GLOSSARY. 



tacle of the capitulum in Composite ; 

 148. 



Phyculoyy. The botany of Algn-. 



Pliylla. Leaves in Greek; combined 

 with Greek numerals, forming such 

 terms as /''/'/' i/llniiK, Trijilii/l/i'ii.*; &c., 

 to Polyphyllous. 



I'll ilUiH'1-nliii n>. A branch assuming the 

 function of foliage : C.'i. 



/'/ii/lliiilirKdim (-< .<). Delating to a 



Pliyllodium. A petiole usurping the 

 form and function of a leaf-blade; 

 111). 



Phyllody, Phyllomorphy. Names for 

 the transformation or metamorphosis 

 of floral organs into leaves; 174. 



Phyllotdxis, Phyllotaxy. Leaf-arrange- 

 iii. 'lit; 119. 



rin//li>iiiii>iiii. The unusual or abnormal 

 production of leaves. 



piii/llojihiirr (-iiriuii ). The budding sum- 

 mit of a stem on which leaves are de- 

 veloping. 



J'lutl/iiin. Greek for leaf; 6, 85. See 

 Phylla. 



Pkyllome, Phylloma. An assemblage 

 of leaves, or of incipient leaves in a 

 bud. Also recently used by German 

 botanists for leaf generic-ally or poten- 

 tially, that which answers to a leaf; 6. 

 i/ritjihi/. Botany as relates to the de- 

 scription and illustration of plants ; 345. 



PJiyldlogy. Synonym of Botany. 



Pliylumer, pi. Phi/lt'iim ni. Plant-ele- 

 ments in morphology ; same as 



Plii/tdii. Greek name for plant; has 

 been used in the sense of plant-ele- 

 ment, or plant-unit ; 7. 



Plnjtolomy. Same as Vegetable Anatomy 

 or Histology ; 2. 



I'ii-iuf. Pitch-black or brownish-black. 



I'ii-tii.t. Painted, or rather as if painted. 



Pileate(-<itii!t), Pi/< (/'<>ruii*. Having the 

 form of a cap or Pilnts. 



I'i/i m-lii.-.ii. The mot-cap. 



J'ili/'i'i'iniit (-us). Hearing or tipped with 

 linir.t (pili). 



Pilosciusculus. Slightly hairv. 



/'//n.-v (-n.fiia). Hairy, in general with 

 any sort of pilo-ity; in particular with 

 soft and distinct hairs. 



I'iiiiin. Our of the primary divisions of 

 a pinnate leaf, either simply pinnate, 

 when it is a leaflet, or a partial petiole 

 or rhaeliis with the leaflets when the 

 leaf is bipinnate; 104. 



Pinnate (-titus). When leaflets are 

 arranged along each side of a com- 

 mon petiole ; 100. 



]'liiii<ii,ly rli ft, lobed, parted, c. ; 99. 

 J'iiuinti /;/ veined. Feather-veined; 93. 

 J'iiiiinlijiil (-iilnf). Pinnately elett. 

 ri/iiniti/,,l,niii,. J'iiiHutilubus. Pinnatelv 



lobed. 



Pinnatipartitus. Pinnatelv parted. 

 I'iiiiiiiti.ii'ftiit. Pinnately divided quite 



down to the rhaeliis. 

 J'iiiim/i (I'iiinulii). One of the pinnately 



di.-liosed divisions of a pinna; a sec- 



ondary pinna; 104. 

 I'i.-iifvrm (-onnis). Pea-shaped; resem- 



bling a pea. 

 Pistil (Pi ft ill inn). The female organ of 



a flower, consisting of ovary, .style. 



and stigma, or at least of ovary and 



stigma: :;(!_', 259. 

 J'r-/, //,i/> (-it/in), PiftiUiftTiius. Said of 



a plant or a blossom provided with 



pistil, most properly for one having 



pistil only ; l!il. 

 I'iflilliilinm. One of the names of the 



analogue of pistil in .Mosses, &c. 

 /'i.-i/i/liH/i/. Name for the metamorphosis 



of other organs into carpels; 174. 

 Pitcher. See Ascidium. A tubular or 



cup-shaped leaf, which usually holds 



some liquid ; 111. 

 Pith. A central cellular part of a stem, 



especially of an exogenous stem ; 75. 

 Pitted. Marked with small depressions 



or pits. 

 Placenta, That in the ovarv which 



bears the ovules, sometimes the mere 



united margins of the carpel-leaves, 



sometimes a thickening or enlarge- 



ment of them, or even of some other 



part of" the ovary; 261. 

 /'tiifi ittii/iun (-in). The disposition of 



the placenta-. 

 Plin-i iitifurni (-/; /.-). Quoit-shaped, 



or in form like a flat cake. 

 Plaited. See Plicate. 

 Pliine (Planus). With flat surface or 



surfaces. 

 Plutys. Greek for wide, in such com- 



pounds as Platyphyllus, broad-leaved, 



&C. 

 Ph-'nix. Greek for full, used in com- 



pounds for several or many; as Tl< i<>- 



fihi'/lliiim, several-leaved, &c. Simi- 



larly /Yc/.f/as- for a great many. 

 I'll ii i<-!i ii.<i a HI. A several-rayed cyme 5 



I'll mi*. Full. /'/< /ilmus is what gar- 

 deners call a "double flower," that is 

 one in which the petals or other flower- 

 leaves are abnormally multiplied. 



Pleurenchyma. Same as woody tissue 



