3i6 GLOSSARY 



regularly on each side of a common stem. Vide Bi- 



PINNATE. 



Pistillate (pistillum = a pestle ; pinso = to pound) . 

 Central part of the flower inside the stamens and con- 

 taining ovary, style and stigma, and ovules. 



Pitted (puteus = a well). Marked with small depressions. 



Plicatus (plicare = to fold like a fan). Plaited lengthwise 

 like a lady's fan. 



PoLiTus (pohtus = polished). Of shiny and polished appear- 

 ance. Note Picea Polita. 



Pollen (pollen = anything as fine as dust, hence flour, meal, 

 etc.). The usually yellow male and fertilizing powder 

 contained in the anthers or top of the stamens. 



Pruinose (pruina = hoar frost or rime). With the appear- 

 ance of a plum-like indetachable bloom upon it. 



PSEUDO (Gk. pseudes = false). Prefix signifying false and 

 not true to type, e.g. pseudo-Tsuja Douglasii, pseudo- 

 Larix Koemferi, etc. 



Pubescent (pubescens = beginning to grow a beard and arrive 

 at man's estate). Hairy. Vide Downy, Tomentose. 



PuLViNi (pulvinus = a cushion). Applied to the woody 

 enlargement at the base of some leaves, e.g. the Spruce. 



PuMiLus and Pumilio (= dwarf) . Applied to dwarf-growing 

 trees. 



PuNGENS (pungere = to penetrate). Implying the convey- 

 ance of a strong, disagreeable impression to the sense of 

 smell. 



QuiNATE ; QuiNiE (quinque = five). Applied to Pines whose 

 needle-like leaves grow in bundles of five. 



Raceme (racemus = a cluster of grapes). A flower cluster or 

 inflorescence, where flowers grow on equal-lengthed 

 flower stalks (or so-called pedicels), and all spring from a 

 common stalk (or so-called rachis). 



Rachis (rachis = spine). The common stalk, or axis, of the 

 cluster from which the pedicels spring. Vide Pedicel. 



Radiatus (radius = a spoke of a wheel). Spreading out from 

 a common centre. 



Receptacle (recipere = to receive). The swollen top of a 

 peduncle, or stalk, from which several flowers start 

 together. 



