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BOTANY. GLOSSARY. 



PE'RIGON. 

 PERIGO'NIUM. 



PE'RICARP. From the Greek, pert, 

 around, and carpos, fruit. Parts 

 surrounding the seeds. 



f From the Greek, peri, 

 around, and geino- 

 mai, I grow. A flo- 

 ral envelope, which 

 partakes of the na- 

 ture both of calyx 

 and corolla. 



PERIGY'NOUS. From the Greek, peri, 

 around, and gune, pistil. Sur- 

 rounding the pistil. 



PE'RISPERM. From the Greek, peri, 

 around, and spermn, seed. Another 

 name for the albumen. 



PERISTA'MINE^:. Name of a class of 

 plants. 



PE'RSICA. Latin. Persian. 



PERSI'STENT. Permanent. Not fall- 

 ing. 



PE'RSONATE. From the Latin, per- 

 sona, a mask. A form of corolla. 



PERTU'SSUM. Latin. Broken, crack- 

 ed. 



PE'TAL. From the Greek, petalon, 

 leaf. A part of the corolla, analo- 

 gous to a leaf. 



PE'TIOLE. That portion of a Jeaf 

 which connects the limb or lamina 

 of a leaf with the stem ; the foot- 

 stalk. 



PHANERO'GAMOUS. From the Greek, 

 phaneros, evident, and gamos, mar- 



| riage. Applied to plants having 

 distinct flowers. 



PHYSIO'LOGY. From the Greek, phu- 

 sis, nature, and logos, a discourse. 

 The science which treats of the 

 functions of animals or vegetables. 



PHYTI'VOROUS. From the Greek, 

 phuton, plant, and voro, I eat. 

 Plant-eating. 



PI'LI. Latin. Plural of pilus, hair. 



PI'LEUS. Latin. A cap, helmet. 



PILO'SITY. Hai ry ness. 



PILO'SUS. Latin. Hairy. 



PI'NNATE. See page 42. 



PI'SUM. Latin. A pea. 



PI'STIL. From the Latin, pistillum, 

 a pestle. 



PLACE'NTA. Latin. A cake. 



PJLA'NTULE. A diminutive plant. 



PLI'CATE. From the Latin, plicalus, 

 plaited. Folded like a fan. 



PLU'MULE. From the Latin, plvmula, 



a little feather. A young diminu- 

 tive stem. 



PO'DOSPERM. From the Greek, pous, 

 foot, and sperma, seed. The seed- 

 stalk, or little stem which attaches 

 the seed to the placenta. 



PO'LLEN. The fertilizing powder of 

 plants. 



POME. An apple ; a form of fruit. 



POLYADE'LPHIA. From the Greek, 

 polus, many, and delphos, brother- 

 hood. Name of a Linnean class. 



POLYA'NDRIA. From the Greek, 

 polus, many, and aner, stamen. 

 Name of an order of plants. 



POLYANTHOCA'RPOUS. From the 

 Greek, polus, many, anthos, flow- 

 er, and karpos, fruit. Applied to 

 a form of fruit formed of many 

 flowers. 



POLYGA'MIA. From the Greek, polus, 

 many, and gamos, marriage. Name 

 of a Linnean class. 



POLYGA'MOUS. Same derivation. Re- 

 lating to polygamia. 



POLY'GON. Seepage 11. 



POLY'GONAL. Relating to a polygon. 



POLYGY'NIA. From the Greek, polus, 

 many, and gune, pistil. Name of 

 an order of plants. 



POLYHE'DRAL. From the Greek, 

 polus, many, and edra, seat. Relat. 

 ing to a polyhe'dron, a geometrical 

 figure, bounded by many faces or 

 planes. 



POLYPE'TALE^E. From the Greek, 

 polus, many, and petalon, a petal. 

 Name of a class of plants. 



POLYPE'TALOUS. Same derivation. 

 Having many petals. 



POLYSE'PALOOS. Having many se- 

 pals. 



PRIMUIA'CE^E. From primula, a 

 primrose. Name of a family of 

 plants. 



PRU'NUS. Latin. A plum tree. 



PUBE'SCENCE. From the Latin, pu- 

 bescens. Downy. 



PU'DICA. Latin. Modest. 



PU'MILA. Latin. Dwarfish, little. 



PU'NGENT (leaf). See page 35. 



PY'RUS. Latin. A pear tree. 



QUADRUMA'NA. From the Latin, 

 quadrinus, formed from guatuor, 

 four, and manus, hand. Having 

 four hands. 



