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ItfDEX. 



Oval, egg-shaped with equal ends. ^ 

 vary, 32. /^g\ 



Ovary, adherent and coherent, 233. Kpl 

 Ovary inferior, adhering to the N^ 



calyx tube, 233. 

 Ovary superior, free from /. 



the calyx, 110. /{A 



Ovate, shape of an egg, 56. (^ } 

 Ovate-lanceolate, between ^&y 



ovate and lanceolate, 35. V 

 Ovoid, egg-form, applied to solids, 29, 56. 

 Ovule erect in the cell ; 

 ascending. [cell. 

 Ovule suspended in the 

 Ovule, the young, im- 

 mature seed. 

 Oxalides, plural of Oxalis, 89, 92. 



Oxycoccus, 158. 

 Oxlip, 168. 



P. 



Paeony, 59, 64, 115. 



Pales, or palae, the inner chaff of Grasses, 



or of the Composites, 145, 274. 

 Palms, Palmaceae, 223, 226. 

 Palmetto, 222. Dwarf, 226.-Saw, 226. 

 Pal mi-veined, or Palmate- veined, 54. 

 Pampas Grass, 104, 280. 

 Pancratium, 263. 



Panicle, a raceme compounded, 272. 

 Pannage, 212. 

 Pansy, 41, 75. 

 Papaver, 68. 

 Papaveracese, 67. 



Papilionaceous, pa-piF-yo-nft'-shus, 118. 

 Pappus, the calyx of the Composites, 139. 

 Papyrus, 270. 

 Parallel-veined, 31. 



Paraphyses, in the flowers of a Moss, 14. 

 Parenchyma, the cellular tissue, 225. 

 Paries, a wall ; Parietal, on the wall, (56. 

 Parsley, 136. 

 Parsnip, 136. 

 Parthenium, 147. 

 Partridge-berry, 146. 

 Pasque Flower, 62. 

 Paulinia, 195. 

 Pea, 117, 121. 

 Peach, 112, 116, 120. 

 Peanut, 125. 



Pear, 112, 116. [natifld. t 



Pectinate, like comb-teeth, finely pin- wz 

 Pedate, shaped like a bird's foot. gT 

 Pedicel, the divisions of a peduncle, \cT 



14, 41. [30, 40. I 



Peduncle, pe-dunk'-l. the flower-stalk, 

 Pelargonium, 87. 

 Peltate, shield-shaped, 97, 159. 

 Pendulous, hanging, 56. 

 Pennyroyal, 182. 

 Pentamerous, 5-parted, 173. 

 Pente (in composition), five ; as 

 Pentstemon, 174, 176. 

 Pentandrous, with 5 stamens. 

 Pepo, a fruit like a melon. 

 Peppergrass, 103. 

 Peppermint, 182. 



Perennial, living several years, 24, 46. 

 Perfect flower : see Hermaphrodite, 47. 



Perfbliate, through the leaf, 251. 



Peri (in composition), around; as 



Perianth, the floral envelope, 31. 



Pericarp, the seed-vessel. [267. 



Perigyniuni, the perianth of a Carex, 



Perigynous, inserted around 

 the ovary, i. e. on the ca- 

 lyx, 106, 184, 268. 



Peristome, 14. 



Persian Insect Powder, 147. 



Persica, The Peach, 201. 



Persistent, remaining long in 

 place, 33. 



Personate, masked : with lips 

 closed, 173. 



Petal, the leaves of the corolla, 31. 



Petaliferous, bearing petals. 



Petaloid, resembling petals. 



Petiolate, borne on a petiole, 54. 



Petiole, the leaf-stalk, 31. 



Peliolule, the stalk of the leaflets, 37. 



Pharbitis, 187. [229. 



j Phenogamia, the Flowering Plants, &3, 

 j Phoenix, 228. 



Phormium, 258. 



Phyllodia, leaves without a blade. 

 1 Phyllotaxy, leaf-arrangement, 193. 



Pie Plant, 203. 



Pigeon-wheat Moss, 13. 

 I Pigweed, 143. 

 i Pilous, with erect, thin haire. 



Pine, Lambert, 221. Long-leaved, 218. 

 Norfolk Island, 223. Pitch, 217. 

 Prince's, 152. Red, 217. Weymouth, 

 217. White, 214. 



Pinks, 80. 



Pinkworts, 83. [ions of a frond, 21. 



Pinna, pi. pinnae (wings), the divis- 



Pinnate, with 4 or more lateral leaf- 

 lets. Odd pinnate. 114. 



Pinnate, abruptly, with 

 no odd leaflet. 



Pinnate, interruptedly, 

 leaflets alternately 

 smaller. 



Pinnatifid, deeply lobed in a pinnate &~\ 



Pin Oak, 210. [manner, 21. 



Pipsissewa, 152. [32. W 



Pistil, the central organ of the flower, / 



Pistilidia, in the flowers of a Moss, etc., 14. 



Pistillate (flower), bearing pistils, 138. 



Pisum, 118. 



Pitch, Bergunda, etc., 223. Pine, 215. 



Pitcher Plant, 158. 



Pitted tissue, 221. 



Placenta, pi. Placenta?, the cellular part 

 of the carpel which bears the ovules. 



Placentae cen- 

 tral, 66. 



Placentae free 

 central, 162. 



Placentae parie- 

 tal, on the wall, 



Plan of a flower, 32. 



Plantain, 82, 143. 177. 



Plants, Carnivorous, 

 1(51 -Flowering, 33. 



Flowerless, 16. Food of, 107. Sleep 

 of, 29, 91. Tropical, 146. 



