GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



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Parasitic plants, or Parasites: living on 



the juices of other plants, 88. 

 Paraslt'inon : same as Staminodium. 

 Parc'iic/iijma : soft cellular tissue, 41. 

 Parietal : attached or belonging to the 



■walls, 292. 

 Parietis : ^s•alls of an ovary, &c. 

 Paripimiate: same as abruptly pinnate, 



163. 

 Parnassiaceffi, 394. 

 Parsnip, 426. 

 Parted, or partite : cut almost through ; 



IGO, fig. 262, 206. 

 Partial peduncle, 211. 

 Partial petiole, 164. 

 Partial umbel, 216. 

 Farthe)W(jenesis, 300, 340. 

 Passifloraceai (Passion-flowers), 422. 

 Pate'ltiform : kneepan-shaped. 

 Patent : spreading wdde open. 

 Patulous : moderately spreading. 

 Pauci-, in Latin derivatives ; few ; as 

 Pduciflorous: few-ilowered. 

 Peach, 415. 

 Pear, 416. 

 Pear-sliaped : ovoid at the extremity, 



conical at the base. 

 Pectinate : piniiatifid with close-set and 



equal lobes, lilie the teeth of a comb 



ipccten], ICO. 

 Pectinc, and Pcctic acid, 55, 310. 

 Pedate : palmate, with the lateral lobes 



again lobcd ; appearing like a bird's 



foot, 161, fig. 249. 

 Pedatdij : in a pedate mode. 

 Pe'dicit : tlie stalk of a particular flower, 



211. 

 Pedicellate, pedicdled : having a pedi- 

 cel. 

 Peduncle: a flower-stalk in general. 



cither of one blossom or a whole 



cluster, 211. 

 Pedunculate^ peduncled :' having a ]ic- 



dunclc. 

 Peloria, 278. 

 Peltate: shield-form or target-shaped; 



fixed by the centre or some part 



of the lower stirface ; fig. 248, 681. 

 Pelt inervecl : pcltately veined. 

 Pelriform : open cup-shaped. 

 Pendent, pendulous : hanging down. 

 Pcnicillate, penicilllform : tipped with a 



brush of hairs, like a camel's-hair 



pencil. 

 Pennate : same as pinnate. 

 Penniform : feather-like. 

 Pe'nninervcd : same as pinnately nerved 



or veined. 

 Penta-, in Greek derivatives : five ; as 

 Pentacdrpellarij : of five carpels. 

 Pentacdcrous : of five cocci. 

 Peutagynia, 515. 



Pentdgi/nous : with five pistils or styles, 

 287. 



Pentdmerous : of five parts ; 234, 239, 

 fig. 354. 



Pentandria, 512. 



Pentdndrous : having five stamens, 279. 



Pentapet(dous : of five petals, 276. 



Pentaplajllous : five-leaved, 275. 



Pentdpterous : five-winged. 



Pentasepcdous : of five sepals, 274. 



Pentdsticltous : in five vertical ranks, 

 135. 



Pe]m: a Gourd-fruit, 312. 



Pepper, 456, 469. 



Perennial: lasting year after year, 84. 



Perfect flower : one having both stamens 

 and pistils, 261. 



Perfoliate: when the stem appears to 

 pass through the leaf; 163, fig. 

 293, 294. 



Perforate : pierced with holes, or having 

 transparent dots which look like 

 holes. 



Pergameneous, or pergamentdceous : like 

 parchment. 



Peri-, in Greek derivatives : around. 



Pe'rianth {peridnthiuw) : tlic floral en- 

 velopes collectively, either of one 

 set (calyx) or of two sets (calyx 

 and corolla), 222. 



Pericarp : the ovary in fruit, SOS. 



Pericdrpic : belonging to the jjcricarp. 



Perichatiul : relating to the 



Pe'richaith, or pericluvtium : the cluster 

 of peculiar leaves surrounding the 

 base of the fruit-stalk of JNIosses. 



Pcriclinium : a name for the involucre 

 of Composite. 



Periderm : same as Epiphlocum. 



Pe'rigone, or perigonium : same as Peri- 

 anth. 



Perigi/nium : bristles or other organs, of 

 doubtful nature, around the pistil in 

 Cyperacea', 497. 



Periggnous : borne on the calyx ; liter- 

 ally around the ovary ; i. e. when 

 the petals or stamens arc adnate to 

 the base of the ovary or to the 

 calyx ; 251, 268, fig. 388, 389, 281. 



Peripctalous : around the petals. 



Peripheric : sixrrounding the circumfer- 

 ence, 325 ; as the embryo around 

 the albumen in fig. 621. 



Pd'risperni : the albumen of the seed, 

 322, or that albumen which is 

 formed in the tissue of the nucleus, 

 323. 



Peristome, 502. 



Peritropous, perifropal (seed) : horizon- 

 tal to the axis of the fruit. 



Perpendicular si/stem of the stem, 112. 



Persimmon, 443. 



