GLOSSARY AXD IXDF.X. 



5-13 



Parasitic plants, or Parasites : living on 



the juices of other plants, 88. 

 Pauistemon : same as Staminodium. 

 Parenchyma: soft cellular tissue, 41. 

 Parietal : attached or belonging to the 



walls, 292. 

 Parities : walls of an ovary, &c. 

 Pai ijtinnate : same as abruptly pinnate, 



163. 

 Parnassiaceas, 394. 

 Parsnip, 426. 

 Patted, or partite : cut almost through ; 



160, fig 262, 266. 

 Partial peduncle, 211. 

 Partial petiole, 164. 

 Puttied umbel, 216. 

 Parthenogenesis, 300, 340. 

 Passifloracese (Passion-flowers), 422. 

 Pate'lhfoim : kneepan-shaped. 

 Patent : spreading wide open. 

 Pdtulous : moderately spreading. 

 Pauci-, ill Latin derivatives : few ; as 

 Paiicifldrous : few-flowered. 

 Peach, 415. 

 Pear, 416. 

 Pear-shaped : ovoid at the extremity, 



conical at the base. 

 Pe'ctinate : pinnatiful with close-set and 



equal lobes, like the teeth of a comb 



(pecten), 160. 

 Pcctine, and Pcctic acid, 55, 310. 

 Pedate : palmate, with the lateral lobes 



again lobed ; appearing like a bird's 



foot, 161, fig. 249. 

 PrduUli/: in a pedate mode. 

 Pedicel : the stalk of a particular flower, 



211. 

 Pedicellate, pedicelled : having a pedi- 

 cel. 

 Peduncle: a. Mower-stalk in general 



cither of one blossom or a whole 



cluster, 211. 

 P<d&HCitlate, ped uncled : having a pe- 

 duncle. 

 Peloria, 278. 

 Peltate. : shield-form or target-shaped ; 



fixed by the centre or some part 



of the lower surface ; fig. 248, 681. 

 Pellinerved: pcltately veined. 

 Pdciform : open cup-shaped. 

 Pi ndent, pendulous : hanging down. 

 Penicii/ate, pcm'ciiliforni : tipped with a 



brush of hairs, like a camcl's-hair 



pencil. 

 Parnate : same as pinnate. 

 Pemuform : feather-like. 

 Pc'nninei ved : same as pinnately nerved 



or veined. 

 Pcnta-, in Greek derivatives : five ; as 

 Pentacdrpeliarij : of five carpels. 

 Pmtacoccoiis: of five cocci. 

 Pcntagynh, 515. 



Pcnturji/nous : with five pistils or styles, 



287. 

 Pentdmcrous : of five parts; 234, 239, 



fig. 354. 

 Pentandria, 512. 



Pentdndious : having five stamens, 279. 

 Pentapetalous : of five petals, 276. 

 Pentaplajllous : five-leaved. 275. 

 Pentupteious : five-winded. 

 Pentasepalous : of five sepals, 274. 

 Penldstichous : in five vertical ranks, 



135. 

 Pepo: a Gourd-fruit, 312. ' 

 Pepper, 456, 469. 



Perennial: lasting year after year, 84. 

 Perfect flower : one having both stamens 



and pistils, 261. 

 Perfoliate: when the stem appears to 



* pass through the leaf; 165, fig. 

 293. 294. 



Pe'rfoiate : pierced with holes, or having 



* transparent dots which look like 

 holes. 



Pergame'ncous, or pergamentdecous : like 

 parchment. 



Peri-, in Greek derivatives : around. 



Perianth (peridnthium) ; the floral en- 

 velopes collectively, cither of one 

 set (calyx) or of two sets (calyx 

 and coiolla), 222. 



Pe'ncaip : the ovary in fruit, 308. 



Pericdipic: belonging to the pericarp. 



Pericha'tial : relating to tho 



Pe'iic/mth, or pericluetium : the cluster 

 of peculiar leaves surrounding tho 

 base of the fruit-stalk of Mosses 



Periclinium : a name for the involucre 

 of Composite. 



Periderm : same as Epiphloeum. 



Pe'rigone, or periydnium : same as Peri- 

 anth. 



Perigijiiinm : bristles or other organs, of 

 doubtful nature, around the pistil in 

 Cypcraccai, 497. 



Perigipious : borne on the calyx ; liter- 

 ally around tho ovary ; i. c. when 

 the petals or stamens aie adnatc to 

 the base of the ovary or to the 

 calyx ; 251, 268. fig. 388, 389, 281. 



Peripc talons : aiound the petals. 



Peiipheuc: surrounding the ciicumfer- 

 encc. 325 ; as the embryo aiound 

 the albumen in fig. 62 1 



Pe'risperm: the albumen of the seed, 

 322, or that albumen which is 

 formed in the tissue of the nucleus, 

 323. 



Pe'n'stome, 502. 



Peritiopous, perihopal (seed) : horizon- 

 tal to the axis of the fruit. 



Perpendicular si/stem of the stem, 112. 



Persimmon, 443. 



