Urceolate. Hollow and cylindrical or ovoid, and contracted at or below the mouth, like an urn.
Utricle. A small bladdery 1-seeded fruit; any small bladder-like body.
Valvate. Opening by valves, as a capsule; in æstivation, meeting by the edges without overlapping.
Valve. One of the pieces into which a capsule splits.
Vascular. Furnished with vessels or ducts.
Veins. Threads of fibro-vascular tissue in a leaf or other organ, especially those which branch (as distinguished from nerves).
Ventral. Belonging to the anterior or inner face of an organ; the opposite of dorsal.
Ventricose. Swelling unequally, or inflated on one side.
Vernation. The arrangement of leaves in the bud.
Verrucose. Covered with wart-like elevations.