Perispermic 



A DICTIONARY 



Phaenocarpous 



coat and to the pericarp. Com- 

 pare Endosperm. 

 PflRlSPER'MIC, furnished with 

 perispenn. 



PERiSP0RAN'6lUM, see Indu- 



SIUM. 



PflR'ISPORE, a covering of one or 

 more spores, as the cell or sac 

 in wh ic li t etraspores are formed . 



PERISTOME, the fringe of teeth 

 around the mouth of the cap- 

 sule in mosses. 



PERITHELIUM (pi. Perithelia), 

 the receptacle containing the 

 asci in Ascomycetes. Com- 

 monly applied in a general 

 way to the whole ascocarp. 



PfiRIT'ROPAL, see Peritro- 

 pous. 



PflRIT'ROPOUS, having the axis 

 of the seed perpendicular to 

 that of the pericarp. (Rare.) 



P^RIZO'NltJM, a thin non-sili- 

 cious membrane of a young 

 auxospore in Diatomaceae. 



PERPENDICULAR SYS'TEM, see 



FlBROVASCULAR SYSTEM. 



PERSISTENT, remaining longer 

 than usual, as parts of the 

 flower which remain (either 

 living or dead) until the fruit 

 is ripe, or leaves which die but 

 remain upon the tree during 

 winter. 



PER'SONATE, labiate, with the 

 throat nearly closed by a pro- 

 jection in the lower lip called 

 the palate; masked. Compare 

 Ringent. 



PERSPIRATION, see Transpi- 

 ration. 



PERTUS'ATE, see Pertuse. 



PERTUSE', having slits or holes; 

 perforate. 



PERTUSED', see Pertuse. 



PliR'ULA (pi. Per'ulse), see Per- 

 ule. 



PER'ULATE, having perules. 



PfiR'ULE, see Bud-scale. 



PfiT'AL, a leaf of a corolla; 

 flower-leaf. 



PET'ALED, having petals; pet- 

 alous: opposed to Apetalous. 

 Used mainly in compounds, as 

 five-petaled. 



PflTALfF'EROUS, bearing petals. 



PETAL'iFORM, shaped like a 

 petal. 



PET ALINE, see Petaloid. 



PET'ALODE, an organ resembling 

 a petal; a false petal. 



PETAL'ODY, the conversion of 

 other floral organs into petals. 



PETALOID, petal-like in texture, 

 color, and form; petaline. 

 Compare Corallaceous. 



PEtALOMANIA, any unusual 

 development of the petals. 

 Not usually applied to ordi- 

 nary doubling, but to some re- 

 markable development in size 

 or form. 



PfiT'ALOtJS, see Petaled. 



PfiT'IOLAR, pertaining to or 

 having a petiole; borne on a 

 petiole, as a petiolar gland or 

 tendril. 



PET'IOlARY, pertaining to a 

 petiole. 



PET'iOLATE, having a petiole; 

 petioled. 



PET'lOLE, the stem or foot-stalk 

 of a leaf. Compare Stipe aud 

 Peduncle. 



PfiT'lOLED, see Petiolate. 



PflTidL'ULAR, pertaining to the 

 petiole of a leaflet. 



P^T'IOLULE, see Partial Pet- 

 iole. 



PEZlZOID, in the shape of Pe- 

 ziza.; cyathiform, or nearly so. 



PH-ZENOCAR'POtJS, having the 

 fruit free from the perianth. 

 (Rare.) 

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