Pauci- 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Peltate 



PATJCI-, a Latin prefix: few. 



PAUylFLO'ROtJ'S, few-flowered. 



PEAR FdRM, see Pear-shaped. 



PEAR-SHAPED, ovoid or obo- 

 void, and contracted at the 

 sides like the Bartlett pear. 

 Compare Tear-shaped. 



PECTINATE, having close nar- 

 row divisions like the teeth of 

 a comb. Applied also by De 

 Bary to two series of fibrovas- 

 cular bundles when the mem- 

 bers of each alternate with those 

 of the other, like the teeth of 

 two combs. 



PED'ATE, palmately parted or 

 divided into somewhat linear 

 lobes, with two strong lateral 

 lobes from each of which some- 

 what linear divisions arise, as 

 in the maidenhair fern and 

 Viola pedata. Compare Pal- 

 mate. 



PED'ATEL* CLEFT, see Pedat- 



IPID. 



PED'ATEL* VEINED, having no 

 mid-vein, but with two strong 

 lateral veins, from each of 

 which others originate which 

 extend toward the apex; pe- 

 datinerved. Compare Pal- 

 mately Veined. 



PEDAT LFfD, divided in a pedate 

 manner about half-way to the 

 base; pedately cleft. 



PEDAT'lNERVED,see Pedately 

 Veined. 



PEDAtIpAR'TITE, pedately 

 veined and lobed with the 

 sinuses reaching nearly to the 

 principal veins. 



PflD'iCEL, a branch of an inflo- 

 rescence, supporting one or 

 more flowers. Also applied 

 to a little stalk or support of 

 any kind. In orchids it is a 

 portion of the pollinium in 

 some genera which is derived 

 from the rostellum and con- 



nects the caudicles with the 

 retinaculum. Compare Foot- 

 stalk and Peduncle. 



PfiD'IgELLATE, having a pedi- 

 cel; pedicelled. 



PED'f g£LLED, see Pedicellate. 



PEDIC'ulATE, see Pedicellate. 



PEDtJN'CLE, the stalk of an in- 

 florescence, whether of one 

 flower or more. Compare 

 Pedicel and Partial Pe- 

 duncle. 



PEDUN'CLED, see Peduncu- 



LATE. 



PEDUN'CfJLAR, pertaining to or 

 serving as a peduncle; grow- 

 ing upon or attached to the 

 side of a peduncle, as a pedun- 

 cular tendril. 



PEDtJN'CULATE, having a pedun- 

 cle, as a pedunculate flower or 

 inflorescence; peduncled. 



PEG, a lip or projection at the 

 lower end of the hypocotyl in 

 Cucurbitacese which serves in 

 germination to hold the seed- 

 coats down while the cotyle- 

 dons are withdrawn. 



PELA'6f AN, see Pelagic. 



PELAGr'fC, pertaining to the deep 

 sea; widely dispersed through 

 the ocean ; pelagian. 



PfiL'lJCLE, a distinct, firm, and 

 in some cases separable, outer 

 layer of the cortex in lichens 

 and some other fleshy fungi. 



PfcLLtJ'gfD, translucent. 



PELO'RIA, a regular condition in 

 flowers which are usually ir- 

 regular. See Regular and 

 Irregular Peloria. 



PEL'TA (pi. Pel'tse), an obsolete 

 term for certain target-shaped 

 apothecia in lichens. 



PEL'TATE, shield- or target- 

 shaped; circular, and fixed by 

 the lower surface, especially 

 the centre of it. 



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