APPENDIX. IX 



Pappus. The hairs, bristles or scales crowning the 

 akenes in Composite. 



Parietal. Relating to or upon the wall of a cavity. 



Paripinnate. Evenly pinnate; without the odd terminal 

 leaflet. 



Pedicel. The footstalk of a flower. 



Peduncle. A general or primary flower-stalk. 



Peltate. Shield-shaped. 



Pendulous. Drooping, or hanging nearly inverted. 



Penicillate. Resembling a brush of fine hairs. 



Pentandria. Having five stamens. 



Pentagynia. Having five pistils. 



Perianth. The floral envelopes i. e. t the calyx and cor- 

 olla, so far as present. 



Pericarp. The seed-vessel or ripened ovary. 



Perigonium. A simple floral envelope. 



Perigynium. The sac-like envelope, or the bristles or 

 scales which in the Cyperaceaa represent the perianth. 



Personate. Closed, as in Labiate flowers with prominent 

 palates. 



Petal. One of the parts of a polypetalous or nearly divided 

 corolla. 



Petiole. The footstalk of a leaf. 



Petaloid. Petal-like. 



Phalanges. Stamens united in sets by their filaments. 



Phanerogamce. Plants which fructify by means of sta- 

 mens and pistils. 



-phyllous. Leafy, leaved. 



Pilose. Hairy, with soft distinct hairs. 



Pinnce. Primary divisions of a compoundly pinnate leaf. 



Pinnatifid. Pinnately cleft into opposite nearly equal 

 segments. 



Pinnule. A secondary pinna i. e., one of the pinnate 

 divisions of a pinna. 



Pistil. The female organ of a phanerogam consisting of 

 the ovary with its styles and stigmas. 



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