478 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY 



Obtuse. Blunt or rounded at the end. 



Opaque. Dull; neither shining nor traiishu-ent. 



Orbicular. Circular. 



Organ. A part of a living; ])ody directly associated with the vital func- 

 tioning. 



Oval. Broadly elliptical. 



Ovary. The part of the pistil that contains the ovules. 



Ovate. Egg-shaped; having an outline like that of an egg, with the broader 

 end downward. 



Ovoid. A solid with an oval outline. 



Ovule. The body which after fertilization becomes the seed. 



Palmate (leaf). Radiately lobed or divided. 



Palmately. In a palmate manner. 



Panicle. A loose irregularly compound inflorescence with pedicellate flowers. 



Panicled, paniculate. Borne in a panicle ; resembling a panicle. 



Papillose. Bearing minute nipple-shaped projections. 



Parted. Cleft nearly but not quite to the base. 



Pedicel. The support of a single flower in a cluster. 



Pedicellate. Borne on a pedicel. 



Peduncle. A primary flower-stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary 



flower. 

 Pedunculate. Borne upon a peduncle. 

 Pellucid. Clear, transparent. 

 Pendulous. More or less hanging. 

 Perennial. Lasting year after year. 

 Perfect (flower). Having both pistil and stamens. 

 Perianth. The floral envelope, consisting of the calyx and corolla (when 



present), whatever their form. 

 Pericarp. The matured ovary. 

 Perigynous. Adnate to the perianth, and therefore around the ovary and 



not at its base. 

 Peripheral. On or near the margin. 

 Persistent. Long-continuous, as a calyx upon the fruit, leaves through 



winter, etc. 

 Petal. A division of the corolla. 

 Petaloid. Colored and resembling a petal. 

 Petiolate. Having a petiole. 

 Petiole. The footstalk of a leaf. 



Pigment. The coloring matter in the skin of a fruit. 

 Pilose. Hairy, especially with soft hairs. 

 Pinnate (leaf). Compound, with the leaflets arranged on each side of a 



common petiole. 

 Pinnatifid. Pinnately cleft. 

 Pistil. The seed-bearing organ of the flower, consisting of the ovary, 



stigma, and style when present. 

 Pistillate. Provided with pistils, and, in its more proper sense, without 



stamens. 

 Pitted. Marked with small depressions or pits. 

 Plicate. Folded into plaits, usually lengthwise. 

 Plumule. The bud or growing point of the embryo. 



