APPENDIX II. 



Parallel-nerved, with numerous nerves, from the base 

 running more or less parallel and close to one another, as 

 e.g., in the leaves of Bamboos, etc. 



Parasitic, drawing sustenance from the living tissues of 

 other plants. 



Pari-pinnate, pinnate with the leaflets in pairs and no 



terminal leaflet. 



-partite, in composition means cleft considerably beyond 

 tne middle. Gp. -fid, -lobed. 



Pectiuate, with narrow segments spreading like the teeth 

 of a comb. 



Pedate, a form of branching in which "the segments of 

 each half of the leaf forms' a helicoid cyme. 



Pedicel, a small stalk. Especially the stalk of a single 

 flower of an inflorescence to distinguish it* from the peduncle. 



Peduncle, the stalk of an inflorescence, or of a single 

 flower when the inflorescence is 1-flowered. 



Pellucid, translucent. 



Peltate, shield-shaped, round, like the indusium of some 

 ferns ; (2) of leaves, attached to the petiole in the center of 

 the blade, or at least not by the margin. 



Penni-nerved, with one mid-rib and secondary nerves from 

 it. Cp. Nervation, basal-nerved. 



Pentadelphous, applied to stamens aggregated into 5 

 groups. 



Pentamerous, with five members in each whorl. 



Perianth, a general term for the floral envelopes including 

 both caryx and corolla, but more especially when there is no 

 such differentiation into calyx and corolla. 



Pericarp, the whole outside of the fruit including the 

 epicarp, mesocarp and endocarp. 



Perigynous, a term applied to the flower or to the sepals, 

 petals, or stamens when these are raised on a zone of the 



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