GLOSSARY. 395 



Peduncle, pedicle, a footstalk on which anything is situated. 



Pelagic, belonging to the deep sea. 



Pentangular, having five angles or corners. 



Perforate, having holes as if bored with a sharp instrument. 



Petaloid, having the form of petals. 



Phosphorescent, shining in the dark, like the glowworm. 



Physiological, relating to the functions of living beings. 



Phytoidal, hke a plant. 



Pinnated, Tvdnged. 



Pinnatifid, cut transversely into oblong segments. 



Plicate, plaited. 



Plumose, feathery. 



Polymorphous, ha^dng many forms, 



Polypidom, the house of the polypes. 



Polypiferous, bearing polypes. 



Posterior, placed after. 



Prehensile, grasping. 



Prohoscldiform, shaped like the trunk of an elephant. 



Process, a natural appendage of an animal. 



Proliferous, fertile, productive. 



Proximal, before the mouth. 



Pullulate, to bud. 



Punctuated, covered with points or dots. 



Pyriform, pear-shaped. 



Quadrifarious, arising from aU sides of the stem or branch. 

 Quadrifd, cleft in four parts. 



