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GLOSSARY. 



PERIANTH 



POLLEN , 



POLYGAMOUS TREES 



POLLINATION 

 PUPA 



ROOT 



ROPE USED IN CLIMB- 

 ING A DATE TREE . . 

 SEED 



SEEDLING 

 SPATHE 



STEM 



STIGMA 



SUCKER 

 THORN . . 



TBEE, MALE 



FEMALE 



,, RAISED FROM A 



SEED 



TREE, RAISED FROM A 

 SUCKER (OFF- 

 SHOOT) 



In this case it is composed of the whorls of scales at the 



base of the flower (see Illustrations Nos. 17 and 18, 



pages 12c and I2d). 

 The fine yellowish powder-like material which is shed 



from the ripe male flower and which must be con- 



veyed to the female flower in order to fertilise it. 

 Ver. " Bur " or " Phul ka ghubar." jU K J^J 

 Sometimes called " Bur ka ata." W \6 )?. 

 With hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the 



same, or on different individuals of the same species 



(Jacks). 

 The conveying of the pollen from the male to the 



receptive part of the female flower. 

 The form taken in the dormant stage in the life history 



of an insect. 

 Ver. "Jar." ^ "Par." jb 



Kamand. **+' 



The hard structure inside the date fruit. Ver. 

 "Gakkar." j& 



Plant grown from a seed. Ver. " Tukhmi " 

 " Gakkar ka bacha " *^u K j& or " Biji." 



The leathery or hard case which encloses the flower- 

 cluster until ready for pollination. Usually three to 

 five inches across and a foot or more in length when 

 it bursts to expose the flowers. Ver. " Sippi " ^^ 

 (see para. 6, also Illustrations Nos. 15 and 16, 

 pages 12a and 126). 



Ver. "Tanah." *ii "Dud" 3,> or "Lara." \J 



Stem-stump Ver. " Mundh." <*A5J* 



Upper portion of stem Ver. " Pand." wlj 



The part of the carpel which in pollination receives 

 the pollen grains (see also Carpel). 



See off-shoot. Ver. " Bacha." *su 



Ver. " Thua," 1#> " Kanta " &K or " Kanda." I ^ 



Ver. " Nar." y 



Ver " Madah " ^Lo O r " Madi." i>^> 



Ver. " Biji " 



Ver. "Lagwin." 



or " Tukhmi." 



