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Qvule, a reproductive body formed within the pistil which sfter fertilization 
and development, becomes the seed containing an embryonic plant, 
Palea, palet, the inner bract subtending a grass flower, usually thinner and 
more hyaline than the lemma, 
Fallid, pale. 
Palmate, diverging radially like the fingers from the palm, 
Panicle, a branching inflorescence formed of several racemes or similar 
inflorescences, Paniculate, arranged in panicles. 
Papilose, bearing minute nipple-shaped projections, 
Pappus, the calyx-limb of the flowers of Compositae variously modified, either 
bristle-like or chaffy or nearly wanting, forming a small ridge at the 
apex of the ovary and achene, 
Parasitic, growing upon and deriving nourishment at least in part, from 
another plant, 
Parietal, pertaining to the wall be etds of a capsule, 
Parted, in parts or out nearly but not quite to the base, 
Pectinate, pinnatifid with closely set segments; comb-like, 
Pedicel, the stalk of a single flower. Pedicillate, having a pedicel, 
Peduncle, the s*9lk of an inflorescence; also used of a single flower when 
that is solitary. 
Peltate, shicld-like, fastened on the underside as a shield to an arMe 
Perennial, enduring from year to year for an indefinite period. 
Perfect, spoken of flowers which have both stamens and pistilse 
Perianth, the floral envelope, composed either of well defined calyx and 
corolla or more commonly used when these are similar and not readily 
distinguished, as in the lily. 
Pericarp, t:.¢ matured ovary wall, hence the wall of a fruite 
Perigynium, a sac-like or flask-shaped organ which encloses each pistillate 
flower (and achene) of Carex, through the oriface of which the style 
projects. 
Perigynous, seated around the Ovary; said of stamens, 
