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Prpatr. Palmately divided with the lateral divisions again two-cleft. 
Prepicet. The stalk supporting a single flower in a compound inflorescence. 
PEDICELLATE. Borne on a pedicel. 
Prepunctz. A general or primary flower-stalk, bearing one or many flowers. 
PepuncutatTs. Furnished with a peduncle. 
Prettatr. Shield-shaped; flat and attached to its support by the centre of the 
lower surface. 
Prencittep. Marked with fine lines. 
Penputovus. Hanging downwards. 
PentciiatTe. Divided into a brush of fine hairs. 
PERENNIAL. A plant that lives for several years. 
Perrect. Applied to flowers that have both stamens and pistil. 
Prrrouiate. Applied to leaves the base of which closes round the stem, which 
thus appears to pass through the leaf. 
PeriantH. The floral envelopes, either the calyx or corolla, or both. 
Pericarp. The seed-vessel or ripened ovary. 
Prricyntum. The flask-shaped utricle of Carex and Uncinia, including the true 
fruit. 
Prricynous. Inserted round the ovary, but more or less adnate to the peri- 
anth. 
Persistent. Not falling off; remaining attached to its support. 
Prrsonate. Applied to a bilabiate corolla having a prominent palate almost or 
entirely closing the throat. 
Prrat. One of the separate parts of a polypetalous corolla. 
Pxrrator. Having the colour and texture of a petal. 
PETIOLATE. Possessing a petiole or footstalk. 
PrttoLte. The foot-stalk of a leaf. 
PerrotuLe. The foot-stalk or petiole of a leaflet, or separate division ot a c)m- 
pound leaf. 
PHNOGAM, PHANEROGAM. Applied to plants bearing manifest flowers, con- 
taining stamens or pistils, or both. 
Puytitopr. Applied to a petiole when it assumes the shape and functions of a 
leaf, as in many Australian species of Acacia. 
Puytioraxts. The mode in which leaves are arranged on the stems or branches. 
Pinirerovs. Bearing hairs or tipped with hairs. 
Pitosz. Furnished with rather long and soft distinct hairs. 
Pinna. One of the primary divisions of a pinnate or compound leaf. 
PinnatE. Applied to a compound leaf which has its leaflets arranged along both 
sides of a common rhachis or midrib. 
PrynaTELy. In a pinnate manner. 
Priynatirip. Pinnately cleft; applied to a leaf which is divided half-way to 
the midrib or more into lobes or segments placed somewhat similarly to the 
lateral divisions of a feather. 
PinnatisEect. Pinnately divided down to the midrib or rhachis. 
Piynuue. A secondary pinna—that is, one of the pinnate or ultimate divisions 
of a pinna. 
Pistrorm. Resembling a pea in size and shape. 
Pistm. The female organ of flowering plants, consisting, when complete, ot 
ovary, style, and stigma. 
PistmuaTe. Applied to flowers having a pistil but no stamens; a female flower. 
Pirrep. Marked with small depressions or pits; punctate. 
Puacenta. That part of the ovary which bears the ovules or young seeds, often 
consisting of the margins of the carpellary leaves. 
Puane. Having a flat surface. 
PLANO-CONVEX. Plane or flat on one side and convex on the other. 
Puicate. Folded lengthwise into plaits like those of a fan. 
Piumose. Plume-like; having fine hairs on each side like those of a feather, 
as in the pappus of some Composite. 
