paotiniferous 



Felo«lithiani 



the spores of Albugo , Pectin being 

 its constituent (F. L. Stevens). 



Pec'tose {irr\KThs, coagulated), a sub- 

 stance allied to mucilage which 

 occurs in unripe fruits (Fremy) ; 

 pecto'sic Ac'id is associated with 

 pectic acid in fruit jelly ; Pectocel'- 

 luloses, cf. Cellulose, 



pedalin'eous, allied to the order 

 Pedalineae. 



pedalinerved, etc. = pedatinerved, 

 probably a misprint in Henslow's 

 Dictionary. 



pedalis (Lat.), a foot long or high. 



ped'ate, peda'tus (Lat., footed), in 

 botany, palinately divided or parted 

 with the lateral divisions two-cleft ; 

 ped'ately cleft = pedatifid ; '-' 

 veined = pedatinerved ; pedat'- 

 ifld, pedatif'idus. {findo, Jidi, cleft), 

 divided in a pedate manner nearly 

 to the base ; pedatiform'is {forma, 

 shape) = pedatifid ; pedatilo'bus, 

 pedatiloba'tus, pedatilo'bed {\o^hs, 

 earlap), palmate, with supplemen- 

 tary lobes at the base ; peda'ti- 

 nerved, peda'tifiervis {nerviis, a 

 nerve), when the midrib stops 

 short, and two strong lateral nerves 

 proceed from its base, giving rise 

 to others which extend only to the 

 apex ; pedatipar'tite, pedatiparti' - 

 tiis {partitus, divided), with pedate 

 venation, and the lobes nearly free ; 

 pedatlsect, pedatisec'tus {sectus, 

 cut), pedately veined, the divi- 

 sions nearly reaching the midi"ib. 



Ped'estal (Fr., from pes, pedis, a foot), 

 the persistent base of a leaf which 

 disarticulates from it, cf. Pulvinus. 



Ped'icel, Pedicel' lus{M.od. Lat.), (1) an 

 ultimate flower-stalk, the support 

 of a single flower ; (2) in Hydrop- 

 terideae the sporophore ; pedicel'- 

 late, pedicella'tus, pedicula'tus %, 

 borne on a pedicel ; Ped'icle = 

 Pedicel ; Pedicellulus (dim. of 

 pedicellus), a filiform support to 

 the ovary in certain Compositae ; 

 Pedic'ulus, (1) =Tedicel ; (2) the 

 stalk of the apple and other fruits ; 

 (3) the filament of an anther, as >^ 

 Anthe'rae. 



pedif'erus [pes, pedis, a foot ; fero, I 

 bear), furnished with a stalk or 

 support (J. S. Henslow) ; Pedilis, 

 the contracted upper portions of 

 the calyx tube in such florets of 

 Compositae as have a stipitate 

 pappus ; pedila'tus, furnished with 

 a Pedilis. 



pedioph'ilus {inUov, level country ; 

 (pi\4a), I love), dwelling in uplands ; 

 Pediophy'ta {<pvrhv, a plant), up- 

 land plants ; Pediophyti'a, upland 

 plant formations (Clements). 



Pedun'cle, Pedunc'ulus, the general 

 term for the stalk of a flower, it 

 may also bear a cluster of single 

 flowers; peduncular'is, relating to 

 a peduncle or a modification, as 

 peduncular'es Cir'rhi, tendrils pro- 

 ceeding from a peduncle ; pedunc'u- 

 late, pediincula'tus, pedunculo'stts, 

 furnished with a footstalk ; peduncu- 

 lea'nus, with a modified state of the 

 peduncle (J. S. Henslow). 



Peel, the rind or skin of fruit ; Grew 

 spells it "Pill." 



Peg, an embryonic organ at the lower 

 end of the hypocotyl of seedlings 

 of Cucumis,. Gnetum, etc., lasting 

 till the cotyledons are withdrawn 

 from the testa. 



Pela'gad {irixayos, the sea, + ad), a 

 plant of the sea surface ; Pelagi'um, 

 a surface sea-formation ; pela'gian = 

 pelagic, inhabiting the open ocean, 

 as distinct from the shores; pela- 

 goph'ilus {<l>i\ea, I love), living at the 

 sea surface ; Pelagophy'ta {<pvThv, a 

 plant), surface sea plants (Clements). 



pel'ioB (ireXihs), black, livid. 



Periicle, Pellic'nla (Lat., a small 

 skin), a delicate superficial mem- 

 brane, epidermis ; pellicularls, 

 having the character of a pellicle ; 

 pellic''uloBe, furnished with a skin 

 (Stevenson). 



pelli'tus (Lat., covered with skin), 

 "skinned, deprived of skin or ap- 

 parently so " (Lindley). 



pellu'cid, pellu'cidics (Lat., trans- 

 parent), wholly or partially trans- 

 parent. 



Pelochthi'um {vriKbs, clay; Sx^rj, a 



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