GLOSSARY. 



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is fixed in the disk instead of the margin, like the 



handle of a shield. 



Peltately-cordate, between heart-shaped and peltate. 

 Peltately-rayed, rayed in a peltate manner. 

 Peltate-nerved, the nerves of a leaf disposed in a 



peltate manner, radiating from the centre. 

 Pencilled, marked in lines as with a pencil, or 



having the appearance of hair pencil, as the 



stigmas of numerous species of Oxalis. 

 Penal-formed, resembling a hair pencil. 

 Pendulous, drooping, hanging down. 

 Pentagonal, having five angles. 

 Pentagynous, having five styles. 

 Pentandrous, having five stamens. 

 Pentapetalous, having five petals. 

 Perennial, lasting many years without perishing. 

 Perfoliate, when the stem passes through the base 



of a leaf, the leaf is said to be perfoliate. 

 Perforated, bored, or apparently so, full of holes. 

 Perianth, Perianthium, the envelope which surrounds 



the flower. This term is applied when the calyx 



cannot be distinguished from the corolla, as in 



Lilium, Allium, &c. 

 Pericarp, the seed-vessel, 

 Perichatial, leaves which in mosses surround the 



base of the stalk of the theca. 

 Perigone, the calyx and corolla. 

 Perigynous, inserted in the calyx, or in the disk 



which adheres to the calyx. 

 Perisperm, the same as albumen, which see. 

 Peristome, the rim which surrounds the orifice of 



the theca of a moss. 

 Peripherie, circular, curved. 

 Perithecium, Peridium, different kinds of envelopes 



of the reproductive organs of Fungi. 

 Permanent,) ; . f m ff 



Persistent, ) 

 Pervious, having a passage through which any thing 



can be transmitted. 

 Petal-like-scales in Caryophylleae, the scales which 



are fixed to the petals at the throat. 

 Petalled, having petals. 

 Petaloid, like petals. 

 Petals, divisions of a corolla. 



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Petiolar, of or belonging to the petioles. 



Petioles, footstalks of leaves. 



Petiolulate, having little petioles. 



Petiolules, little petioles. 



Phanogamous, such plants as are visibly furnished 



with sexual organs. 



Pharmaceutical, relating to the art of pharmacy. 

 Phthisis, relating to the lungs. 

 Phy/lodium, a dilated petiole, with the consistence 



of a leaf. 



Pili, long stiffish hairs. 



Piliate, having a cap or lid like the cap of a mushroom. 

 Piliferous, bearing hairs. 

 Pilose, covered with long soft hairs. 

 Pilosely-hairy, covered with long hairs. 

 Pilosely-hispid, beset with stiff long hairs. 

 Pilosely-pubescent, covered with longish pubescence. 

 Piloselij-scabrous, covered with long stiff hairs. 

 Pilosely-strigose, beset with unequal stiff hairs. 

 Pilosely-tomentose, covered with longish tomentum. 

 Pimpled, covered with minute pustules, resembling 



pimples. 



Pinna, Pinmilir., the leaflets of a pinnate leaf. 

 Pinnate, a leaf is so called when it is divided into 



numerous smaller leaves or leaflets, as the leaves 



of the ash. 



Pinnately-cut, cut in a pinnate manner. 

 Pinnately-decompound, compounded in a pinnate 



manner. 



Pinnalely-lobed, lobed in a pinnate manner. 

 Pinnate-parted, divided into lobes in a pinnate 



manner, but not exactly to the base. 

 Pinnately-multifid, pinnate, and having the leaflets 



finely-multifid. 

 Pimmtely-quinatt, having 5 leaflets disposed in a 



pinnate manner. 



Pinnatifid, a leaf is so called when it is divided 

 into lobes from the margin nearly to the mid- 

 rib. 



Pinnatifdly-sinuated, scolloped in a pinnatifid man- 

 ner: pinnatijidly-lyrate, lyrate in a pinnatifid man- 

 ner ; pinnatifidly-serrated, serrated in a pinnatifid 

 manner ; pinnatijidly-runcinate, runcinate in a pin- 

 natifid manner ; pinnatifidly-toothed, toothed in a 

 pinnatifid manner ; pinnatifidly-lobed, lobed in a 

 pinnatifid manner, &c. 



Pisiform, formed like a pea or peas. 



/ the columnar body in the centre of a 



Pistil, J flower, consisting commonly of three 



Pistillum, "\ parts, viz. the ovary, styles, and 



Pitchers, hollow leaves, so called. 



Pith, medulla, occupying the centre of a stem or 



shoot. 

 Placenta, that part of the capsule which the seeds 



are attached to. 

 Placentariuus, having placentas, acting as a placenta, 



bearing the seeds. 

 Placentiferous, bearing placentas. 

 Plane, flat. 



Plethoric, having a full habit. 

 Plicate, plaited, 4, 5, or (t-plicate, having 4, 5, or 6 



plaits. 



Plumose, feathery, resembling feathers. 

 Plumule, the centre bud between the cotyledons in 



the embryo of a plant. 

 Plurilocular, having many cells. 

 Pod, a kind of seed-vessel, such as that of the pea 



tribe. 



Podosperm, the stalk on which some seeds are borne. 

 Pollen, powder contained in the anthers, composed 



of globules, containing the fecundating fluid j on 



leaves the bloom. 

 Polyandrous, having more stamens than 20 inserted 



in the receptacle. 

 Polygamous, a plant is said to be polygamous when 



some flowers are male, some female, and others 



hermaphrodite on the same plant. 

 Polygamo- Dioecious, having male and female flowers 



on the same plant. 



Polymorphous, assuming various appearances. 

 Polypetalous, having many petals. 

 Polyphore, an elongated receptacle, which bears 



many ovaries, but not the petals nor stamens. 

 Polyspermous, containing many seeds. 

 Pome, an apple or pear, or such like fruits, crowned 



by the calyx. 



Pores, apertures in the cuticle through which tran- 

 spiration takes place, or apertures in the an- 

 thers through which the pollen is ejected. 

 Porrect, extended forward. 

 Pouch, a little sack or bag at the base of some petals 



and sepals. 



Pouter"*' } covered a* if with Powder. 



Preemorse, appearing as if bitten off. 



Precocity, ripe before the usual time. 



Pressed, close, not spreading. 



Primordial, usually applied to leaves, the first leaves. 



Prismatic, formed as a prism. 



Proboscis-Wee, having a beak, form of a trumpet, 

 curved. 



Process, \ protrusions either natural or mon- 



Processes, f strous. 



Proliferous, a plant is said to be proliferous when it 

 produces young plants about its root in abun- 

 dance. 



Propendent, hanging forwards and downwards. 



Pruinose, covered with glittering particles, as if fine 

 dew had been congealed upon it. 



Pruinosely-vclvety or pubescent, covered with short 

 glittering down. 



Prurient, stinging. 



Pseudospermous, a false seed, a small carpel, as those 

 of Ranunculus and Clematis. 



Puberulous, covered with spreading down. 



Pubescence, down, short soft hairs. 



Pubescent, covered with pubescence. 

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Pubescent ly-pilose, covered with soft pressed hairs. 

 Pubescently-tomentose, covered with dense short 



white down. 



Pulverized, reduced to powder. 

 Puhinate, become cushion-shaped. 

 Punctate, covered with dots. 



Puticlately-warted, covered with little warts like dots. 

 Punctiform, formed like little points or dots. 

 Pungent, stinging or pricking. 



Pustular, \ covered with glandular excrescences 

 Pustulate, ) like pustules. 

 Pustules, pimples or little blisters. 

 Putamen, a nut of many cells. 

 Pyramidal, formed like a pyramid. 

 Pyramidately-subidate, thick at the base, and narrow 



at the apex. 



Pyriform, shaped like a pear. 

 Pyxidiform, a capsule is called a pyxidium when 



it divides transversely into two cells. 



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Quadrangular, having four angles. 



Quadrate, square. 



Quadrately-divaricate, branching in such a manner 



as to form a square. 



Quadrifarious, arranged in four rows or ranks. 

 Quadrifariously- imbricated, arranged in four rows 



and imbricated. 

 Quadrifid, divided four times, or divided into four 



parts. 



Quadripinnate, four times pinnate. 

 Quadruple, four times. 

 Quaternary, arranged by fours, or succeeding by 



fours. 



Quinary, arranged by fives or succeeding by fives. 

 Quinate, in fives. 

 Quinate-pinnate, having five leaflets disposed in a 



pinnate manner. 



Quwquefid, 1 ,. , , . , ,, 

 /^ -a! f divided into five. 

 Qumquifid, ) 



Quintuple, five times. 



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Raceme, a particular arrangement of flowers, when 



they are arranged around a simple filiform axis, 



each particular flower being stalked. 

 Racemiferous, bearing racemes. 

 Racemose, disposed in racemes. 

 Racemosely-corymbose, disposed in a manner between 



a corymb and a raceme, or numerous racemes 



forming a corymb. 

 Racemosely-panicled, disposed in a manner between 



a raceme and panicle, or numerous racemes form 



ing a panicle. 



Racemose-corymbs, between a raceme and a corymb. 

 Rncemules, small racemes. 

 Rachis, that part of a culm which runs up through 



the ear of corn, and consequently the part that 



bears the flowers in other plants ; also the common 



petiole of a pinnate leaf. 



/ a flower is said to be so when in a 



L cluster or head of florets, those 



Rayed, ^ of the circumference or ray are 



Radiant, J long and spreading, and unlike 



Radiate, \ those of the disk. A stigma is 



Radiating, M said to be rayed or radiant when 



it is divided like the rays of a star, 



5-6-rayed, having 5-6-angles. 

 Radical, of or belonging to the root, or proceeding 



from the root. 



Radicant, rooting, roots proceeding from the stem. 

 Radicle, the root of an embryo. 

 Radius, the ray of a compound flower. 

 Rameal, of or belonging to the branches. 

 Ramenta, little brown withered scales, with which. 



the stems of some plants, especially ferns, are 



covered. 

 Ramentaceous, covered with ramenta or scales. 



