FelodLthium 



pentadelplious 



bank), a mud bank formation ; 

 pelochthoph'ilus {<pi\eco, I love), 

 living on mud banks ; Pelochtho- 

 phy'ta {(l)vThv, a plant), plants of 

 mud banks; Pelochthopliyti'a, plant 

 formations of mud-dwelling species 

 (Clements ; Pelogen'ety (yeVos, off- 

 spring), amount of clay in soil, as 

 affecting the plants growing on it ; 

 pelog'enous, applied by Thurmann 

 to those rocks which yield a clayey 

 detritus, and the plants which 

 thrive thereon; Peloph'ilae (^iAeco, 

 I love), clay-loving plants ; Pel'- 

 ophile, a plant occurring on clay; 

 peloph'ilous {<pi\€oo, I love), Warm- 

 ing's variation of pelogexous ; 

 pelopsam'mic {^pd/x|xos, sand), yield- 

 ing clay and sand; pelopsammog'- 

 enous, gi'ving rise to clayey sand 

 (Thurmann). 



Pelo'iia {ireXivpios, monstrous), an ir- 

 regular flower become regular by an 

 exceptional development of comple- 

 mentary irregularities ; irreg'ular 

 -^ by the symmetric multiplication 

 of the irregular portions ; reg'ular 

 '- by the suppression of the ir- 

 regular parts ; pelo'ric, relating to 

 Peloria (Potter) ; Pelorisa'tion, the 

 process of conversion of a flower 

 to a regular form, from its normal 

 irregular form. 



Pel'ta (Lat, a small shield), (1) the 

 round shield-like apothecium of Pel- 

 tidea, etc. ; ('2) a bract attached by 

 its middle, as in Peppers ; pel'tafid 

 {findo, fdi, to cleave), when a 

 peltate leaf is cut into segments ; 

 pertate, pelta'tus, target-shaped, as 

 a leaf attached by its lower surface 

 to a stalk, instead of by its margin ; 

 pelta'to-digita'tTis, a digitate leaf 

 with the petiole much enlarged 

 at the insertion of the leatiets; 

 peltid'eus, pertiform (/orma, shape), 

 orbicular or buckler-shaped, as the 

 apothecia of many Lichens or the 

 caps of Agarics; peltiner'ved, pel- 

 tiner'xns, -vius {nervus, a nerve), 

 with libs arranged as in a peltate 

 leaf ; peltoi'deus {eUos, resemblance) 

 = peltideus. 



pervif orm, pelviform'is {pelvis, a basin i 

 forma, shape), basin-shaped, formed 

 like a shallow cup. 



pen cilled, marked with fine distinct 

 lines. 



pen'dent, pen'dens (Lat.), hanging 

 down from its support ; Pend'ent, 

 used by Grew" for Anther. 



pen'dnlous, pen'dulus (Lat.), hanging, 

 pendent ; pendTili'nus (Lat.), hav- 

 ing the habit of being pendulous 

 (De Candolle) ; Penduliflor'ae {flos, 

 floris, a flower), Delpino's term for 

 wind- fertilized pendulous flowers. 



penic'ellate, an error foi- the next. 



penic'illate, penicilla'tns {penicilhis, 

 a little brush), pencil-shaped ; 

 penicil'liform, penicilliform'is 



{forma, shape), shaped like an 

 artist's pencil ; Penicil'lium, a tuft 

 of hairs. 



pen'nate, peniw/tus (Lat., winged, = 

 PINNATE ; pennaticis'sus {cissu'<, 

 cut), with incisions of a leaf in a 

 pinnate manner; pennatlfid, pen- 

 natif'idus = pinnatifid ; pen'ni- 

 form {forma, shape), with ribs as 

 in a pinnate leaf, but tlie upper 

 segments confluent at the apex, as 

 in the date palm ; penniner'ved, 

 penniner'vis {nervus, a nerve) ; 

 pennive'nius {venu, a vein), pin- 

 nately veined. 



peutacam^arus (ireVre, five ; KUfidpa, a 

 vault), with five loculi ; pentacar- 

 peHary + carpellary), having five 

 carpels; Pentachae'nium or Pen- 

 take'nium {+ Achenium), having 

 the structure of a creuiocarp, but 

 with five carpels instead of two ; 

 pentacoc'cous, -cus (-f Coccus), 

 with five cocci elastically splitting 

 away from the main axis ; Penta- 

 cot'yl, a seedling with cotyledons so 

 divided as to appeir to possess 

 five seed-leaves (De Vries) ; penta- 

 cy'clic {kukXos, a circle), a flower 

 with five whorls of members, cf. 

 PENTAMEROUS ; peiitadac^tylous 



{SdKrvXov, a finger), five-fingered, 

 or with five finger-like divisions ; 

 pentadel'plious, -phus {aBeXcphs, a 

 brother), with five fraternities or 



71 



