494 PEDALIACEAE 



false septa; ovules i -co per loc., on axile plac. Caps, or nut, often 

 with hooks. Embryo straight; endosp. thin. Sesamum is economi- 

 cally important. Chief genera: Pedalium, Sesamum, Harpagophytum. 

 [BH. chars, include Martyniaceae. The chief distinctions from M. lie 

 in the placentation, the fruit, calyx, and glandular hairs.] 



Pedalineae (^//.) = Peclaliaceae. 



Pedaliophyton Engl. Pedaliaceae. i trop. Afr. 



Pedalis (Lat.), a foot long or high. 



Pedalium Royen ex L. Pedaliaceae. i trop. Afr., As., Madag. 



Pedate (1.), Helleborus, Satironiatinn. 



Peddiea Harv. in Hook. Thymelaeaceae. 7 S. and trop. Afr. 



Pedicel, stalk of single fl. in a group. 



Pedicellaria Schrank (Gynandropsis DC.). Capparidaceae ( v). 15 trop. 

 and subtrop. 



Pedicularis (Tourn.) L. Scrophulariaceae (in. 3). 275 j&, S. Am., 

 esp. on Mts.; 2 in Brit., P. pnlustris L. and P. sylvatica L. (louse- 

 wort). Semi-parasites with loose-pollen fls., fert. by humble-bees, &c. 



Pedilanthus Neck. Euphorbiaceae (A. II. 8). 15 trop. Am., W.I. 



Pedilochilus Schlechter. Orchidaceae (11. 16). i New Guinea. 



Pediophytium (Cl.), an upland plant formation. 



Peduncle, stalk of a group of fls. , or of a single fl. 



Peepul (pipul), Ficus religiosa L. 



Peganum L. Zygophyllaceae (Rutaceae, BH.}. 4 sp. Medit., As., 

 N. Am. The seeds of P. Harniala L. yield turkey-red. 



Pegia Colebr. (Tapiria BH.). Anacardiaceae (2). i E. Himalaya. 



Peglera Bolus. Rhizophoraceae. i S. Afr. 



Pegolettia Cass. Compositae (4). 5 S. Afr. to Java. 



Peireskia Steud. = Pereskia Plum. (Cact.). 



Peixotoa A. Juss. Malpighiaceae (i). 15 Brazil. 



Pekoe, cf. Thea. 



Pelagium (Cl.), a surface sea formation. 



Pelagodendron Seem. Rubiaceae (i. 8). i Fiji. 



Pelargonium L'Herit. Geraniaceae. 185, chiefly S. Afr., a few Medit., 

 Austr. Many vars. and hybrids cult. orn. fl. and 1., of which one is 

 the so-called Geranium of greenhouses, &c. In many the base of the 

 stem is tuberous. An oil, used as a substitute for otto of roses, is dis- 

 tilled in Algeria from P. odoratissimitin Ait. 



Pelatantheria Ridl. Orchidaceae (il. 20). 3 S.E. As. 



Pelea A. Gray (Melicope p.p. BH}. Rutaceae (i). 22 Polyn., Madag. 



Pelecyphora Ehrenb. Cactaceae (in. 2). 2 Mexico. 



Pelexia (Poit.) L. C. Rich. Orchidaceae (n. 2). 10 trop. Am., W.I. 



Pelican flower, Aristolochia. 



Peliosanthes Andr. Liliaceae (vin) (Haemod. BH.}. 10 Indomal. 



Peliostomum E. Mey. Scrophulariaceae (i. 2). 6 S. and trop. Afr. 



Pellacalyx Korth. Rhizophoraceae. 2 Malay Archipelago. 



Pellaea Link. Polypodiaceae. 70 trop. and subtrop. 



Pelletiera A. St Hil. (Asterolinon BH.). Primul. 2 S. Am., Canaries. 



Pelliciera Planch, et Triana. Theaceae. i Panama. 



Pellionia Gaudich. Urticaceae. 15 trop. and E. As., Polynes. P. 

 unibellata Wedd. has the br. of the <? fls. united to form an invol. 



Pellitory, Parietaria. 



