INTRODUCTION. 



Necklace-shaped: sec Moniliform. 



Nectary: any honey-bearing part. 



Nerved ( leaves I, 10. 



Netted-veined, 40. 



Neutral (flowers): without stamens and 



pistils. 

 Nodding: turning outward or downward. 

 Nodes, 1 1. 

 Nodose: knotty. 

 Nut, 96. 

 Nutlet: same as Acheniuin. 



Obcordate: inversely heart-shaped. 



< Iblanoeolate 1 inversely lance-shaped. 



< Oblique : u rual-sided. 



Oblong: narrower than Elliptical, with 



nearly parallel margins. 

 Obovate: egg-shaped, with the narrow 



end downward. 

 I tbtuse: blunt; not pointed. 

 Ochrea, 38. 



Octandrous: having eight stamens. 

 One-sided: home, one side of the axis. 

 ( Ipaque: dull. 

 Opposite: placed directly against each 



other, as leaves on the stem; placed 



before, as stamens hefore the petals. 

 Orbicular: circular. 



Q8, 6. 



Orthotropous, 83. 

 Oval: same as Elliptical. 



< >vary, 76. 



egg-shaped. 

 Ovoid: a -olid with an oval outline. 

 Ovule, 76. 



Palate : a prominence at the throat of 



lilabiate dowers. 

 Palea: Flora, p. 5 i">. 



Palmate: hand-shaped) when the lobes 

 or < 1 i \ i - i. .1 1 - spread from a common 

 tre. 



I'ahnatelv -veined, 41. 



Panicle, 59. 



Papery: of the texture of paper. 



Papilionac is ( flower): Flora, p. 86 



Papillose: Btudded with minute wart-like 



prominences. 

 Pappus : tie- limb of the calyx of com- 



PO |le I 1 , 



Parallel-veined, 40. 



Para itical: imported and uourished by 



other plants. 



Parietal, i. 



Parted : divided nearly to the base. 



Partial : pertaining to the parts of a com- 

 pound organ. 



Pectinate: cut into tine parallel lobes. 



• ■ : nearly a- palmate, |, ut \\ ith the 



lateral lobes divided. 

 :, 60. 

 Pedicelled : raised on a pedicel. 

 Pedunc 



Pedunclea: raised on :i peduncle. 

 Peltate : fixed to the -tail, at a point 



within the margins. 

 Pendenl i hanging, drooping. 



Pendulous: somewhat drooping. 



Penicillate: see Brush-shaped. 



Pentandrons: having live >tamens. 



Pepo, 91. 



Perennial: lasting from year to year. 



Perfect Flowers, 66. 



Perfoliate: growing around the stem. 



Perianth, 66. 



Pericarp: the. walls of the fruit. 



Perigyniuni : Flora, p. 532. 



Perigynous, 70. 



Persistent: 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 petiolule. 



Phaenogamous Plant-. 106. 



Pilose: beset with stiff straight hairs. 



Pinna': the primary divisions of a pin- 

 nately compound leaf. 



Pinnate, 43. 



Pinnately divided, 43. 



Pinnule-: the secondary divisions of a 

 pinnately compound leaf. 



Pistil. 74. ' 



Pith. 29. 



Pitted: marked with fine indentations. 



Placenta, 81. 



Plaited, 68; folded lengthwise. 



Plumose : feathery. 



Plumule. L08. 



P.. lien, 71. 



Pollinia: the pollen-masses of the Milk- 

 weed. 



Polyandrous: bearing many stamens. 



Polypetalous ami Poiysepalous: applied 

 to a corolla or calyx with separate 



petal- or sepals. 

 Polymorphous: of various forms. 



I'. line. 92. 



Prickle-: -harp and rigid appendages of 



the cuticle. 

 Prickly \ besel « ith prickles. 

 Primine. 82. 



Prismatic: angular, with Hat sides. 

 Process: a prominence or projection. 

 Procumbent : resting on the ground. 

 Produced ! prolonged. 

 Proliferous: where a cluster of flowers 



arises out of another cluster. 

 Prostrate : Bee Procumbent. 

 Pubescence: hairiness in general. 

 Pubescent : hairy or downy. 

 Pulverulent: oovered with fine powder. 

 Punctate: dotted. 



Pungent : ending in an abrupt hard point. 

 P\ ramidal : pyramid ihaped. 

 Pj riform : pear-shaped. 



Quinate: bearing five leaflets. 



Raceme, 56. 

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