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INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



Peziza. seruginosa, 213. 

 Phanerogamic, bearing flowers : 



used in contradistinction to 



Cryptogamic. 

 Phormium, 226. 

 Phyllodes, 71. 

 Phyllotaxis, the arrangement of: 



leaves upon the stem. 

 Physalis, 190. 

 Pi^aba fibre, 220. 

 Pileus, 263. 



pilose, with rather long, soft hairs. 

 Pimpernel, 182. 

 Pine Family, 244. 

 Pink Family, 128. 

 pinnate, 67. 

 pinuatifid, 67. 

 pinnati-pariite, 67. 

 Pinnules, 254. 

 Pinus, 244. 

 Pistil, 8, 78. 

 Pisum, 145. 

 Pitch, 250. 

 Pith, 102. 

 Placenta, the part of the ovary 



upon which the ovules are 



inserted. 



Placentation, 8r. 

 Plantagmeae, 197. 

 PJantago, 197. 

 Plantain Family, 197. 

 Plantain, Water, 221. 

 plicate, folded. 

 Plumbaginese, 197. 

 plumose, plume-like. 

 Plumule, 37, 47. 

 pluri-, several in composition. 

 Pollen, 7, 18. 

 P (illinium, 229. 

 poly-, many in composition, 6. 

 polyadelphous, 129. 

 pelyandrow, 7, 54. 

 polycotyledonous, 249. 

 Polygalacese, 140. 

 polygamous, with male, female, 



and hermaphrodite flowers on the 



same, or on distinct plants, 185. 

 Polygonaceae, 200. 

 Polygonum Family, 200. 

 polygynou<>, with numerous carpels, 



or styles. 

 Polypetalae, 50. 

 polypetalous, 6. 

 polyphyllous, applied to perianths 



consisting of free leaves. 

 Polypody, 255. 



lyscpalous, 6. 

 lytrichum, 261, 



polyscpa 

 Polytricl 



Pomacese, 151. 



Pondweed, 218. 



Poplar, 215. 



Poppy Family. 119. 



Populus, 215. 



posterior, same as superior when 

 applied to the relation of the 

 parts of a flower to the axis. 



Potamogeton, 218. 



Potato, 191. 



Potato, Sweet, 188. 



pramorse, applied to roots term- 

 inating abruptly. 



Prickles, sharply-pointed projections 

 originating from the bark, as in 

 Bramble and Rose. 



Primine, the outer coat of an 

 ovule. 



Primrose, 31 ; described, 278. 



Primrose Family, 181. 



Primulacese, 181. 



Privet, 185. 



procumbent, applied to stems which 

 spread upon the ground. 



proliferous, producing leaf-buds in 

 the place of flower-buds or seeds. 



Prosenchyma, a tissue of long, 

 tapering cells. 



Prothallinm, 256. 



Protoplasm, 14. 



Pseudo-bulbs, 231. 



Pteris, 255. 



Pterocarpus, 148. 



pubescent, downy with very short 

 soft hair*. 



Purr-ball, 264. 



Pulque, 234. 



Pumpkin, 157. 



punctate, dotted. 



Piitamen, the endocarp of stone- 

 fruits. 



quadri-, four in composition. 



Quercus, 21?. 



Quinine, 170. 



quinque-. five in composition. 



quinquefoliolate, 68. 



Raceme, 72 ; racemose, 73. 

 Rachis, the axis of an inflorescence, 



or of a compound leaf or frond. 

 radical, 4. 

 Radicle, 36, 47. 

 Ragwort, described, 278, 

 Ramentum, the chaffy scales on the 



rachis of ferns. 





