GLOSSARY. 
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Paleaceous 3 chaffy. 
Palmate, 22. 
Palmately lobed, &c., 73, 74. 
Palmately veined, 72. 
Panduriform 3 fiddle-shaped. 
Panicle, 118. 
Paniculate j panicled. 
Papilionaceous, 138, and p. 90. 
Papillbse; covered with papillae, or 
small soft excrescences or pimples. 
Pappus, 202. 
Parallel-veined, p. 71. 
Paraphyses, p. 642. 
Parasitic, 25. 
Parenchyma, 55. 
Parietal,' 171. 
Parted, 65, 134. 
Partitions, 167. 
Pectinate; pinnatifid, with slender 
close segments, like the teeth of 
a comb. 
Pedate 3 palmately divided, with the 
lateral lobes themselves cleft 5 like 
a bird's foot. 
Pedicel, 106. 
Pedicelled ; on a pedicel. 
Peduncle, 100 . 
Peduncled, 101 . 
Peltate 5 shield-like, 69. 
Pentamerous, 157. 
Pentandrous, 146. 
Pepo, 197. 
Perennial, 22 . 
Perfect flower, 140. 
Perfoliate, 59. 
Perianth, 132. 
Pericarp. 181. 
Perichseth, Perichaetial, p. 642. 
Perigynium, p. 536. 
Perigynous, 154. 
P 6 risperm, 213. 
Peristome 3 p. 642 . 
Persistent; remaining adherent, 91. 
Personate, 139. 
Petaloid 3 petal-like. 
Petals, 130. 
Petiole, 60. 
Petioled, or Petiolate 3 on a petiole. 
P 6 tiolule, 77 . 
Petiblulate, 77 . 
Phanerogamous •, same as 
Phaenogamous, 2 . 
Phyllodium *, a leaf formed of a dilat¬ 
ed petiole. 
Phyllous 3 relating to leaves. 
Piliferous 3 hair-tipped. 
Pilose ; clothed with soft hairs. 
Pinnae, 76. 
Pinnate, 74, 75 . 
Pinnately lobed. <fcc., 73, 74. 
Pinnately veined, 72. 
Pinnatifid, 73. 
Pinnules, 76. 
Pistil, 148. 
Pistillate, 140. 
Pistillidia, 229. 
Pith, 47. 
Pitted j with small shallow depres¬ 
sions. 
Placenta, 166. 
Plane ; flat. 
Plicate; plaited, 93. 
Plumose 5 feather-like j pluine-bear- 
ing. 
Plumule, 220. 
Pod, 182*- 188. 
Pointed, 68 . 
Pollen, 142. 
Pollen-tube, 179. 
Polliniferous ; bearing pollen. 
Poly-, in composition 3 many. 
Polyadelphous, 147. 
Polyandrous, 146. 
Polycephalous 3 many-headed. 
Polycotyledonous, 219. 
Poly gy nous, 151. 
Polyp^talous, or sepalous, 135. 
Pome 3 the apple-fruit, 198. 
Posterior, 159. 
Praefloration, 136. 
Prapfoliation, 93. 
Praemorse 5 as if bitten off. 
Prickles 3 elevations or sharp pro¬ 
cesses of the surface stouter than 
bristles. 
Prickly 5 furnished with prickles 5 
like a Rose-stem. 
Primine, 174. 
Primordial, 84. 
Prismatic 3 prism-shaped. 
Process 3 any extension or projection 
of the surface. 
Procumbent 3 lying along the ground, 
30. 
Prostrate, lying flat on the ground, 30. 
Pruinose 3 a surface covered with 
mealy grains. 
Pubescence 3 hairiness in general. 
Pubescent 5 hairy with soft hairs. 
Pulverulent; powdery. 
Punctate 3 dotted. 
Pungent j with a sharp and rigid 
point. 
PuUmen. 201. 
Pyramidal 3 pyramid-shaped. 
Pyrena 3 the stone of a drupaceous 
fruit, which may be 1 -pyrenous, 2 - 
pyrenous, &c. 
Pyriform 3 pear-shaped 3 a solid en¬ 
larging from the base to the apex. 
