392 



Oxalis, i8i, 182. 

 Oxygen of plants, 21. 



Padma, 155. 



Pale of grasses, 56. 



Paleaceous receptacle, ii<). 



Pales (of Composita;) 229. 



Palm Family, 301. 



Palmacese, 301. 



paltnatifid, 77. 



pabttati-partite, 77. 



Palmyra Palm, 302, 303. 



Panax, 223. 



Pancratium, 328. 



Pandanaceae, 304. 



Pandanus, 69, 304. 



Panicacese, 337. 



Panicle, 86. 



Panicum, 337. 



Pansy, 163. 



Papaver somniferiim, 157, 158. 



Papaveraceae, 157. 



Paper Daphne, 286. 



Paper Mulberry, 275. 



papilionaceous, 196. 



Papptis, 228. 



Papyrus, 335. 



Paraphyses, microscopic filaments, asso- 

 ciated with the thecse o£ certain Cryp- 

 togams. 



Parasites, 322. 



Paratropia, 222. 



Pardanthus, 330. 



parietal placentation, 96. 



Parishia, 193. 



Parmelia, 361. 



Parsley, 722. 



Parsnips, 222. 



-partite, 77. 



Paspalum, 337. 



Passifloreae, 215. 



Passion-flower, 215. 



Pastinaca, 222. 



Patchouli, 258. 



Paulownia, 254. 



Pea, 196, 197 ; described, 369. 



Pea-flower, 9. 



Pea, pistil of, 92. 



Peach, 203. 



pectinate, with comb-like teeth or lobes. 



Pedaiiaceae, 245. 



pedate, digitate with the lateral leaflets 

 springing from the branches of a short 

 fork of the petiole. 



pedatifid, pedati-partite, applied to a 

 simple leaf divided on the pedate plan. 



Pedicel, the stalk of each single flower of 

 a two- or more-flowered inflorescence, 

 52- 



Pedicularis, 253. 



INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



Peduncle, 6. 



Peepul, 272. 



Pelargonium, 181, i8a. 



Peliosanthes, 313. 



peloria, the regular form of a flowei 



normally irregular, 253. 

 peltate, 80. 



Penicillaria, 337. 

 penta-, five, in composition. 

 pentamero2is, applied to flowers with 

 the parts in fives. 



Pentstemon, 254. 



Pepper, black and white, 293. 



Pepper Family, 292. 



Pepper, long, 294. 



perennial, lasting several years or in- 

 definitely. 

 perfoliate, 80. 



Perianth, the envelopes of a flower col- 

 lectively. In practice applied to the 

 envelopes of the flower of Monocoty- 

 ledons and to the envelope of mono- 

 chlamydeous flowers, 51. 



Pericarp, 13, 98. 



perzgyno7is, inserted around the ovary ; 

 applied to petals and stamens, 33. 



Perispenn, albumen originating outside 

 the embryo-sac. Often applied to 

 albumen irrespective of its place of 

 origin. 



Peristome, 356. 



Perithecium, a nearly or quite closed 

 cavity containing thecae in Crypto- 

 gams ; applied to the closed apothecia 

 of some Lichens. 



Periwinkle, Rose, 29, 37. 



Persian Lilac, 186. 



persistent, 7, 27. 



personate, bilabiate, with the lips closed. 



Peruvian Bark, 226. 



Peruvian Bark Family, 224. 



petaloid, petal-like or corolla-like. 



Petaloideae, 61. 



Peta,ls, 7. 



Petiole, 4. 



petiolate, the petiole of a leaflet. 



Petroselinum, 222. 



phanerogamic, bearing flowers ; used in 

 contradistinction to cryptogamic. 



Pharbitis, 247. 



Phoenix, 302. 



Phormium, 313. 



Photinia, 201. 



Phyllanthus, 279. 



phyllode, 82, 200. 



phyllotaxis, the arrangement of the 

 leaves upon the stem. 



Physalis, 251, 252. 



Pigeon Pea, 199. 



Pileus, 357. 



pilose, with rather long, soft hairs. 



Pimenta, 209. 



Pimpernel, 263. 



