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GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Persistent: remaining, as the leaves of] 

 evcigrcens tin ough the winter, 172 ; 



and the calyx, &c. of many plants 



until the fruit is formed, 279. 

 Pe'rsomite : masked ; 278, fig. 459, 



4G0. 

 Perfuse: having slits or holes. 

 Peru/ate: having p€iulai or bad-scales. 

 Peruvian Baik, 432. 

 Petal: a leaf of the corolla, 222. 

 Pelulme, or pe'tulotd: petal-like, in color 



and texture, 260 

 Pe'/iolar : borne on the petiole. 

 J'e't.olate, petio/ed: having a petiole. 

 Petiole: leafstalk, 145, 170. 

 Pctidlulatc: the leaflet stalked, 1G4. 

 Peliolule: the stalk of a leaflet, 104. 

 Pliandi/amous, or phanerdrjamous ; hav- 

 ing manifest flowers, 69. 

 Phamogamous or Phanerogamous 



Plants, 69, 369, 375. 

 Phalanr/es: bundles of adelphous or 



clustered stamens. 

 Phordntluum : the lcccptacle of Com- 



positac. 

 Plirymaccae, 450. 

 Phycdlogi/ : same as Algology. 

 Pliylla: leaves, 274. -Jiliijliuus : leaved, 



as 3-phylloiis, three-leaved, &c. 

 Plu/Hodineous: beating or lcsembling a 

 Phyll odium : a dilated petiole taking 



the place of a blade, 1^0 

 Phi/Hot axis, or phyllotdrif, 133. 

 Physiological Botany, 14, 17. 

 Phytclephanteae, 485. 

 Phyldgraphy: dcseiiptive Botany. 

 Phytolaceaceas, 463. 

 Ph/tdloyy : Botany in general 

 Phyton : a simple plant-individual, or 



plant-clement 9G. 

 Phi/tdtomy: vegetable anatomy, 14. 

 Plicate, pile/form: like a cap or 

 Pileus, 507. 

 Pdcoihiza: the cap of a root, as found 



in some aquatic plants; fig. 102. 

 PUiftrons: bearing or lipped with hairs 



ipiit). 



Pdosc: hairy, as distinguished from 

 woolly or downy ; i c distinct and 

 straight, but not ligid hairs. 



Pilosili/ : hairiness. 



Pimento, 418 



Pine-apple, 492. 



Piney Tallow, 400. 



Pink-root, 435. 



Pinna: one of the piimary divisions of 

 a pinnatcly compound leaf, 1 64. 



Pinnule, pinnated: a compound leaf 

 with leaflets arranged along the 

 sides of a common petiole; 163, 

 fig 288-290. 



PtnnaUly cbj'l, lobed, parted, &,c, 160. 



Pinnatehj Z-pha-ifoliohte, &e , 1G4. 



Pinnate/// veined. 155, 1C0 



Pmndtijid: pinnatcly cleft J fig. 261. 



Pmndtisict: pinnatelv divided; fig. 

 k63. 



Pinnule: a secondary division of a pin- 

 nately compound leaf. 



Piperaceae, 4G9. 



Pipeline, 469. 



Pisiform : pea-shaped. 



Pistachio-nut, 406. 



Pistil: the ovule-bearing organ of a 

 flower, 223, 287. 



Pistillate : furnished with pistils, or phs- 

 tils onlv, 261. 



Pistdlidnnn', 337. 



Pitch, 4S0. 



Pitchers: sec Ascidium ; 1G9, 387, fig. 

 299-301. 



Pitcher -shaped: campanulatc or tubular, 

 but with a narrower mouth. 



Pith, 118. 



Pits, 37. 



Pitted: marked with small depressions. 



Pitted tissue, 45. 



Placenta : the place or part of the ovary 

 which bears the o\ulcs or seeds, 

 289. 



Placentation : the arrangement of pla- 

 centas. 



Pluceiitifeiom: bearing the placentae. 



Pluccntiform : nearly the same as quoit- 

 shaped. 



Plaittd: see Plicate, 273. 



Plane: flat. 



Plantaginaccic, 444. 



Platanaccffi, 476. 



Platijcdrpous : broad-fruited. 



Pleio-, in Greek deiivatives : full of, or 

 many ; as 



Pleiospeimous : many-seeded, &c. 



Pleure'nchyma : woody tissue, 41. 



Plcworliizul : embryo with the radicle 

 lying against the side or edge of 

 the cotyledons ; same as aeeum- 

 bent 



Plicate, plicalivc : thrown into longitu- 

 dinal plaits (plicae) ; folded, 144, 

 273. 



Plum, 415. 



Plumbaginaceae, 444. 



Plumose : feathered ; when bristles, &c. 

 have fine hairs on each side like 

 the plume of a feather, as the pap- 

 pus of Thistles, &c. ; fig. 890. 



Plumule: the bud or growing point of 

 the cmbiyo above the cotyledons, 

 71, 324 



Pluii-, in words of Latin origin: sev- 

 eral, at least moie than one; as 



Phtiifldioiifi : several-flowered. 



Plui ifdliolate : bearing several leaflets. 



