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Necklace-shaped: see Moniliform. 
Nectary: any honey-bearing part. 
Nerved (leaves), 40. 
Netted-veined, 40. — 
Neutral (flowers): without stamens and 
istils 
1S . : 
Nédding: turning outward or downward. 
Obcordate: inversely heart-shaped. 
Oblanceolate: inversely lance-shaped. 
Oblique: unequal-sid 
Oblong: narrower than Elliptical, with 
nearly parallel ins. 
Obovate: egg-shaped, with the narrow 
end downward. 
Obtuse: blunt; not pointed. 
Ochrea, 38. 
Octandrous: having eight stamens. 
One-sided: borne one side of the axis. - 
Opaque: dull. ; 
Opposite: placed directly against each 
other, as leaves on the stem; placed 
before, as stamens before the petals. 
Orbicular: circular. 
Organs, 6. 
Orthotropous, 83. 
Oval: same as Elliptical. 
Ovary, 76. 
Ovate: egg-shaped. 
Ovoid: a solid with an oval outline. 
Ovule, 
, 76. 
Palate : a prominence at the throat of 
some bilabiate flow TIE CANNES 
Palea: Flora, p. 545. d Haa 
Palmate: hand-shaped; when the lobes 
or divisions spread from a common 
centre. x 
Palmately-veined, 41. 
Pepe) of dio aiit f 
apery: of the texture o! ae 
Papilionaceous (flower): Flora, p. 86. 
Papillose: studded with minute wart-like 
prominences. ; 
Pappus: the limb of the calyx of com- 
posite flowers. 
Parallel-veined, 40. 
Parasitical: supported and nourished by 
other plants. 
Parietal, 81. . 
Parted: divided nearly to the base. : 
Partial: pertaining to the parts of a com- 
pound organ. ^^ 
Pectinate: cut into fine parallel lobes. 
Pedate: nearly as palmate, but with the 
lateral lobes divided. ~ 
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. Pedicelled: on a pedicel. 
Peduncle, 50. M Rn 
Peduncled: raised on a peduncle. — 
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INTRODUCTION. 
Pendulous: somewhat drooping. 
Penicillate: see Brush-shaped. 
Pentandrous: having five stamens. 
Pepo, 91. 
Perennial: lasting from year to year. 
Perfect Flowers, 66. 
Perfoliate: growing around the stem. 
Perianth, 65. 
Pericarp: the walls of the fruit. 
Perigynium: Flora, p. 532. 
Perigynous, 70. 
ersistent: remaining late, as opposed to» 
deciduous. 
Personate: bearing a palate. 
Petal, 64. 
Petaloid: petal-like; colored like a petal. 
Petiole: the stalk of a leaf. 
Petioled: borne on a petiole. 
Petiolule: the stalk of a leaflet. 
Petiolulate: raised on a jerense, 
ous Plants, 106. 
Pilose: beset with stiff straight hairs. 
Pinnæ: the er dr eei of a pin-- 
Pinnately divided, 43. 
Pinnules: the secondary divisions of a. 
pinnately compound leaf. 
Pistil, 74. 
Pith, 29. seui 
Pitted: marked with fine indentations.. 
Placenta, 81. : 
Plaited, 68; folded length wise. 
Plumose: feathery. 
Plumule, 103. 
Polypetalous and.Poh 
to a corolla or 
tals or sepals. 
Polymorphous: of various forms. 
Pome, 92. 
and rigid appendages. of” 
Prickles: sharp 
the cuticle, 
Prickly: beset with prickles. 
i ine, 82. 
Prismatic: angular, with flat sides. - 
: a prominence or projection- - 
Procumbent: resting on the ground, 
Produced: prolonged: ; 
Proliferous: where a cluster of flowers: 
arises out of another cluster. 
Prostrate: see Procumbent. 
Pubescence: hairiness in general. 
Pubescent: hairy or downy. 
Pulverulent: covered with fine powder. 
Punctate: dotted, 
nt: ending in an abrupt hard point. - 
