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INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



o paque', dull, not shining. 



o per'eu lar, with a lid, 114. 



Bp'po site, two at a node, 215, 262. 



or we'll lar, orbiculate, circular, 289. 



Or'ehi dS'ceofis, 101. 



or ggn'ic world, 12. 



Or'gan Sg'ra phy, 19. See structural botany. 



or thOt'ro pous (ovule), erect, 141. 



6s'se ous, bony, as the peach-stone. 



O'val, 289. 



ovate, 288. 



O'va ry, 125. 



O'void, egg-shaped, as in fruits. 



O'vule, the young seed, 138. 



pS'lgae or pales, 108,349. 



pa'le a'ceons, chaffy, having pales. 



palm, 422. 



paTmi-veined, 285. 



paTmate, 295. 



pan dfl'ri fOrm, fiddle-shaped. 



pan! ele, 360. 



pa nie'u late, panicled. 



pa pll'io na'ceous, 101. 



pSp'pus, the calyx of composites, 104. 



pSr'al lei-veined, 2st 



p5r 'a sites, 209. 



pa ren'-ehy ma, 396. 



pa rl'e tal, on the wall (paries), 133. 



part'ed, deeply divided into parts. 



pat'ent, wide open. 



pat'fi lous, half open. 



pear-shaped, obovoid, larger above. 



pgc'ti nate, combed, finely pinnatifld. 



pgd'ate, shaped like a bird's foot, 296. 



pgd'i eel, peduncle, 343. 



pgl'tate, shield-form, 295. 



pend'ent, pendulous, hanging, drooping. 



pgn'i 9!! 'late, with a tuft of hairs, as if a 



pen tam'er ous, 5-parted. 



pen tan'droiis, with 5 stamens, 118. 



pen'tg (in Greek composition), Jive. 



pS'po, a fruit like a melon, 161. 



per gn'm al, living several years, 43. 



perfect flower, (s) with both stamen and 



pistil. 



per fq'li ate, through the leaf, 811. 

 peri (in Greek composition), around : as, 

 pgr'i anth, 53, 87 ; forms of, 99. 

 pgr'i arp, 146 ; forms of, ICO. 

 per'i gy"n i urn, 107. 

 pe rfg'y nous, 96, 119. 

 pgr'i sperm, same as albumen, 179. 

 per slst'ent, remaining long in place, 109. 

 pgr'son ate, 103 

 pgt'al or p6'tal,//w?i weTa\oi>, one of thefoli- 



aceous expansions of the corolla, 52 ; forms 



of, 89. 



pgt'al oid, resembling petals. 

 pgt'al oi'de ae, 483. 

 pgt'I Ole, 274. 

 pgt'i o late, 271. 

 pgt'i o Iflle, 276. 

 phan'e ro ga'mia, 467, 471, 472. 

 phyl lo'di Im (plural phyllodia), r:i. 

 phyl lo tax'y, leaf -arrangement, CC1. 

 phys'i8. 16. 

 phyg i 81'o gy, 21, 368. 

 phy toTo gy (Greek, phytos, a plant), 23. 

 pi lose', with erect, thin hairs, 1 13. 

 pln'nate, 302. 

 pin nat'i fid, 293. 

 pin nat'i sgct. See pinnatifid. 

 pls'tU, 56, 123. 



pitch'ers (leaves). 

 pith, 414. 



(See ascidia, 322.) 



pit 'ted, with depressions or excavations. 



pla 9en'ta, 127 ; free axile, 135. 



plan of the flower, 58. 



plant defined, 14. 



plant growth, 409. 



pli'eate, plaited lengthwise as a fan, 254, 340. 



plu mose' , feathery. 



pla'miile, a little plume, 31, 180. 



p5Hen, 111, 121. 



pollen-tube, 450. 



pol II na'tion, 443. 



p51 lin'I a, masses of pollen, 434. 



pOl'i (in Greek compounds'), many; as, 



pol'y a dgl'phous, 120. 



pQTy Sn'drous, having many stamens. 



po lyg'a moiis, with some imperfect flowery. 



pol'y pgt'al se. 476. 



poTy pgt'al ous, pOl y sgp'al ous, 90. 



pome, a fruit like an apple, 162. 



p6s tS'ri or, next the axis. 



potted plants, 428. 



po ta'to, manner of its growth, 238. 



prS'fo li a'tion, vernation, 252. 



pre morse', ending abruptly, 235. 



press for drying plants, 6. 



prlck'les, 392. 



prl'mine, same as testa, 173. 



prig mat'ic, prism-shaped, having several par- 

 allel, longitudinal angles. 



pro cum'bent (stem), 212. (Fig. 248.) 



pro duced', extended more than usual. 



proliferous, reproducing; as cymes from 

 the midst of a cyme, flowers from the midst 

 of a flower. 



pros'gn'-eh? mi, 398. 



pro tOph'y ta, 494. 



prO'to plasm, 368, 369. 



pru'i nose, powdered, as if frosted, 314. 



pru'ri ens, causing an itching sensation. 



psefl'do (in Greek composition), spurious, 

 false. 



pu bgs'cent, downy, with short, soft hairs. 



pu bgr'u lent, minutely downy. 



pu'ml lose (pumilus), dwarfed in size. 



pune'tate, seeming as if perforate, or marked 

 with minute dots. 



pun'gent, piercing, sharp-pointed. 



pfl ta men, the bony nucleus of a drupe. 



py ram'i dal, form of a cone or pyramid. 



pyr'i form, of the form of a pear. 



pyx'is, a pericarp with a lid, 163. 



quad'ri (in composition), four ; as, 



quad ran'gu lar, four-angled. 



quad'ri fO'li ate, four-leaved. 



quSd'rl jfl'gate, with four pairs of leaflets. 



quad'ri lat'er al, four-sided. 



quin'que (in composition), five. 



qul'nate, growing in fives, 306. 



qnln un'cial, 339. (Fig. 300.) 



quln'tu pie, five-fold. 



race (Latin, stirps), a permanent variety, as 



red-cabbage, 456. 

 ra cSme', 358, 



ra'ehis, axis of the inflorescence, 301, 343. 

 ra'di ate, diverging from a common center. 

 radiate (in the composites), the outer row of 



florets ligulate. (Fig. 388.) 

 ra'di ant, outer flowers enlarged (and often 

 neutral, Fig. 271). 



