TECHNICAL TERMS. 69 



produced from a main stem, or peduncles 

 variously divided. 



Peduncle. The stalk upon which the flower 

 is borne. 



Petal. A leaf of the flower. 



Petiole. The stalk to which are attached 

 the several leaflets. 



Pistil. The columnar seed-bearing organ 

 in the centre of a flower ; sometimes there 

 are several in one flower ; it consists of one 

 or more styles, one or more stigmas and 

 the ovary. 



Pollen. The fecundating powdery substance 

 found in the anthers. 



Remontant. As applied to roses that which 

 flowers the second time. From the 

 French verb to remount. 



Sepals. Those leaves which form the calyx. 



Sport. A shoot or sucker from a plant 

 which shows either in foliage, flower, 

 vigor of growth, or in all of them, some 

 peculiar feature or features, distinct from 

 the rest of the plant. 



Stamens. The male organs of fructification 

 in a flower, surrounding the pistil. 



