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ENGLISH INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



Pea, Everlasting, 164. 

 Pear, 202. 

 Pearl-wort, 89, 98. 



pectinate, divided like the teeth 

 of a comb. 



pedate, palmate with the outer 

 lobes divided, v. 



pedicel, the stalk of a flower in' 

 compound inflorescence. 



peduncle, a flowet-stalk. 

 Pellitory, 560, 562. 



peltate, circular, with the stalk in 



the centre, v. 

 Penny-Cress, 37, 40. 

 Penny-royal, 482. 

 Pennywort, 233, 234. 

 Pennywort, Marsh, 254. 

 Peony, 4, 22. 

 Pepper-mint, 483. 

 Pepper-Saxifrage, 251, 272. 

 Pepper, Water, 541. 

 Pepperwort, 37, 44. 



perennial, lasting many years. 



perfoliate, having a stem passing 

 through a pair of leaves, v. 



perianth, a name sometimes given 

 to the calyx or corolla, x. 



pericarp, or fruit, the seed with its 



covering, xii. 

 PERIWINKLE TRIBE, 410. 

 Periwinkle, 411. 

 PERSICARIA TRIBE, 537. 

 Persicaria, 538. 



persistent, not falling off 1 , opposed 

 to caducous. 



personate, ix. 



petaloid, petal-like. 



petals, the inner leaves of a flower. 

 PETALOIDE^E, 578. 



petiole, a leaf-stalk. 



petiolate, having a leaf-stalk. 

 Petty-whin, 145. 



phsenogamous, furnished with evi- 

 dent stamens and pistils. 

 Pheasant's-Eye, 3, 8. 



phycology, the study of seaweeds. 

 Pig-nut, 264. 

 Pimpernel, 511, 516. 

 Pimpernel, Yellow, 518. 

 PINK TRIBE, 88. 

 Pink, 88, 90. 



pinnate, divided like a feather, v. 



pinnatind, lobed in a pinnate 

 manner, v. 



pistil, xi. 



pistiliferous, bearing pistils. 

 PLANTAIN TRIBE, 524. 

 Plantain, 525. 



Ploughman's-Spikenard, 328, 373. 

 PLUM GROUP, 178. 

 Plum, 173, 178. 



Plume-Thistle, 326, 349. 



plumule, the bud contained in a 

 seed, xii. 



pod. See legume. 



pollen, x. 



poly, many, as polypetalous, &c. 



pome, an apple. 

 POND-WEED TRIBE, 644. 

 Pond-weed, 644. 

 Poor-man's Weather-glass, 517. 

 Poplar, 566. 

 POPPY TRIBE, 27. 

 Poppy, 28. 



Poppy, Horned, 28, 30. 

 Poppy, Welsh, 28, 31. 



pore, a small hole, xii. 



pouch, a short pod with a parti- 

 tion, 36. 



premorse, bitten off". 



prickle, a sharp point not having 



a woody centre. 

 PRIMROSE TRIBE, 510. 

 Primrose, 511, 513. 

 Primrose, Evening, 209, 212. 

 Privet, 407, 408. 



prostrate, iv. 



pseudo, false. 



pubescent, downy. 

 PURPLE-LOOSESTRIFE TRIBE, 219. 

 Purple-Loosestrife, 219, 221. 

 PURSLANE TRIBE, 226. 

 Purslane, Sea, 89, 104. 

 Purslane, Water, 220, 221. 



Queen-of-the-Meadows, 181. 

 Quicken-tree, 204. 

 quinate, growing in fives, v. 



raceme, the same as a cluster. 



rachis, the stalk of a fern. 



radiate, a term applied to those 

 compound flowers the outer 

 florets of which are larger than 

 those of the disk. 



radical, springing from theroot,iv. 



radicle, the embryo root. 

 Radish, 40, 72, 

 Radish, Horse, or Water, 48, 

 Ragged-Robin, 95. 

 Ragwort, 328, 369. 

 Rampion, 383, 386. 

 Ramsons, 618. 

 Rape, 69. 

 Raspberry, 192. 



ray, the outer florets of a com- 

 pound flower, ix. 



receptacle, xiii. 



reflexed, bent back. 

 Red-rattle, 455, 464. 

 Red-Robin, 96. 

 REED-MACE TRIBE, 635. 



