Peltately Veined 



A DICTIONARY 



Perianth 



PEL'TATELY VEINED, having 

 veins radiating in all direc- 

 tions from the summit of the 

 petiole, as in a peltate leaf. 



PiL'VlFdRM, shaped like the 

 cavity of the pelvis; basin- 

 shaped. (Rare.) See Aceta- 

 buliform and Cotyliform. 



PEN'gtLED, marked with fine 

 distinct lines as if with a pen- 

 cil. 



PfiN'ClLLED, see Penciled. 



PENDENT, hanging directly 

 downward. Compare Cer- 

 nous and Drooping. 



PJiN'DtJLOtfS, hanging down- 

 ward more than cernous, 

 nearly vertically. 



PENtClL'LATE, bordered or 

 tipped with fine hairs like 

 those of a camel's-hair pen- 

 cil. Compare Penciled. 



PENlClL'LfFdRM, like a camel's- 

 hair pencil. 



PEN'NATE, see Pinnate. 



PJiN'NtFdRM, in the form of a 

 feather or plume. 



PflN'NlNERVED, see Pinnately 

 Veined. 



PENTA-, a Greek prefix: five. 



PENTACAR'PELLARY, having an 

 ovary with five carpels. 



PflNTACdC'COttS, of five cocci. 



PENTACf C'LlC, in five whorls. 



PENTAgYNOUS, of five pistils or 

 stylos. 



PENTAM'EROtS, of five parts: 

 said of a flower having five 

 organs in each whorl. Some- 

 times written 5-merous. 



PENTAN'DROtfS, having five sta- 

 mens. 



PENTApflT'ALOtiS, of five petals. 



PENTAPHYL'LOttS, five-leaved; 

 applied mainly to the parts of 

 the calyx; peutasepalous. 



PENTAP'TEROtfS, five-winged. 



FENTASEP'ALOtf S, of five sepals; 

 peutaphyllous. 



PENTASPER'MOUS, five-seeded. 



PENTAS'Tf€HOtrs, in five ver- 

 tical ranks. 



PE'PO, a cucurbitaceous fruit, as 

 a melon or gourd. It is inde- 

 hiscent, fleshy, inferior, poly- 

 carpellary, and has a thick, 

 more or less hardened, rind. 



PERAPHYL'LUM, an accrescent 

 foliaceous calyx, as in quince. 

 (Obs.) 



PERCO"R'RENT,runningthrough- 

 out, as a midrib through the 

 entire length of a leaf to the 

 extreme apex. 



PflREN'NlAL, adj., living more 

 than two years. 



PERflN'NlAL, u., a plant which 

 lives more than two years. 



PEREN'NIAL HERB, a plant 

 that lives from year to year, 

 but dies to the ground or 

 nearly so at the close of each 

 season. 



PERFECT, containing both sta- 

 mens and pistils; hermaphro- 

 dite; bisexual. Compare Com- 

 plete. 



PERFOLIATE, said of a leaf 

 which is united around the 

 stem at its base. Compare 

 Connate. 



PERFORATE, pierced with small 

 round holes. Compare Per- 

 tuse and Punctate. 



PERGAMENEOUS, see Perga- 



MENTACEOUS. 



PERGAMENTA'CEOtf S, like 

 parchment. (Rare.) See 

 Chartaceous. 



PERIANTH, the calyx and co- 

 rolla taken together, or calyx 

 alone when there is no corolla. 

 Used mainly where calyx and 

 corolla are much alike, as in 

 lilies. Formerly applied to the 



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