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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



which treats of the functions of 

 animals or vegetables. 



PHYTI'YOROUS. fr. gr.phuton, plant ; 

 voro, I eat. Plant-eating. 



PHYTOLO'GICAL. fr. gr. phuton, plant ; 

 logos, discourse. Belonging or re- 

 lating to plants. 



PHYTO'LOGY. fr. gr. phuton, a plant ; 

 logos, an account. That branch 

 of science which treats of the 

 forms and properties of plants. 



PHYTOMO'HPHOUS. Plant-shaped. 



PHYTO'PHAGOTTS fr. gr. phuton, a 

 plant; phagd, to eat. Plant-eating. 



PHYTO'TOMY. fr.gr. phuton, a plant; 

 temno, to cut. Vegetable anatomy. 



PHYTOTY'POLITE. fr. gr. phuton, a 

 plant; tupos, an impression; li- 

 thos, a stone. In geology, an im- 

 pression of a plant on a stone or 

 other mineral. 



PICA. Lat. A magpie. 



PI'CA. Lat. Black as pitch. 



PICTUS. Lat. Painted, speckled, 

 spotted. 



Picus. Lat. A woodpecker. 



PILA'RIS. Lat Belonging to any- 

 thing round. The specific name 

 of a thrush. 



PI'LEATE. Having a cap or lid like 

 the cap of a mushroom. 



PILEO'PSIS. fr. gr. pilos, a hat. A 

 genus of gasteropods. (p. 58, 

 Book v). 



PI'LEUS. Lat. A cap, helmet. The 

 top of an agaric or mushroom. 



PI'LI. Lat. plur. of pilus, hair. 



PiLi'mtJM. The orbicular, hemi- 

 spherical shield of lichens. 



PILI'FEROUS. Bearing hairs. 



PI'LIFORM. Formed like down or 

 hairs. 



PI'LLAR. The internal continuation 

 of the columella ; it extends 

 from the base to the apex in uni- 

 valves. 



PILOSE. Slightly hairy. 



PILO'SITT. Hairy ness. 



PILO'SUS. Lat. Hairy. 



PIMK'NTO. Allspice; Jamaica pep- 

 per. 



PIMPLED. In botany, covered with 



minute pustules resembling pim- 

 ples. 



PINION. The joint of the wing re- 

 motest from the body. 



PIN'NA Lat. A fin, a wing. A 

 genus of the family of ostracea. 



PIN'NA. Lat. plur. of pinna. Seg- 

 ments of a pinnated leaf. 



PIN'NATE. fr. lat. pinnatus, feather 

 ed. Winged. Having leaflets ar- 

 ranged along each side of a com- 

 mon petiole, like the feather of a 

 quill, (p. 42, Book vii). In orni- 

 thology, a pinnate foot is one in 

 which the edges of the toes are 

 scalloped or notched, as in the 

 coots. 



PINNATI'FIDA. Lat. Pinnatifid. A 

 leaf is so called when it is di- 

 vided into lobes from the margin 

 nearly to the midrib. 



PINTA'DO. Sp. Mottled. Generic 

 name of the Guinea fowl. 



PIPA. A genus of batrachian rep- 

 tiles. A kind of toad. 



PI'PIENS. Lat. Peeping like a 

 chicken. 



PIPISTREL'LUS. Lat. A kind of bat. 



PI'SCES. Lat. Fishes. 



PIS'CIFORM. fr. lat. piscis, a fish; 

 forma, form. Of the shape or 

 form of a fish. 



PISCIFO'RMIS. Lat. Fish-shaped ; 

 formed like a fish. 



PISCI'VOROTTS. fr. lat. piscis, a fish ; 

 vorare, to eat. Fish-eating. Ap- 

 plied to animals that feed on fish. 



PI'SIFORM. Formed like peas. 



PI'STIL. fr. lat. pistillum, a pestle. 

 The female apparatus of plants; 

 a columnar body situate in the 

 centre of a flower, consisting of 

 the ovarium, style, and stigma. 



PIS'TILLATE. Having pistils, but no 

 stamens. 



PISTILLIFO'RMIS. -Lat. In form of 

 a pistil. 



PI'SUM. Lat. A pea. 



PITCHERS. In botany, hollow leave* 

 are so called. 



PITH. The medulla occupying th 

 centre of a stem. 



