﻿GLOSSARY 
  

  

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  Palate, 
  a 
  projection 
  in 
  the 
  throat 
  

   of 
  a 
  corolla. 
  

  

  Palet, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  bracts 
  which 
  

   subtend 
  the 
  flowers 
  in 
  a 
  grass 
  

   spikelet. 
  

  

  Papilionaceous, 
  butterfly- 
  shaped, 
  

   like 
  the 
  corolla 
  of 
  the 
  sweet 
  pea. 
  

  

  Papillose, 
  covered 
  with 
  papillse 
  or 
  

   minute 
  projections, 
  like 
  the 
  

   human 
  tongue. 
  

  

  Pappus, 
  tufts 
  of 
  hair 
  or 
  other 
  ob- 
  

   jects, 
  representing 
  the 
  limb 
  of 
  the 
  

   calyx 
  in 
  Composites 
  (Fig. 
  30). 
  

  

  Peltate 
  

  

  Peltate, 
  shield-shaped, 
  that 
  is 
  with 
  

   the 
  stalk 
  attached 
  somewhere 
  

   within 
  the 
  circumference 
  of 
  the 
  

   leaf 
  or 
  other 
  organ. 
  

  

  Perfoliate, 
  with 
  the 
  stem 
  appar- 
  

   ently 
  growing 
  up 
  through 
  a 
  leaf, 
  

   as 
  in 
  some 
  honeysuckles. 
  

  

  Persistent, 
  not 
  deciduous. 
  

  

  Pinnatifid, 
  pinnately 
  cleft. 
  

  

  Pistillate, 
  having 
  pistils 
  but 
  not 
  

   stamens. 
  

  

  Plumose, 
  feathered, 
  as 
  the 
  pappus 
  

   of 
  thistles 
  (Fig. 
  31). 
  

  

  Pubescent, 
  clothed 
  with 
  soft 
  hair, 
  

   downy. 
  

  

  Punctate, 
  marked 
  with 
  dots, 
  de- 
  

   pressions, 
  or 
  translucent 
  glands. 
  

  

  Reflexed, 
  bent 
  or 
  turned 
  abruptly 
  

   downward 
  or 
  backward. 
  

  

  Root 
  parasite, 
  a 
  plant 
  parasitic 
  on 
  

   the 
  roots 
  of 
  another. 
  

  

  Sagittate, 
  arrow-shaped. 
  

  

  Scape, 
  a 
  leafless 
  flower 
  stalk 
  aris- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  the 
  ground, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  

   dandelion 
  and 
  cyclamen. 
  

  

  Scarious, 
  thin, 
  dry, 
  and 
  membra- 
  

   nous, 
  not 
  green. 
  

  

  Sessile, 
  without 
  a 
  stalk. 
  

  

  Simple 
  (stem), 
  unbranched. 
  

  

  Spadix, 
  a 
  spike 
  with 
  a 
  fleshy 
  axis, 
  

   like 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  turnip 
  or 
  

   the 
  "calla." 
  

  

  Spathe, 
  a 
  large 
  bract 
  which 
  incloses 
  

   a 
  flower 
  cluster, 
  often 
  a 
  spadix. 
  

  

  Staminate, 
  having 
  stamens 
  only. 
  

  

  Standard, 
  the 
  posterior 
  petal 
  of 
  a 
  

   papilionaceous 
  corolla. 
  

  

  Sterile 
  : 
  (1) 
  barren, 
  as 
  a 
  flower 
  with- 
  

   out 
  a 
  pistil 
  or 
  an 
  antherless 
  sta- 
  

   men 
  ; 
  (2) 
  staminate 
  or 
  male, 
  said 
  

   of 
  flowers. 
  

  

  Striate, 
  marked 
  with 
  fine 
  longitudi- 
  

   nal 
  parallel 
  lines. 
  

  

  Sub- 
  (in 
  composition), 
  somewhat, 
  

   as 
  subglobose. 
  

  

  Subtend, 
  to 
  extend 
  beneath 
  as 
  a 
  

   bract 
  in 
  the 
  axil 
  of 
  which 
  a 
  

   flower 
  is 
  borne. 
  

  

  Succulent, 
  fleshy 
  or 
  juicy. 
  

  

  