TECHNICAL TERMS. 69 
produced from a main stem, or peduncles 
variously divided. 
Pedunple. The stalk upon which the flower 
is borne. 
Petal. A leaf of the flower. 
Petiole. The stalk to which are attached 
the several leaflets. 
Pistil. The columnar seed-bearing organ 
in the centre of a flower; sometimes there 
are several in one flower; it consists of one 
or more styles, one or more stigmas and 
the ovary. 
Pollen. The fecundating powdery substance 
found in the anthers. 
Remontant. As applied to roses that which 
flowers the second time. From the 
French verb to remount. 
Sepals. Those leaves which form the calyx. 
Sport. A shoot or sucker from a plant 
which shows either in foliage, flower, 
vigor of growth, orin all of them, some 
peculiar feature or features, distinct from 
the rest of the plant. 
Stamens. The male organs of fructification 
in a flower, surrounding the pistil. 
