GLOSSARY AND INDFA'. 217 



Pointless, destitute of any pointed tip, snch as a mucro, awn, acumination, &c. 



Pollen, the fertilizing jiowder contained in tiie anther, 14, 80, 103. 



Polhn-yrowth, 117. PoUtniftrous, pollen-bearing. 



Pollen-mass, Pollinium, the united mass of pollen, 104, as in Milkweed and Orcliis. 



PoUicaris, Latin for an inch long. 



Pollination, the application of pollen to the stigma, 114. 



Poll)-, in compound words of Greek origin, same as multi- in those of Latin origin 



viz. many, as 

 Polyadelphous, stamens united by their filaments into several bundles, 100. 

 Polyanclrous, with numerous stamens (inserted on the receptacle), 100. 

 Pohjcarpic, term used by DeCandolle in the sense of perennial. 

 Pdli/cutijledonous, having many (more than two) cotyledons, as Pines, 23. 

 Pohjfjnmoiis, having some perfect and some unisexual flowers, 85. 

 Puli/yonal, many-angled. 

 P(>li/f;;/nous, with many pistils or styles, 105. 

 J'ulijmerous, formed of many parts of each set. 

 Pohjmovplious, of several or varying forms. 



Puli/petalous, when the petals are distinct or scjtarate (wiiether few or many), 89. 

 Polijphyllous, many-leaved; »ormed of several distinct pieces. 

 Puli/sepalous, same as the last when applied to the calyx, 89. 

 Poli/sptrmous, many-seede:i. 



Pome, the ap|)le, pear, and similar flesliy fruits, 119. 

 Pomiferoui, pome-bearing. 

 Porvect, outstretched. 



Posterior side or portion of a flower (when axillary) is that toward the axis, 96. 

 Pouch, the silicle or short pod, as of Shephcr'''s Purse, r2'!. 

 Prcecocious (Latin, pracox), unusually early ni development. 

 Prajlovation, same as (Estivation, 97. 

 Pi-cefoUatlon, same as vernation, 71. 

 Prcemorse, ending abruptly, as if bitten off. 

 Pratensis, Latin for growing in meadows. 



Prickles, sharp elevations of the bark, coming off with it, as of the Rose. 

 Prickly, bearing prickles, or sharp projections like them. 

 Primine, the outer coat of the covering of the ovule, 110. 



Primordial, earliest formed; primordial leaves are the tirst after the cotyledons. 

 Prismatic, prism-shaped; having throe or more angles bounding flat sides. 

 Procerous, tall, or tall and slim. 



Process, any projection from the surface or edge of a boily. 

 Procumbent, trailing on the ground, -39. 

 Procurrent, running through but not projecting. 

 Produced, extended or projecting; the upper sepal of a Larkspur is produced above 



info a spur, 87. 

 P/'o/t/V7'OMS (literall}', bearing offspring), wh^re a new branch rises from an older 



one, or one heud or cluster of flowers out of another. 

 Prcpaculum or Propagulum, a shoot for propagation. 

 Prosenchyma, a tissue of wood-cells. 

 Prostrate, lying flat on the ground, 39. 



Protandrous or Proterandrous, tfie anthers first maturing, 116. 

 P roteranthous, flowering before loafing. 



Protero'iynous or Protot/ynous, the stigmas first to mature, 110. 

 ProthalUun or Prothallus, IGO. 



Protoplasm, ths soft nitrogenous lining or contents, or living part, of cells, 129. 

 Protos, Greek for first; in various comjioimds. 

 Pruinose, Pruinnte. frosted: covered with a powder like hoar-fro<!t, 

 Pseudo-, Greek for false. Psendo-hnlb, tiie aerial corms of epijihytic Orchids. tSoc. 

 Pdlos, Greek for bare or naked, used in many compounds. 

 Pteridophyta, Pteridophytes, 150. 

 P.^ris, Greek for wing, and general name for Fern, enters into many compounds. 



