376 Glossary 



Osier-like. Long and lithe (shoots of willow or dogwood). 



Ovate. Shaped like the section of an egg. 



Ovoid. Egg-shaped. 



Palmate. The same as digitate. Contrasted with pinnate. 



Panicle. A branched cluster of stalked flowers (lilac). 



Panicled. In panicles. 



Papery. Firm but thin, as applied to leaves. 



Papillate. Much the same as granular, the granules more 



elevated. 

 Papillately hairy. With short thick .hairs, or hairs from 



papillae. 

 Parted. Much the same as divided, when applied to leaves or 



stipules. 

 Pedicel. The stalk of an individual flower in a flower-cluster. 

 Pedicel- or peduncle-scar. The scar from which a flower or 



flower-cluster has fallen. 



Peduncle. The stalk of a flower-cluster, or of a solitary 



flower. 

 Pellucid-dotted or punctate or glandular. With translucent 



dots when held to the light (orange leaf). 

 Peltate. Attached to a stalk nearly by its center (scales of 



oleaster). 

 Percurrent. With the main trunk continued through to the 



top: contrasted with deliquescent. 

 Persistent. Not deciduous, as applied to leaves: not disap- 

 pearing, as applied to pith, pubescence, epidermis, etc. 

 Petals. Modified leaves forming the inner floral envelope. 

 Petiole. The leaf-stalk; rarely (nandina) persistent after the 



rest of the leaf has fallen. 

 Petioled or petiolate. With a petiole: stalked, as applied to 



leaves. 

 Petiolule. The petiole or stalk of a leaflet. 

 Phyllodia. Dilated petioles taking the place of foliage 



(acacia). 



