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GLOSSAET. 



Petiole, the stalk of the leaf. See p. 10. 



PicTUS, A, UM, richly coloured with 

 many hues, as if painted. 



PiLEUS, the convex part of a mushroom 

 or toadstool. See p. 523. 



PiLOSus, A, UM, softly hairy. 



PiLuiJFEEus, A, uji, bearing httle globu- 

 lar heads resembling pills. 



Pinnate (leaf), see p. 13. 



PiNNATiFiD (leaf), see p. 10. 



♦Pistil, the female organs of the flower. 

 See p. 20. 



Placenta, the internal part of the ovary 

 to which the ovules are attached. 



Plicatus, a, um, plaited or folded, while 

 young, like a lady's fan. 



Plumule (of seed), see p. 39. 



Pollen, see p. 27. 



*PoLYMORPHUs, presented under many 

 diflerent aspects. 



*PoLYPETALOus, many-petalcd. See p. 

 24. 



•PoLYEHiZA, having many roots. 



*PoLYSTACHYON, with many stalks. 



pRiEcox, early in blossom, soon ripe. 



Pkatensis, e, growing in the meadows. 



PracKLES, hairs grown very thick and 

 strong, and sharp at the points. See 

 p. 194. 



Procumbent, lying on the ground. 



•PsEUDO-, spurious or sham. 



Pubescent, downy with abundance of 

 short fine hairs. 



PuLCHER, pulchra, pulchbum, fait or 

 beautiful. 



Pulicaris, resembling fleas. 



Pulverulent, covered \nih fine pow- 

 dery matter. 



PuMiLus, A, UM, little; dwarfish, com- 

 pared with its congeners. 



PuHPUREus, A, UM, red with a dash of 

 blue. 



PusiLLUS, A, UM, small and insignificant. 



QUADRANGULARIS, QUADRANGULUS, A, UM, 



four-cornered. 

 Quinate (leaf), see p. 14. 



Raceme, see p. 30. 



Eacemosus, a, um, having the flowers in 



racemes. 

 •PiAOHis, see p. 470. 

 liADicAL, springing so near the ground, 



as to seem to arise from tlio root or 



radix. Sec p. 22. 

 RAnicij;, the first root that descends 



from a germinating seed. 

 Kamosi'3, a, um, divided into many 



branches. 



Receptacle, see p. 28. 



Recurved, bent backwards in an arch- 

 ing manner. 



Regular (flowers), see p. 24. 



Renii'orm, kiduey-shaped. See p. 12. 



Repens, reptans, creeping along the 

 ground, and emitting roots at in- 

 tervals. 



Retroflexed, bent backwards and 

 downwards. 



Revolute, having the edges rolled back. 



♦Rhizome, see p, 8. 



Ribbed (leaves), see p. 20. 



RiPARius, A, um, and Ri\'.viis, e, gi'owing 

 on the banks of rivers. 



Rosaceous (corollas), formed of sepa- 

 rate, sessile, and uniform petals, as in 

 the rose. 



RosEus, A, UM, rose-coloured. 



Rotundieolius, a, um, round-leaved. 



Ruber, rubra, eubrum, red. 



RuGosus, A, um, wrinkled or coarsely 

 crumpled. 



RuNciNATE (leaf), see p. 10. 



Sanguineus, a, mi, blood-coloured. 



Sarhentosus, a, um, having long shoots. 



Sativus, a, um, proper for cultivation. 



Sax.\tilis, e, living upon or among rocks. 



Scaber, bra, brum, covered with short 

 and very stiff hairs or asperities. 



Sc.vLES, imperfectly developed leaves, or 

 bract-like substitutes for them. The 

 name is also applied to the bracts of 

 such flowers as grasses. 



Scandens, climbing by any means ex- 

 cept twining. 



Scape, a leafless flower-stalk, arising 

 from a tuft of radical leaves. 



Scabious, dry, thin, and membranous. 



ScELERATus, very hurtful; poisonous. 



Scion, a young shoot. 



ScoPAjauM, fit for making besoms. 



ScuTATUs, sciTTELLATUS, A, UM, resem- 

 bling a shield. 



Secund, all turned to one side, and 

 looking in one direction. 



Segetum, growing in cornfields. 



Segments, see p. 14. 



Semper1''lorens, always in blossom. 



Sempervirens, evergreen. 



»Skpai,s, the pieces or elementary Icavea 

 of the calyx. See p. 24. 



Sepium, growing in the hedges or on the 

 hedgebanks. 



Septate (leaf), see p. 14. 



Sericeus, a, um, silky. 



SKUuATEn (Ipiif), see p. 18. 



Sessile, !ui\iiig no stalk. See p. 10. 



