INXnODUCTION. 



Nei-kliicc-sliapod: see MiMiilifonii. 



Noctiirv: uiiv li«iiiey-beiiring part. 



Nervi'il (leaves), 40. 



Netteil-veiiicd, 40. 



Neutral ((lowers): without stiimens and 



pistils. 

 Ndddiiifr: turning outward or downward. 

 Nodes, 14. 

 Nodo.se: knotty. 

 Nut, 96. 

 Nutlet: same as Achenium. 



Obcordate: inversely heart-shaped. 

 Oblanceolate: inversely lance-sliaped. 

 Ohlicpie; unequal-sideil. 

 Oblong: narrower than Elliptical, with 



nearly parallel margins. 

 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 stein; 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. 



Palate : a prominence at the throat of 

 some bilabiate 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. I 



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 p.arallel lobes. 



Pedate: nearly as palmate, but with the 

 lateral lobes divided. 



Pedicel. 50. 



Pedicellcd: raised on a pedicel. 



Peduncle, 50. 



Peduncled : raised on a peduncle. 



Peltate : fixed to the stalk at a point 

 within the margins. 



Pendent: hanging, drooping. 



Pendulous: somewhat droopiiij^. 



Penicillate: see l{ru-ii--hii|>ed. 



l'entan<lroU8: having tivc ntainens- 



Pepo, 91. 



Perennial: lasting from year to year. 



Perfect Flowei-s, 66. 



I'erloliatc: growing ;ininnd the stum. 



Perianth, 65. 



Pericarp: the walls of the fruit. 



Perigynium: Flora, ]). 632. 



Perigynous, 70. 



l'ersi-.teMt : 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 :i Iwiflet. 

 Petioluhite: raised on a petiolule. 

 Pha-nogamous I'lants, 106. 

 Pilose: beset with stifl" straight hairs. 

 Pinnas: the primary divisions of a pin- 



nately compound leaf. 

 Pinnate, 43. 

 Piiniately divided, 43. 

 Pimniles: 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, 103. 

 Pollen, 71. 



Pollinia: the pollen-masses of the Milk- 

 weed. 

 Polyandrous : bearing many stamen.s. 

 Polypetalous and I'olysepalous: applied 



to a corolla or cahx with sepai-ate 



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, Mitli flat sides. 

 Process: a iironiiiiencc or projection. 

 Procumbent: rcstiiiir on the ground. 

 Produced : ]jrolongcd. 

 Proliferous: where a cluster of flowers 



arises out of another cluster. 

 Prostrate: see Procumbent. 

 Pubescence : hairiness in general. 

 Pubescent : hairy or downy. 

 Pulvenilent: covered witli fine powder. 

 Punctate: dotted. 



Pungent: ending in an abrupt hard point. 

 Pyramidal : pyramid-shaped. 

 Pyriform: pear-shaped. 



Quinate : bearing five leaflets. 



Raceme, 55. 

 Racliis, 60. 



