynitz´kia, [30]
Lar´rea Mexica´na, [191]
Lath´yrus splen´dens, [212]
Tor´reyi, [25]
vesti´tus, [25]
Lava´tera assurgentiflo´ra, [226]
Lay´ia glandulo´sa, [28]
platyglos´sa, [148]
Le´dum glandulo´sum, [103]
Lepto´syne Douglas´ii, [148]
marit´ima, [146]
Lessin´gia Germano´rum, [252]
lepto´clada, [252]
Lewis´ia redivi´va, [224]
Lil´ium Humbold´tii, [185]
marit´imum, [356]
pardali´num, [182]
par´vum, [180]
rubes´cens, [72]
Limnan´thes Douglas´ii, [126]
Lina´ria Canaden´sis, [304]
Lobe´lia splen´dens, [365]
Lonic´era hispid´ula, [226]
involucra´ta, [122]
Lupi´nus, xxxiv
al´bifrons, [161]
arbo´reus, [161]
bi´color, [300]
densiflo´rus, [85]
Sti´veri, [161]
Lysichi´ton Camtschatcen´sis, [166]
Ma´dia el´egans, [182]
sati´va, [182]
Maho´nia Aquifo´lium, [122]
Malaco´thrix Califor´nica, [151]
saxat´ilis, [75]
tenuifo´lia, [75]
Malvas´trum Thur´beri, [220]
Mamilla´ria Goodridg´ii, [24]
Marru´bium vulga´re, [47]
Meconop´sis heterophyl´la, [129]
Medica´go denticula´ta, [132]
sati´va, [326]
Megarrhi´za Califor´nica, [26]
Melilo´tus al´ba, [156]
parviflo´ra, [156]
Mentze´lia lævicau´lis, [168]
Lind´leyi, [168]
Mesembryan´themum æquilatera´le, [220]
crystalli´num, [51]
Micram´pelis, [26]
Microme´ria Douglas´ii, [62]
Mim´ulus, xxxviii
brev´ipes, [134]
cardina´lis, [360]
Douglas´ii, [222]
glutino´sus, [138]
Lewis´ii, [248]
lu´teus, [134]
moscha´tus, [134]
Mirab´ilis Califor´nica, [208]
Monardel´la lanceola´ta, [324]
odoratis´sima, [324]
villo´sa, [324]
Mon´tia perfolia´ta, [16]
Muil´la marit´ima, [369]
seroti´na, [369]
Neil´lia opulifo´lia, [85]
Nemoph´ila atoma´ria, [39]
auri´ta, [278]
insig´nis, [290]
interme´dia, [284]
macula´ta, [39]
Menzie´sii, [284]
parviflo´ra, [39]
Nicotia´na glau´ca, [129]
Nu´phar polysep´alum, [184]
Nuttal´lia cerasifor´mis, [18]
œnothe´ra, [xxxv]
bien´nis, [175]
bistor´ta, [136]
Califor´nica, [48]
cheiranthifo´lia, [136]
ova´ta, [110]
Opun´tia basila´ris, [225]
Engelman´ni, [170]
prolif´era, [356]
serpenti´na, [357]
Orthocar´pus, xxxviii
densiflo´rus, [228]
erian´thus, [151]
purpuras´cens, [228]
versic´olor, [52]
Ox´alis cornicula´ta, [196]
Orega´na, [195]
Pæo´nia Brown´ii, [340]
Papa´ver Califor´nicum, [116]
Pedicula´ris attol´lens, [253]
densiflo´ra, [336]
Grœnlan´dica, [253]
Pentachæ´ta au´rea, [126]
Penste´mon, xxxix
azu´reus, [308]
Bridge´sii, [358]
centranthifo´lius, [358]
cordifo´lius, [350]
heterophyl´lus, [308]
Menzie´sii, [250]
Phace´lia, xxxvii
Douglas´ii, [282]
grandiflo´ra, [267]
Par´ryi, [288]
tanacetifo´lia, [282]
vis´cida, [267]
Whitla´via, [288]
Phlox Douglas´ii, [248]
Pickerin´gia monta´na, [230]
Pipto´calyx, [30]
Plagioboth´rys, [30]
Platyste´mon Califor´nicus, [112]
Polyg´ala Califor´nica, [286]
Polyg´ala cornu´ta, [286]
cuculla´ta, [286]
Potentil´la Anseri´na, [175]
glandulo´sa, [175]
Primu´la suffrutes´cens, [250]
Prosar´tes Hook´eri, [376]
Menzie´sii, [377]
Pru´nus demis´sa, [36]
ilicifo´lia, [61]
subcorda´ta, [34]
Pteros´pora andromede´a, [186]
Pyr´ola aphyl´la, [100]
denta´ta, [100]
pic´ta, [100]
rotundifo´lia, [100]
Ranun´culus Califor´nicus, [110]
Rham´nus Califor´nica, [67]
Purshia´na, [68]
Rhododen´dron Califor´nicum, [234]
occidenta´le, [86]
Rhus aromat´ica, [154]
Canaden´sis, [152]
diversilo´ba, [8]
integrifo´lia, [203]
lauri´na, [203]
ova´ta, [204]
Ri´bes glutino´sum, [214]
Menzie´sii, [338]
sanguin´eum, [214]
specio´sum, [338]
subves´titum, [338]
Romanzof´fia Sitchen´sis, [22]
Romne´ya Coul´teri, [64]
Ro´sa Califor´nica, [234]
gymnocar´pa, [236]
Ru´bus Nutka´nus, [24]
spectab´ilis, [25]
Ru´mex hymenosep´alus, [378]
Salicor´nia ambig´ua, [387]
Sal´via cardua´cea, [307]
Columba´riæ, [298]
Sambu´cus glau´ca, [45]
Sarco´des sanguin´ea, [362]
Saxif´raga Califor´nica, [14]
pelta´ta, [242]
Virginien´sis, [14]
Scoli´opus Bigelo´vii, [256]
Scrophula´ria Califor´nica, [342]
Scutella´ria angustifo´lia, [270]
Califor´nica, [270]
tubero´sa, [270]
Se´dum spathulifo´lium, [170]
Sidal´cea malvæflo´ra, [198]
Sile´ne Califor´nica, [354]
Gal´lica, [246]
lacinia´ta, [354]
Sisyrin´chium bel´lum, [284]
Califor´nicum, [284]
Smilaci´na amplexicau´lis, [22]
sessilifo´lia, [22]
Sola´num Douglas´ii, [80]
ni´grum, [80]
umbellif´erum, [268]
Xan´ti, [268]
Solida´go Califor´nica, [190]
occidenta´lis, [191]
Spha´cele calyci´na, [42]
Spiræ´a betulifo´lia, [85]
dis´color, [85]
Douglas´ii, [85]
Spiran´thes Romanzoffia´num, [92]
Spra´guea umbella´ta, [70]
Sta´chys bulla´ta, [230]
Stropholi´rion Califor´nicum, [232]
Symphoricar´pos racemo´sus, [225]
Telli´ma af´finis, [32]
grandiflo´ra, [342]
Thermop´sis Califor´nica, [148]
Trichoste´ma lanatum, [316]
lanceola´tum, [315]
Trienta´lis Europæ´a, [202]
Tril´lium ova´tum, [10]
ses´sile, [260]
Umbellula´ria Califor´nica, [372]
Vaccin´ium ova´tum, [200]
Vancouve´ria parviflo´ra, [88]
Venegas´ia carpesioi´des, [171]
Vera´trum Califor´nicum, [108]
fimbria´tum, [108]
Verbas´cum Blatta´ria, [190]
Thap´sus, [190]
Vic´ia gigante´a, [358]
Vi´ola Beckwith´ii, [29]
cani´na, [307]
ocella´ta, [50]
sarmento´sa, [140]
Whip´plea modes´ta, [32]
Whitla´via grandiflo´ra, [288]
Wye´thia angustifo´lia, [157]
gla´bra, [157]
Wye´thia helenioi´des, [157]
mol´lis, [157]
Xerophyl´lum te´nax, [51]
Yuc´ca arbores´cens, [44]
bacca´ta, [20]
Yuc´ca Mohaven´sis, [20]
Whip´plei, [70]
Zauschne´ria Califor´nica, [366]
Zygade´nus Fremon´ti, [6]
veneno´sus, [6]

INDEX TO ENGLISH NAMES

Aconite, [328]
Alfalfa, [326]
Alfilerilla, [194]
Alpine Heather, [246]
Alpine Phlox, [248]
Alpine Willow-Herb, [254]
Alum-Root, [58]
Amapola, [116]
American Barrenwort, [88]
American Velvet-Plant, [191]
Amole, [82]
Angels' Trumpets, [96]
Apple of Peru, [96]
August-Flower, [176]
Azulea, [284]
Baby-Blue-Eyes, [290]
Baby-Eyes, [284]
Ball-Sage, [294]
Balm of Heaven, [373]
Balsamea, [366]
Beach-Aster, [304]
Beach Morning-glory, [210]
Beach Primrose, [136]
Beach Strawberry, [10]
Bearberry, [12]
Bear-Clover, [92]
Bearwood, [68]
Beautiful Clarkia, [236]
Bed-Straw, [28]
Bellflower, [322]
Black Lily, [266]
Black Sage, [294], [316]
Bladderpod, [144]
Blazing-Star, [168]
Bleeding-Heart, [242]
Blood-Drop, [129]
Blue-Blossom, [274]
Blue-Curls, [315]
Blue-eyed Grass, [284]
Blue Forget-me-not, [334]
Blue Gentian, [330]
Blue Gilia, [296]
Blue Larkspur, [276]
Blue-and-white Lupine, [300]
Blue Milla, [302]
Blue Myrtle, [274]
Blue-veined Nemophila, [284]
Blueweed, [328]
Big-Root, [26]
Bird's-Eyes, [288]
Bitter-Bark, [68]
Bitter-Root, [224]
Brass Buttons, [151]
Brodiæa, [262]
Bronze-Bells, }
Brown Lily, }[ 264]
Buck-Brush, [152]
Bur-Clover, [132]
Butter-and-Eggs, [151]
Butterfly Tulip, [81]
Button-Bush, }
Button-Willow,}[ 98]
Cajeput, [373]
Calabazilla, [117]
Calf's-Head, [390]
Californian Azalea, [86]
California Bay-Tree, [373]
Californian Bee-Plant, [342]
Californian Bluebells, [290]
Californian Buckeye, [69]
Californian Centaury, [218]
California Coffee, [67]
Californian Compass-Plant, [157]
Californian Dandelion, [164]
Californian False Hellebore, [108]
Californian Figwort, [342]
Californian Fish-hook Cactus, [24]
Californian Four-o'clock, [208]
California Fuchsia, [366]
Californian Goldenrod, [190]
Californian Hardhack, [85]
Californian Harebell, [322]
Californian Holly, [90]
Californian Horse-Chestnut, [69]
California Laurel, [372]
California Lilac, [258], [274]
Californian Lobelia, [314]
Californian Milkwort, [286]
Californian Olive, [373]
Californian Pitcher-Plant, [390]
California Poppy, [114]
Californian Rose-Bay, [234]
Californian Saxifrage, [14]
Californian Slippery-Elm, [158]
Californian Spikenard, [76]
Califor'n Sweet-scented Shrub, [352]
Californian Trillium, [260]
Californian Wild Currant, [214]
Calypso, [210]
Camass, [292]
Canaigre, [378]
Cancer-Root, [172]
Canchalagua, [218]
Canker Lettuce, [100]
Cascara Sagrada, [67]
Catalina Mariposa Tulip, [306]
Cat's-Ears, [278]
Chamisal, [60]
Chamise Lily, [136]
Chamiso, [60]
Chaparral Lily, [72]
Chaparral Pea, [230]
Chia, [298]
Chicalote, [74]
Chickweed-Wintergreen, [202]
Chicory, [312]
Chilean Clover, [326]
Chili-Cojote, [117]
Chilicothe, [26]
Chittemwood, [68]
Chocolate Lily, [266]
Choke-Cherry, [36]
Cholla-Cactus, [356]
Christmas-Berry, [90]
Christmas-Horns, [346]
Christmas-Rose, [340]
Cinquefoil, [175]
Clarkia, [228]
Cleavers, [28]
Clematis, [91]
Climbing Pentstemon, [350]
Clintonia, [202]
Clocks, [194]
Cluster-Lily, [262]
Coast Lily, [356]
Collinsia, [294]
Columbine, [348]
Common Aster, [332]
Common Black Mustard, [140]
Common Buttercup, [110]
Common Elder, [45]
Common Evening Primrose, [175]
Common Fleabane, [216]
Common Milkweed, [312]
Common Monkey-Flower, [134]
Common Mugwort, [377]
Common Nightshade, [80]
Common Stramonium, [96]
Common Sunflower, [185]
Common White Lupine, [85]
Common Wild Pea, [25]
Common Wild Rose, [234]
Copa de Oro, [114]
Coral-Root, [272]
Coulter's Snapdragon, [46]
Cowslips, [110]
Cream-colored Wall-Flower, [132]
Cream-Cups, [112]
Creeping Wood-Violet, [140]
Creosote-Bush, [191]
Cudweed, [68]
Cup of Gold, [116]
Death Camass, [6]
Deerweed, [152]
Devil's Apple, [96]
Diogenes' Lantern, [144]
Dodder, [160]
Dog's-tooth Violet, [136]
Dog-Violet, [307]
Dormidera, [116]
Douglas Iris, [300]
Drops of Gold, [376]
Dutchman's Pipe, [374]
Echeveria, [141]
Elephants' Heads, [252]
Ellisia, [36]
Escobita, [228]
Espuela del Caballero, [276]
Evening Snow, [50]
Everlasting Flower, [68]
Fairy Bells, [376]
False Alum-Root, [342]
False Indigo, [315]
False Lupine, [148]
False Lady's Slipper, [388]
False Mallow, [220]
False Pimpernel, [172]
False Solomon's Seal, [22]
False Tidy-Tips, [148]
Farewell to Spring, [240]
Fawn-Lily, [136]
Fetid Adder's-Tongue, [256]
Fever-Bush, [370]
Fig-Marigold, [220]
Filaree, [194]
Finger-Tips, [142]
Firecracker Flower, [238]
Fireweed, [244]
Flaming Poppy, [129]
Floriponda, [96]
Fly-Flower, [124]
Fragrant Sumach, [152]
Friar's-Cap, [328]
Fringed Gilia, [216]
Fuller's Thistle, [386]
Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry, [338]
Giant Californian White Poppy, [66]
Glasswort, [387]
Gobernadora, [191]
Godetia, [240]
Golden Brodiæa, [156]
Golden Butterfly-Tulip, [150]
Golden Dicentra, [162]
Golden Lily-Bell, [144]
Golden Stars, [154]
Golden Thread, [160]
Golden Yarrow, [180]
Golden-eyed Grass, [284]
Goose-Grass, [28]
Gourd, [117]
Grass-Nuts, [262]
Greasewood, [60], [66]
Great Willow-Herb, [244]
Green-banded Mariposa, [268]
Green-stemmed Filaree, [194]
Ground-Iris, [280]
Ground-Pink, [216]
Groundsel-Tree, [104]
Gum-Plant, [176]
Hag-Taper, [191]
Hairbell, [54]
Harvest Brodiæa, [318]
Heal-All, [322]
Heart's-Ease, [50]
Hedge-Nettle, [230]
Heliotrope, [47]
Helmet-Flower, [328]
Hen-and-Chickens, [142]
Hideondo, [191]
Hog-Onion, [262]
Hog's Potato, [8]
Holly-leaved Barberry, [122]
Holly-leaved Cherry, [61]
Honeysuckle, [86]
Horehound, [47]
Hound's-Tongue, [258]
Huckleberry, [200]
Humboldt's Lily, [185]
Humming-bird's Sage, [350]
Humming-bird's Trumpet, [367]
Ice-Plant, [51]
Incense-Shrub, [214]
Indian Lettuce, [16], [100]
Indian Paint-Brush, [344]
Indian Pink, [354]
Indian Plume, [344]
Indian Rhubarb, [242]
Indian Warrior, [336]
Indian Wheat, [157]
Innocence, [294]
Islay, [61]
Ithuriel's Spear, [302]
Jamestown-Weed, }
Jimson-Weed, }[ 96]
Joshua-Tree, [44]
Judas-Tree, [198]
June-Berry, [88]
Kamass, [292]
Labrador Tea, [103]
Lady's Tobacco, [68]
Ladies' Tresses, [92]
Lantern of the Fairies, [54]
Large-flowered Brodiæa, [318]
Large-flowered Datura, [54]
Large-flowered Dogwood, [94]
Large-flowered Phacelia, [267]
Large Vetch, [358]
Large White Mountain Daisy, [106]
Large Yellow Lupine, [161]
Lavender Mountain Daisy, [332]
Lead-Plant, [315]
Leatherwood, [160]
Lemonade-Berry, [3]
Lemon-Lily, [109]
Leopard-Lily, [182]
Lessingia, [252]
Lilac Sand-Verbena, [292]
Little Alpine Lily, [180]
Llavina, [24]
Lobelia, [6]
Loco-Weed, [40]
Love-Vine, [160]
Lucern, [326]
Mad-Apple, [96]
Madrone, }
Madroño, }[ 37]
Mad Violets, [204]
Mahala Mats, [326]
Mahogany, [203]
Mahonia, [118], [122]
Main-oph-weep, [56]
Man-in-the-Ground, [26]
Manzanita, [12]
Marianas, [290]
Mariposa Tulip, [78], [81]
Matilija Poppy, [64]
Meadow-Foam, [126]
Meadow-Sweet, [85]
Mesembryanthemum, [220]
Milfoil, [97]
Milkweed, Hornless Woolly, [380]
Milk-white Rein-Orchis, [94]
Miner's Lettuce, [16]
Mission-Bells, [264]
Mission Poppy, [66]
Mist-Maidens, [22]
Mock-Orange, [117]
Monk's-Hood, [328]
Mosquito-Bills, [206]
Moth-Mullein, [190]
Mother's Heart, [78]
Mottled Swamp-Orchis, [388]
Mountain Balm, [56]
Mountain Birch, [84]
Mountain Heart's-Ease, [29]
Mountain Lady's Slipper, [382]
Mountain Laurel, [373]
Mountain Mahogany, [373]
Mountain Misery, [92]
Muilla, [369]
Musky Filaree, [194]
Naked Broom-Rape, [172]
Nievitas, [30]
Nigger-Babies, [284]
Nigger-Heads, [340]
Nine-Bark, [85]
Noona, [268]
Northern Scarlet Larkspur, [346]
Oregon Grape, [118], [122]
Orpine, [170]
Oso-Berry, [18]
Our Lord's Candle, [70]
Pearly Everlasting Flower, [102]
Pennyroyal, [324]
Pentachæta, [126]
Pepper-Root, [4]
Phantom Orchis, [388]
Pigeon-Berry, [67]
Pimpernel, [126]
Pin-Clover, [194]
Pine-Drops, [186]
Pink Monkey-Flower, [248]
Pink Paint-Brush, [228]
Pipe-Vine, [374]
Pipsissiwa, [104]
Pitcher-Sage, [42]
Poison-Oak, [8]
Poison-Weed, [157]
Poléo, [324]
Poor-Man's Weather-Glass, [126]
Pop-corn Flower, [30]
Prairie-Pointers, [206]
Prickly-Pear, [170]
Prickly Phlox, [206]
Pride of California, The, [212]
Pride of the Mountains, [250]
Prince's Pine, [104]
Purple Nemophila, [278]
Pussy's-Ears, [278]
Pussy's-Paws, [70]
Quinine-Bush, [370]
Racine-Amère, [224]
Rattlesnake Plantain, [98]
Rattle-Weed, [40]
Redbud, [198]
Red-stemmed Filaree, [194]
Redwood Lily, [72]
Redwood Sorrel, [196]
Rein-Orchis, [384]
Resin-Weed, [176]
Rice-Root, [264]
Rock-Cress, [196]
Rock-Fringe, [254]
Rock-Rose, [208]
Romero, [316]
Roosters'-Heads, [206]
Ruby Lily, [72]
Sacred Bark, [67]
Sage, [298]
Sagebrush, [377]
Saitas, [262]
Salal, [75]
Samphire, [387]
Sassafras Laurel, [373]
Satin-Bell, [54]
Sauco, [45]
Scarlet Bugler, [358]
Scarlet Fritillary, [346]
Scarlet Gilia, [360]
Scarlet Honeysuckle, [350]
Scarlet Monkey-Flower, [360]
Scarlet Paint-Brush, [344]
Sea-Dahlia, [146]
Self-Heal, [322]
Service-Berry, [88]
Shad-Bush, [90]
Shasta Lily, [102]
Shepherd's Purse, [78]
Shooting-Stars, [204]
Sierra Plum, [34]
Sierra Primrose, [250]
Silk-Tassel Tree, [370]
Silver-weed, [175]
Silkweed, [312]
Si me quieres, no me quieres, [124]
Skullcap, [270]
Skunk-Cabbage, [108], [166]
Snow-Berry, [225]
Snow-Plant, [362]
Snowy Lily-Bell, [54]
Soap-Bush, [84], [258]
Soap-Plant, [6], [82]
Sour-Grass, [51]
Southern Scarlet Larkspur, [364]
Spanish Bayonet, [20], [70]
Spanish Lily, [262]
Spat'lum, [224]
Spice-Bush, [373]
Spineless Tuna, [225]
Spreading Dogbane, [236]
Spring-Blossom, [4]
Squaw-Berry, [152]
Squaw-Grass, [51]
Squaw's Carpet, [326]
Star-Flower, [202]
Stickseed, [334]
Sticky Monkey-Flower, [138]
St. John's-Wort, [162]
Stonecrop, [170]
Strawberry Cactus, [24]
Succory, [312]
Sulphur-Flower, [178]
Sun-Cups, [110]
Sunflower, [157]
Sunshine, [124]
Tall Mountain Larkspur, [330]
Tarweed, [92], [182], [188]
Teasel, [386]
Thimble-Berry, [24]
Thistle-Poppy, [74]
Thistle-Sage, [307]
Thorn-Apple, [96]
Tidy-Tips, [148]
Tiger-Lily, [182], [185]
Toad-Flax, [304]
Tobacco-Root, [224]
Tolguacha, [54]
Toothwort, [4]
Torosa, [114]
Toyon, [90]
Tree-Mallow, [226]
Tree-Poppy, [118]
Tree-Tobacco, [129]
Tree-Yucca, [44]
Trefoil Sumach, [152]
Tuna, [170]
Turban Cactus, [374]
Turkey-Beard, [51]
Turkish Rugging, [218]
Turk's-head Cactus, [374]
Twin-Berry, [122]
Twining Hyacinth, [232]
Umbrella-Plant, [242]
Velvet Cactus, [357]
Venegasia, [171]
Vervenia, [282]
Villela, [284]
Violet Beard-Tongue, [308]
Violet Nightshade, [268]
Violet Snapdragon, [320]
Virgin's Bower, [91]
Wahoo, [68]
Wake-Robin, [10]
Washington Lily, [102]
Water-Holly, [118]
Water-Lily, [6]
Western Boykinia, [81]
Western Cardinal-Flower, [365]
Western Goldenrod, [191]
Western Spice-Bush, [352]
Western Wall-Flower, [132]
Whipplea, [32]
Whispering Bells, [130]
White Brodiæa, [156]
White Daisy, [28]
White Evening Primrose, [48]
White Forget-me-not, [30]
White Fritillary, [267]
White Globe-Tulip, [54]
White Layia, [28]
White Nemophila, [39]
White Owl's Clover, [52]
White Sage, [66]
White Sweet Clover, [156]
White Tea-Tree, [84]
White-veined Shinleaf, [100]
Wild Bachelor's Button, [312]
Wild Bouvardia, [178]
Wild Bridal-Wreath, [85]
Wild Broom, [152]
Wild Buckwheat, [34]
Wild Canterbury-Bell, [288]
Wild Cherry, [36]
Wild Coreopsis, [182]
Wild Cucumber, [26]
Wild Cyclamen, [204]
Wild Date, [20]
Wild Ginger, [310]
Wild Gooseberry, [338]
Wild Heliotrope, [282]
Wild Hollyhock, [198]
Wild Honeysuckle, [226]
Wild Hyacinth, [262], [292]
Wild Lantana, [292]
Wild Morning-glory, [40]
Wild Peony, [340]
Wild Pie-Plant, [378]
Wild Plum, [34]
Wild Portulaca, [212]
Wild White Lilac, [39]
Wind-Flower, [18]
Wind-Poppy, [129]
Wintergreen, [75]
Wood Anemone, [18]
Wood-Balm, [42]
Woodland Star of Bethlehem, [32]
Wood Strawberry, [10]
Woolly Blue-Curls, [316]
Woolly Breeches, [128]
Yarrow, [97]
Yellow-Boy, [67]
Yellow Daisy, [148]
Yellow Forget-me-not, [128]
Yellow Globe-Tulip, [144]
Yellow Mariposa Tulip, [174]
Yellow Pansy, [120]
Yellow Pond-Lily, [184]
Yellow-Root, [67]
Yellow Sand-Verbena, [146]
Yellow Star Tulip, [130]
Yellow Sweet Clover, [156]
Yerba Buena, [62]
Yerba de Chivato, [91]
Yerba del Indio, [354]
Yerba del Pasmo, [61]
Yerba Mansa, [76]
Yerba Santa, [56]
Yucca-Palm, [44]
Zygadene, [6]

INDEX OF TECHNICAL TERMS

Aggregate fruit, [xxx]
Akene, [xxx]
Ament, [xxviii]
Anther, [xxix]
Axil, [xxii]
Berry, [xxx]
Blade, [xxiii]
Bract, [xxvii]
Bulb, [xxiii]
Calyx, [xxviii]
Capsule, [xxx]
Catkin, [xxviii]
Complete flower, [xxviii]
Compound leaf, [xxiv]
Corm, [xxiii]
Corolla, [xxviii]
Corymb, [xxvii]
Cyme, [xxviii]
Drupe, [xxx]
Essential organs, [xxviii]
Female flower, [xxix]
Filament, [xxix]
Flower-cluster, [xxvii]
Flower-head, [xxviii]
Follicle, [xxx]
Foot-stalk, [xxiii]
Fruit, [xxix]
Gourd, [xxx]
Imperfect flower, [xxix]
Inflorescence, [xxvii]
Internodes, [xxii]
Involucre, [xxvii]
Leaflet, [xxiv]
Leaves, [xxiii]
Legume, [xxx]
Male flower, [xxix]
Neutral flower, [xxix]
Nodes, [xxii]
Ovary, [xxix]
Palmate leaf, [xxiv]
Panicle, [xxviii]
Pedicel, [xxvii]
Peduncle, [xxvii]
Pepo, [xxx]
Perianth, [xxviii]
Perfect flower, [xxix]
Pericarp, [xxix]
Petals, [xxviii]
Petiole, [xxiii]
Pinnate leaf, [xxiv]
Pistil, [xxix]
Pistillate flower, [xxix]
Pollen, [xxix]
Pome, [xxx]
Raceme, [xxvii]
Rhizome, [xxiii]
Root, [xxii]
Rootstock, [xxiii]
Samara, [xxx]
Scape, [xxvii]
Sepals, [xxviii]
Simple leaf, [xxiv]
Solitary flower, [xxvii]
Spadix, [xxviii]
Spathe, [xxviii]
Spike, [xxviii]
Stamen, [xxix]
Staminate flower, [xxix]
Staminodia, [xxix]
Stem, [xxii]
Stigma, [xxix]
Stipules, [xxiii]
Style, [xxix]
Tuber, [xxiii]
Umbel, [xxvii]
Veinlets, [xxiv]

GLOSSARY

Abortive, defective or barren.

Acuminate, ending in a tapering point.

Adnate, growing to; or said of an anther whose cells are borne upon the sides of the apex of the filament.

Appendage, any superadded part.

Appressed, lying flat against or together for the whole length.

Arborescent, treelike; approaching the size of a tree.

Attenuate, slenderly tapering to a point.

Auricle, a small earlike lobe at the base of a leaf.

Awn, a bristle-shaped appendage.

Barb, a sharply reflexed point upon an awn, etc., like the barb of a fish-hook.

Basifixed, attached by the base or lower end.

Beak, a narrow or prolonged tip.

Bifid, two-cleft to the middle or thereabouts.

Bilabiate, two-lipped.

Blade, the expanded portion of a leaf, petal, etc.

Bract, one of the leaves of a flower-cluster.

Bracteate, furnished with bracts.

Bractlet, a bract of the ultimate grade; as one inserted on a pedicel or ultimate flower-stalk instead of under it.

Bracteolate, having bractlets.

Bulbiferous, bearing bulbs.

Caducous, dropping off very early.

Campanulate, bell-shaped.

Capitate, headlike, or collected in a head.

Carina, a salient longitudinal projection on the center of the lower face of an organ.

Carinate, furnished with a carina, or keel.

Carpel, a simple pistil, or one of the several parts of a compound one.

Ciliate, marginally fringed with hairs.

Clavate, club-shaped.

Claw, the narrowed base, or stalk, which some petals, etc., possess.

Coalescing, cohering; used properly in respect to similar parts.

Column, a body formed by the union of filaments (stamineal); or (in orchids) of the stamens and pistil.

Confluent, blended, or running together.

Connate, growing together; united in one.

Connective, the portion of the filament which connects or separates the cells of an anther.

Connivent, coming into contact or converging.

Cordate, heart-shaped.

Coriaceous, leathery.

Corymb, a flat-topped inflorescence flowering from the margin inward.

Corymbose, in corymbs, or in the form of a corymb.

Cruciferous, of four somewhat similar petals, spreading in the form of a cross.

Cymose, in cymes. (See cyme, in Explanation of Terms, p. xxviii.)

Deciduous, falling at the end of the season.

Declined, bent or curved downward or forward.

Decumbent, reclining, but with summit ascending.

Decurrent, running down the stem; applied to a leaf with blade prolonged below its insertion.

Deflexed, bent or turned abruptly downward.

Dehiscing, opening by valves, slits, or regular lines; as a capsule or an anther.

Deltoid, having the shape of the Greek letter delta; broadly triangular.

Denticulate, minutely toothed.

Depauperate, impoverished in size by unfavorable surroundings.

Dichotomous, forking regularly by pairs.

Diæcious, with stamens and pistils in different flowers on different plants.

Dissected, deeply cut, or divided into numerous segments.

Divaricate, extremely divergent.

Divided, lobed or cut clear to the base.

Emarginate, notched at the extremity.

Entire, with the margin uninterrupted; without teeth or divisions of any sort.

Equitant, astride; as of leaves folding over each other in two ranks; as in the iris.

Erose, gnawed.

Exserted, projecting beyond an envelop; as stamens from a corolla.

Extrorse, facing outward; said of the anther.

Falcate, scythe-shaped; sickle-shaped.

Fascicled, in a close cluster or bundle; said of flowers, stalks, roots, and leaves.

Fertile, capable of producing fruit; as a pistillate flower; applied also to a pollen-bearing stamen.

Fibrous, composed of or of the nature of fibres.

Filiform, threadlike.

Flexuous, zigzag; bent alternately in opposite directions.

Foliaceous, leaflike in structure or appearance; leafy.

Foliolate, having leaflets; the number indicated by the Latin prefixes, bi-, tri-, etc.

Follicle, a pod formed from a single pistil, dehiscing along the ventral suture only.

Free, not growing to other organs.

Fugacious, falling very early.

Funnel-form, tubular, but expanding gradually from the narrow base to the spreading border or limb; e. g. the Morning-glory flower.

Galea, a helmet; applied to the helmet-shaped upper lip of the corolla in Labiatæ, etc.; also in some Scrophularineæ, though not so shaped.

Glabrous, without any kind of hairiness.

Gland, any secreting structure, depression or prominence, on any part of a plant, or any structure having such an appearance.

Glandular, bearing glands, or glandlike.

Glaucous, covered or whitened with a bloom like that on a cabbage-leaf.

Habit, the general form or mode of growth of a plant.

Herbaceous, having the character of an herb; not woody or shrubby.

Hispid, beset with rigid or bristly hairs, or with bristles.

Imbricate, overlapping, like shingles on a roof.

Incised, cut irregularly and sharply.

Included, inclosed by the surrounding organs; not exserted.

Indigenous, native to the country.

Inferior, said of the ovary when the calyx, corolla, or stamens are borne upon its summit or sides.

Inflorescence, the flowering portion of a plant, and especially the mode of its arrangement.

Innate, said of an anther when it is a continuation of the filament.

Introrse, facing inward, or toward the axis, as an anther.

Involucrate, having an involucre.

Involucre, a circle of bracts subtending a flower-cluster.

Involute, rolled inward.

Keel. (See carina.)

Keeled, furnished with a keel, or carina.

Lacerate, torn; irregularly and deeply cleft.

Laciniate, cut into narrow, slender teeth, or lobes.

Liliaceous, lily-like.

Limb, the dilated and usually spreading portion of a perianth or petal as distinct from the tubular part, or claw.

Line, the twelfth part of inch.

Linear, narrow and elongated, with parallel margins.

Lip, either of the two divisions of a bilabiate corolla or calyx; in orchids the upper petal (often, apparently, the lower) usually very different from the others.

Lobe, any division of a leaf, corolla, etc., especially if rounded.

Lunate, crescent-shaped, or half-moon-shaped.

Lyrate, lyre-shaped; pinnatifid with the terminal lobe large and rounded, and one or more of the lower pairs small.

Membranaceous, thin; rather soft and translucent, like membrane.

Monœcious, with stamens and pistils in separate blossoms on the same plant.

Mucronate, with a short, abrupt, small tip.

Nectar, the sweetish secretion of the blossom from which bees make honey.

Nectary, the place or gland in which nectar is secreted.

Nerve, a simple, unbranched vein or slender rib.

Nerved, furnished with a nerve or nerves.

Ob-, used as a prefix meaning inversely.

Obtuse, blunt or rounded at the end.

Odd-pinnate, pinnate, with an odd leaflet at the end.

Palate, a protrusion at or near the throat of a two-lipped corolla.

Panicle, a loose, irregularly branching inflorescence.

Papilionaceous, butterfly-like; applied to the peculiar irregular flower common in Leguminosæ.

Papillæ, minute, thick, nipple-shaped, or somewhat elongated projections.

Parasitic, growing upon and deriving nourishment from another plant.

Parted, cleft nearly, but not quite, to the base.

Perfoliate, said of leaves connate about the stem.

Persistent, not falling off; said of leaves continuing through the winter.

Petaloid, petal-like.

Petiolate, having a petiole.

Petiole, the foot-stalk of a leaf.

Petiolulate, having a petiolule.

Petiolule, the foot-stalk of a leaflet.

Pinnate, having its parts arranged in pairs along a common rachis.

Pinnatifid, pinnately cleft.

Pistillate, having a pistil or pistils, and no stamens.

Puberulent, minutely pubescent.

Pubescent, covered with hairs, usually soft and short.

Rachis, the axis (backbone) of a spike, or of a compound leaf.

Radiate, diverging from a common center, or bearing ray-flowers; said of flower-heads of composite plants.

Radical, belonging to or proceeding from the root, or from the base of the stem.

Ray, one of the radiating branches of an umbel; the marginal flowers, as distinct from those of the disk, in Compositæ, etc.

Receptacle, a more or less expanded surface, forming a support for a cluster of organs (in a flower) or a cluster of flowers (in a head), etc.

Recurved, curved backward or downward.

Reflexed, abruptly bent or turned backward or downward.

Regular, symmetrical in form; uniform in shape or structure.

Retrorse, directed backward or downward.

Revolute, rolled backward from the margins or apex.

Rhomboidal, quadrangular, with the lateral angles obtuse.

Rudiment, an imperfectly developed and functionally useless organ.

Rugose, wrinkled; ridged.

Saccate, sac-shaped; baggy.

Sagittate, shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with basal lobes prolonged downward.

Salver-form, narrowly tubular, with limb abruptly or flatly expanded.

Scabrous, rough to the touch.

Scape, a naked peduncle rising from the ground.

Scarious, thin, dry, membranaceous, and not green.

Scorpioid, incurved like the tail of a scorpion; said of an inflorescence.

Segment, one of the parts of a leaf or other organ that is cut or divided.

Serrate, having teeth directed forward, like the teeth of a saw.

Serrulate, minutely serrate.

Sessile, stemless.

Sinus, a recess or re-entering angle.

Sheathing, infolding like a sheath.

Spathe, a large bract or pair of bracts (often colored) inclosing a flower-cluster.

Spinescent, ending in a spine or rigid point.

Spinulose, with diminutive spines.

Spur, a usually slender tubular process, from some part of a flower, often honey-bearing.

Staminate, having stamens, but no pistils.

Staminodium, a sterile stamen, or something taking the place of a stamen.

Stellate, star-shaped.

Sterile, barren; incapable of producing seed; a sterile stamen is one not producing pollen.

Striate, marked with fine longitudinal lines.

Subtended, supported or surrounded; as a pedicel by a bract, or a flower-cluster by an involucre.

Subulate, awl-shaped.

Succulent, fleshy and juicy.

Superior, growing above; a superior ovary is one wholly above and free from the calyx.

Terete, cylindrical.

Ternate, in threes.

Thyrse, a contracted or ovate panicle.

Thyrsoid, thyrselike.

Tomentum, dense, matted, woolly pubescence.

Trifoliolate, having three leaflets.

Tubular, tube-shaped.

Undulate, wavy.

Unisexual, of one sex; said of flowers having stamens only, or pistils only.

Urceolate, cylindrical or ovoid, but contracted at or below the open orifice, like an urn or a pitcher.

Valve, the several parts of a dehiscent pericarp; the doorlike lid by which some anthers open.

Ventricose, swelling unequally, or inflated on one side.

Versatile, swinging; turning freely on its support.

Villous, bearing long and soft, straight or straightish hairs.

Virgate, wandlike.

Viscid, glutinous; sticky.

Whorl, an arrangement of leaves, flowers, etc., in a circle about the stem, or axis.