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Monadelphous — United into one bundle by union of the filaments. 



MoncEcious — With staminate and pistillate flowers on the same plant. 



Mucronate — Terminating abruptly in a stiff point. 



Neuter — A flower having no stamens or pistil. 



Node — The point of a stem from which a leaf grows. 



Obcordate — Inversely heart -shaped. 



Obovate — Inversely egg-shaped, the narrow part nearest the stem. 



Obtuse — With a blunt end, not pointed. 



Ochrea— A term applied to the sheathing stipule of Polygonaceae. 



Orbicular — Round or shield-shaped, with the petiole attached to the centre. 



Ovate — Egg-shaped, the broad part being nearer the stem. 



Ovules — The young seeds. 



Palmate — Having five lobes, the mid-ribs meeting at one point, e.g. the leaf 

 of the Maple. 



Palmatifid — Cut half way down, so as to resemble a palmate leaf. 



Panicle — A compound raceme in which the pedicels are branched. 



Papilionaceous — Having a corolla like that of the pea. 



Pappus — The hairs surmounting the ovary which constitute the calyx in 

 Compositae. 



Parietal — Growing on the wall of the ovary. 



Pectinate — Divided into narrow segments like the teeth of a comb. 



Pedicel — The stalk of a single flower. 



Peduncle — The stalk of the flower or flower-head. 



Peltate — Shield-shaped, attached to the stalk by the centre. 



Pendulous — Hanging, as ovules which are suspended from the upper part of 



the ovary. 

 Perfect — Applied to the flower, having both stamens and pistil. 

 Perianth — Calyx and corolla together, or the calyx when there is no corolla. 

 Pericarp — The covering of the fruit, including the epicarp, jyiesocarp, and 

 Perig-ynous— Growing on the calyx. [endocarp. 



Persistent — Not falling off. 



Personate — Applied to a 2-lipped corolla in which the lips are pressed 

 together as in Snapdragon. 



Petiolate — Having a petiole or leaf-stalk. 



Pilose — Consisting of hairs ; a pappus in which the hairs are simple is pilose. 



Pinnate — A coi7ipound leaf with leaflets arranged on opposite sides of a leaf- 

 stalk, 



Pinnatifid — A simple leaf with the segments arranged like the leaflets in a 



pinnate leaf. 



Placenta — The part on which the ovules grow. 



