GLOSSAET. 



leaflets Pome 



Pilose ; clothed with straight soft hairs 



Pinnae ; the paired or opposite " 

 of a pinnate leaf. 



Pinnate leaf; having distinct articulated 

 leaflets in pairs, on opposite sides of a 

 simple petiole. 



Pinnatifid leaf, or frond; cleft in a pin- 

 nate manner, but the segments united 

 or confluent at base. 



Pinnatijidly ; in a pinnatifid manner. 



Pinnules; the leaflets, or sub-divisions 

 of a bi- tri- or multi-pinnate leaf, or 

 frond. 



Pistil; the central organ of a fertile 

 flower, consisting usually of ovary, 

 style, and stigma ; sometimes the style 

 is wanting, or, in other words, the 

 stigma is sessile. 



Pistillate flowers ; those which have 1 or 

 more pistils, but no stamens. 



Pistillidia; small bottle-shaped bodies, 

 the analogues of pistils, in the Mosses. 



Pistilliferous ; bearing pistils. 



Pitted; having small shallow depressions. 



Placenta (plural, placentae) ; that part 

 of * pericarp to which the seeds are 

 attached (usually by a funiculus, or 

 little cord.) 



Placental ; pertaining to the placenta. 



Placentiferous ; bearing the placenta. 



Plane; flat; with an even surface. 



Plano-convex ; flat on one side, and con- 

 vex on the other. 



Plturocarpi ; bearing the fruit on one 

 eide^ or the pedicel lateral (a divisi 

 Mosses). 



Plicate-, plaited; folded, or crimped, like 

 a fan, or ruffle. 



Plumose; feather- like; a pappus is plu- 

 mose, when each hair has short hairs 

 arranged on opposite sides. 



I*od; a dry seedvessel, usually elon- 

 gated, and opening, at maturity 

 valves. 



Podetia ; the pedicels which support the 

 knobs (Cephalodia) of the Lichens. 



Pollen ; the fertilizing powder contained 

 in the anthers. 



Pollen-masses, or pollinia; the waxy 

 masses of pollen, in the ^isclepias and 

 Orchis families. 



Poly, in composition ; many. 



Polyadelphous ; having the filaments 

 united in 3 or more parcels. 



Polyandrous ; having more than 10 dis- 

 tinct hypogynous stamens. 



Polycotyledonous ; having 3 or more coty- 

 ledons. 



Polygamo-dioicous; having perfect and 

 imperfect flowers on distinct plants. 



Polygamous ; where some flowers are per- 

 fect, and others either staminate, pis- 

 tillate, or neuter. 



Polygynous ; when the pistils are num 

 efous, or indefinite. 



Polymorphous; assuming, or apt to as- 

 sume, several different forms. 



Polypetalom ; having several distinct 

 petals. See Dialypetalous. 



Polysepalous ; having distinct sepals. 



an apple-fruit; a fleshy fruit, 

 formed of several cartilaginous, or 

 bony carpels, imbeded in pulp, and 

 the whole invested by the adherent 

 tube of the calyx. 



Pores ; small holes, or tubular openings. 



Porous ; full of holes, cells, or tubular 

 openings. 



Posterior; behind, or above, as that 

 part of a flower which is next to the 

 axis of inflorescence. 



Praemorse ; end bitten ; ending blunt, 

 as if bitten off. 



Precocious flowers ; appearing before the 

 leaves. 



Prickles; sharp processes arising from 

 the bark only, and not from the wood. 



Primary ; first in a series, either in order 

 of time, position, or importance, op- 

 posed to secondary. 



Primordial ; first in order ; usually ap- 

 plied to the first genuine leaves, or 

 those next above the cotyledons. 



Prismatic; like a prism; having several 

 angles, and intermediate flat faces. 



Process ; a projection from the surface. 



Procumbent; lying along the ground. 



Produced ; extended, or lengthened out. 



Proliferous; producing its like in an 

 unusual way; as putting forth a second 

 growth from the centre of a flower, 

 umbel, or other terminal and usually 

 final development. 



Prostrate; lying flat or close on the 

 ground. 



Pruinose; covered with a glaucous bloom, 

 like a Plum. 



Pseudo-pinnate; falsely or imperfectly 

 pinnate, the leaflets (or segments) 

 not articulated at base to the common 

 petiole. 



by 2 Puberulent ; covered with a minute short 

 pubescence. 



Pubescence ; hairiness in general. 



Pubescent; clothed with soft hairs. 



Pulp; a soft, cellular, juicy mass. 



Pulverulent ; powdery, or dust-like. 



Punctate ; covered with indented points : 

 dotted. 



Puncticulate ; having minute punctures, 

 or indented points. 



Pungent ; sharp-pointed and rigid ; also 

 acrid. 



Pyramidal ; shaped like a pyramid ; 

 angular and tapering upward ; usually 

 applied to 4 sided solids which diminish 

 from base to apex. 



Pyriform ; pear-shaped; round and en- 

 larging from base to apex. 



Quadrangular; four-angled. 



Quadrifarious ; in 4 rows, or pointing in 

 4 directions. 



Quadrifid ; 4-cleft. 



Quadripartible ; separating, or separable, 

 into 4 parts. 



Quaternate ; growing in fours. 



Quinate; 5 together, or arranged in 

 fives. 



