BOTANY. GLOSSARY. 



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OB. See page 35. 



OB' CORDATE. See page 35. 



OBO'VATE. See page 42. 



O'ciiRE^E. Latin. Boot. See page 

 34. 



OCTA'GONAL. From the Greek, octo, 

 eight, and gonia, angle. Relating 

 to an octagon, a figure contained 

 in eight sides, and having eight 

 angles. 



OCTAGY'NIA. From the Greek, octo, 

 eight, and gune, pistil. Name of an 

 order of plants. 



OCTA'NDRIA. From the Greek, octo, 

 eight, and aner, stamen. Name of 

 a class of plants. 



O'JLEA. Latin. An olive tree. 



OJLEA'GINOUS. From the Latin, oleum, 

 oil. Oily ; unctuous. 



OP'POSITE. Standing against each 

 other on opposite sides of the stem. 



O'RANGERY. A kind of gallery, for 

 the preservation of orange trees, 

 during the winter. 



ORBI'CULATE. See page 42. 



O'RGAN. From the Greek, organon, 

 an instrument. Part of an or- 

 ganized being, destined to exer- 

 cise some particular function ; for 

 example, the ears are the organs 

 of hearing, the muscles are the 

 organs of motion, &c. 



ORGA'NIC. Relating to an organ. 



ORGANIZA'TION. A mode of structure. 



O'RNUS. Latin. A wild ash. 



ORY'ZA. Latin. Rice. 



O'VARY. From the Latin, ovum, an 

 egg. A hollow case, enclosing the 

 ovules or young seeds, which ulti- 

 mately become fruit. 



OVA'RIAN. Relating to the ovary. 



O'VOID. Egg-shaped. 



O'VULE. A young seed. 



PA'CHYDERM. From the Greek, 

 pachus, thick, and derma, skin. 

 Name of an order of animals. 



PA'LEA. Latin. Chaff. 



PA'LE^E. Plural of palea. 



PALMA'CE^E. Name of a family of 

 plants. 



PA'LMATE. See page 42. 



PALMA'TO-LOBATE. See page 36. 



PALMINE'RVE. See question, page 31. 



PA'NICLE. A loose irregular bunch 

 of flowers with subdivided 

 branches. 



PANDU'RATE. See page 39. 



PANDU'RIFORM. Same as pandurate. 



PAPA'VER. Latin. Poppy. 



PAPAVERA'CE^E. Name of a family 

 of plants. 



PAPILIONA'CE.E. From the Latin, pa. 

 pilio, a butterfly. Name of a 

 family of plants whose flowers are 

 supposed to resemble a butterfly. 



PAPILJONA'CEOUS. See page 75. 



PAPYRIFE'RA. From the Latin, pa', 

 pyrus, a kind of paper, and /ero, I 

 bear. Specific name of a plant. 



PA'RASITE. A hanger-on ; an adhe- 

 rent. 



PARE'NCHYMA. See page 29. 



PARENCHY'MATOUS. See vote, page 29. 



PARI'ETES. From the Latin, pari'es, 

 a wall. The sides or parts form- 

 ing an enclosure: the limits of 

 different organic cavities are so 

 termed. 



PARTI'TE. Deeply divided. See page 

 43. 



PE'DATE. See page 47. 



PEDA'LINERVE. See page 31. 



PE'DICLE. A little foot or support. 



PE'DICEL. One of the ramifications 

 of that part of the flower called 

 peduncle. 



PEDI'CELLATE. Having pedicles. 



PEDU'NCLE. The foot-stalk, or sup- 

 port of a flower. 



PEDU'NCULATE. Growing on pedun- 

 cles or foot-stalks. 



PELTA'TE. See page 40. 



PE'LTINERVE. See question, page 31. 



PE'NNINERVE. See question, page 31. 



PENTAGY'NIA. From the Greek, 

 pente, five, and gune, pistil. Name 

 of an order of plants. 



PENTA'NDRIA. From the Greek, 

 pcnte, five, and aner, stamen. 

 Name of a class of plants. 



PENTA'NPROUS. Having five stamens. 



PE'PO. A form of fruit. 



PERE'NNIAL. From the Latin, per, 

 through, and annus, year. Those 

 plants whose roots remain alive 

 more years than two, but whose 

 stems flower and perish annually, 

 are termed perennial. 



PERFO'LIATE. See page 39. 



PE'RIANTH. From the Greek, peri, 

 around, and anthos, flower. The 

 tegumentary parts of a flower. 



