INTRODUCTION. 



Necklace-slinpod: see Moniliforni. 



Ni'ctiirv: iiiiv lioiK'V-bi'iiring purt. 



NiM-vi-.[ (Iciivfs), 40. 



Nfttcil-vuiiicMi, 40. 



Neutnil (tio\vtM>): without stiunciis and 



I.i>tils. 

 NuiUliii]i?: turning outwanl (jr downward. 

 Nodes. 14. 

 Nodose: knotty. 

 Nut, 90. 

 Nutlet: same as AcliiMiiuni. 



Obconlate: inversely lieurt-shaped. 



01.)lanc-eohite : inversely lance-snaped. 



Oblique : unequal-sided. 



Oblonjr: narrower than Elliptical, with 

 nearly i)arallel margiii>. 



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. 



<Jpaque: dull. 



Opposite : placed directly against each 

 other, as leaves on the stem; placed 

 before, as stamens before the petals. 



Orbicular: circular. 



Organs. 6. 



Orthotropous, 8.3. 



Oval : same as Elliptical. 



Ovary, 76. 



Ovate: egg-shaped. 



Ovoid: a solid with an oval outline. 



Ovule, 76. 



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Palate : a prominence at the throat of 

 some Inlabiate flowers. 



Palea: Flora, p. 545. 



Palmate: hand-shaped; when the lobes 

 or divisions spread from a common 

 centre. 



Palmately-veined, 41. 



Panicle, 59. 



Papery: of the texture of paper. 



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 nearh^ to the base. 



Partial: pertaining to the parts of a com- 

 pound organ. 



Pectinate : cut into fine parallel lobes. 



Podate : nearly as palmate, but with the 

 lateral lobes divided. 



Pedicel. 50. 



Pedicelled: raised on a pedicel. 



I'eduncle, 50. 



Peduncled: raised on a peduncle. 



Peltate : fixed to the stalk at a point 

 within the margins. 



Pendent: hanging, drooping. 



Pendulous: somewhat drooping. 



Penicillate: see Urnsh-shaped. 



Pentandrous: having five sturaens 



Pepo, 91. 



Pcrfnni:d: lasting from year to yeiir. 



Perfect Flowers, (it;. 



I'erfoliate: growing around the stem. 



Perianth, 6.''.. 



I'ericarp: the walls of the fruit. 



Perigynium: Flora, p. 632. 



I'erigyn<ius, 70. 



Persistent: remaining late, as opposed tu 



deciduous. 

 Personate: bearing a pahite. 

 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 liMiflet. 

 Petiolulate: raised on a jietiolule. 

 PlncnogaTnous Plants, 106. 

 Pilose: beset with stiff straight hairs. 

 Pinnaj: the primary divisions of a pin- 



natelv compound leaf. 

 Pinnate, 43. 

 Pinnately divided, 43. 

 Pinnules': the secondary divisions of a 



pinnatelv compound leaf. 

 Pistil, 74. " 

 Pith, 29. 



Pitted: marked with fine indentations. 

 Placenta, 81. 



Plaited. 68; folded lengthwise. 

 Plumose: featherv. 

 Plumule, 103. 

 Pollen. 71. 



PolJinia: the pollen-masses of the Milk- 

 weed. 

 Polyandrous: bearing many stamens. 

 Polypetalous and Polysepalous: applied 



to a corolla or calyx with separate 



petals or sepals. 

 Polvmorphous: of various forms. 

 Pome, 92. 

 Prickles : sharp and rigid appendages of 



the cuticle. 

 Prickly : beset with prickles. 

 Primine, 82. 



Prismatic: angular, ■with flat sides. 

 Process: a pi-ominence or jirqioction. 

 Procumbent : resting on the ground. 

 Produced : prolonged. 

 I'roliferous: 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. 



Pungent: ending in an al)ni])t hard point 

 Pyramidal : pyramid-shaped. 

 Pyriform: pear-shaped. 



Quinate: bearing five leaflets. 



Raceme, 55. 

 Rachis, 50. 



