GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



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Pliirildcular : several-celled. 

 Pdculiform : deep cup-shaped. 

 Pod: a dry dehiscent fruit, 315. 

 Pddosperm: seed-stalk, 297. 

 Podostemacese, 471. 

 Pointless: see Muticous. 

 Poindttted: same as Apiculate. 

 PolemouiaceEe, 4.53. 

 Pollen : the contents of the anther, 223, 



285. 

 Pollen-tube, 286, 302. 

 Polhnia : jjollen-masses, 286, 489. 

 Pollanferous : bearing pollen. 

 Poly-, in Greek compounds ; numerous. 

 Polyadelphia, 513. 

 Polyadelphous : having the filaments in 



several sets, 280. 

 Polyandria, 512. 

 Polydndrous : with numerous stamens, 



especially when inserted on the 



receptacle, 242, 280. 

 PoJyunthous : many-flowered. 

 Polycdrpic: fruiting many times, i. e. 



year after year ; perennial. 101. 

 Polijce'plialoas : bearing many heads. 

 Poiycladous : much-branched. 

 Polycdccous : of several cocci. 

 Polycotyle'doiious : having several cotyle- 

 dons, 79, 326. 

 Polygalacere, 411. 

 Polygamia, 513, 515. 

 Polyi/amous : having both perfect and 



separated flowers, 262. 

 Polygonaceie, 465. 

 Polyjonous : many-angled. 

 Polygyna, 515. 

 Puli/'jynous : with numerous pistils or 



styles, 287. ' 

 Polyinerous: formed of many members. 

 Polijindrphous : various in form. 

 Polypetalous : having distinct petals, 



249, 275. 

 Pdbjphore : a common recej^tacle of 



many carpels, as in Strawberry. 

 Polyplujilous : many-leaved or several- 

 leaved, 275. 

 Poly]5odiacere, or Polj'podineas, 501 . 

 Polyrluzal : many-rooted. 

 Polysepcdous: of two or more distinct 



sepals, 249, 275. 

 Polyspernious : many-seeded. 

 Poli/sporous : containing many spores. 

 Polyste'monous : with many stamens. 

 Pome: an apple, pear, &c., 312. 

 Pomeee, or Pomaccffi, 416. 

 Pomegranate, 418. 

 Pomiferous : pome-bearing. 

 Pomdio'jy : the department of Botany 



relating to fruits. 

 Pontederiacese, 495. 

 Porose: porous, having holes. 

 Portulacaceai, 396, 



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Posterior (in the flower) : next the com- 

 mon ^xis, 237. 



Pdsticous : same as extrorse. 



Potato, 456, 455. 



Pouch: see Silicle, 317. 



PrcpJJoration : same as Estivation, 269. 



Pra'foliation : same as Vernation, 143. 



Prcemdrse: as if bitten ofl:'. 



PricJdij : anned with 



Prickles, 52. 



Primine : outer coat of the o\'ide, 298. 



Primordial leaves, 143 ; utricle, 26. 



PrimulacesB, 443. 



Prismatic, prismatical : Avith flat longi- 

 tudinal foces, separated by anj^lcs. 



Process : any projection from a surface. 



Procumbent : Iving along the ground, 

 102. 



Produced: prolonged or extended. 



Pro-embryo, 338. 



Proliferous (bearing offspring) : develop- 

 ing new brandies, flowers, &c. from 

 the older ones, or from unusual 

 places. 



Prone : lying face dowTi wards. 



Proper juices, 57. 



P rose'nchyma, 4 1 . 



Prose'nihesis, 236. 



Prostrate : lying flat on the ground, 102. 



Proteaceje, 468. 



Proteine, 27, 53, 57, 196. 



Proterdnthous : where flowers are pro- 

 duced earlier than the leaves. 



Prothdilus, or protothallus, 338. 



Protophytes : Algse and Liehenes are 

 so called. 



Prdfoplasm, 26, 53, 57, 196. 



Priii note, priii nose : as if frosted over. 



Priiniform : plum-shajied. 



Pseudo-bulb : a kind of corm, as of epi- 

 phytic Orchidace£e. 



Pseudo-parasitic: same as epipliytic. 



Pterocdrpous : wing-fruited. 



Pteroid: wing-like. 



Pube'scent : clothed with soft or downy 

 hairs, or pubescence. 



Puqidniform : dagger-shaped. 



Pulque, 491. 



Pulse, 413. 



Pulveraceous, or pulverulent : dusty or 

 powdery on the surface. 



Pulvinate : cushioned. 



Pulcinvs (a cushion) : an enlargement 

 at or below the base of a leafstalk. 



Pumpkin, 423. 



Punctate : dotted as if by punctures. 



Pungent : pricking ; rigid-pointed. 



Pustulate: blistered. 



Putdmen : the stone or shell of a drupe, 

 310, 312. 



Pyrence. : the stones of small drupes ; 

 same as nucules. 



