GLOSSARY. 



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Pedate, having the parts arranged 

 in a palmate manner, with the 

 addition of further subdivisions 

 in the lateral portions. 



Pedicel, the partial stalk or imme- 

 diate support of a flower in an in- 

 florescence composed of flowers 

 arranged upon a main peduncle. 



Pedicellate, furnished with a pedicel. 



Peduncle, the main stalk or support 

 to the inflorescence, more espe- 

 cially when this is limited to a 

 solitary flower. 



Pedunculate, furnished with a pe- 

 duncle. 



Pellucid, perfectly or partially trans- 

 parent. 



Peltate, where a support is inserted 

 at some distance within the mar- 

 gin, and is not in the same plane 

 as the flat surface which rests up- 

 on it. 



Pendent, pendulous, inclined so that 

 the apex is pointed vertically 

 downwards. 



Pentadelphous, having the stamens 

 arranged in five sets or bundles. 



Pentamerous, having the parts in 

 fives or multiples of five. 



Perennial, enduring for several 

 years. 



Perfoliate, applied to clasping leaves 

 which have their basal lobes uni- 

 ted, so that the axis about which 

 they are placed appears to pass 

 through them. 



Perianth, the external floral whorl 

 or whorls which surround the 

 stamens and pistil, including the 

 parts answering to calyx and 

 corolla, when they are so much 

 alike as not to be readily distin- 

 guishable. 



Perigone, almost the same as Peri- 

 anth, but more especially used 

 when the floral envelopes are re- 

 duced to a single floral whorl, 

 possessing a calyx-like character. 



Perigynous, having the ovary free, 

 but either the stamens or corolla 

 adherent to the calyx. 



Persistent, remaining beyond the 

 period when similar parts in other 

 plants become mature and fall; 

 not falling off but remaining 

 green as the leaves of evergreens. 



Personate, a form of monopetalous 

 bilabiate corolla, in which the 

 orifice of the tube is closed by an 

 inflated projection of the throat. 



Petal, one of the foliaceous expan- 

 sions of that part of ttie floral 

 whorl, termed the corolla. 



Petaline, of or belonging to a petal. 



Petaloid, having a thin membranous 

 character and coloured, thus as- 

 suming the more usual character 

 of the petals of flowers. 



Petiole, the stalk or support by 

 which the blade, or limb of a 

 leaf, is attached to the stem. 



Pilose, hairy. 



Pinnate, Pinnated, having the leaflets 

 arranged on opposite sides of a 

 common petiole ; confined to pairs 

 of leaflets that are equally or 

 paripinnate ; if terminated by an 

 odd leaflet, they are unequally, or 

 irnpari-pinnate. 



Pinnatiftd, having the lateral inci- 

 sions (in a simple leaf) extending 

 towards the axis ; approaching 

 the form termed pinnate. 



Pistil, the female part of a flower, 

 composed of the ovary with its 

 ovules, and the stigma or stigmas, 



