GLOSSARY AXD INDEX. 



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Phtrildculeir : several- celled. 



Ponihfoi in : deep cup-shaped. 



Pod: a dry dehiscent fiuit, 315. 



Pddosperm": seed-stalk, 297. 



Podostcmacese, 471. 



Pointless: see Muticous. 



Pointletted: same as Apiculatc. 



PolcmoniacciB, 453. 



Pollen : the contents of the anther, 223, 

 235. 



Pollen-tube, 28G, 302. 



Pollinia : pollen-masses, 286, 489. 



Pollimfei ous : hearing pollen. 



Poly-, in Greek compounds : numerous. 



Polyadelphia, 513. 



Polyadelphous : having the filaments in 

 ' several sets, 2SU. 



Polyandria. 512 



Pofydndrous : with numerous stamens, 

 especially when inserted on the 

 receptacle, 242, 280. 



Po'yduthous : many-flowered. 



Puiycdi pic : fruiting many times, i. e. 

 year after year ; perennial. 101. 



Polyce'phalous : "hearing many heads. 



Polydadous : much-branched. 



Polycdccous: of several cocci. 



Po!ycotyle'do:io,is : having several cotyle- 

 dons, 79, 326. 



Polygalacea:, 411. 



Polygamia, 513, 515. 



Po.'yjamous : having both perfect and 

 separated flowers, 262. 



PolygonacCiB, 465. 



Pofyjonons : many-angled. 



Polvgy'na, 5 15. 



Puhjyyno.is : with numerous pistils or 

 styles, 287. 



Polymerous: formed of many members. 



Polymdi p/ious ; vaiious in form. 



Po'ype'kdons : having distinct petals, 

 249, 275. 



Pdlypliore : a common receptacle of 

 many carpels, as in Strawbeiry. 



Polyphylfous : many-leaved or several- 

 leaved, 275. 



Polypodiaccse, or Polypodincaj, 501. 



Polyrlnzal : many-rooted. 



Po'ysepulon.s : of "two or more distinct 

 sepals, 249, 275. 



Po'yspermous : many-seeded. 



Poiyspoious: containing many spores. 



Polysle'moiious : with many stamens. 



Pome: an apple, pear, &c, 312. 



Pome*, or Pomaccsc, 416. 



Pomegranate, 418. 



Poimfeious : pome-bearing. 



Pum'olojy : the department of Botany 

 relating to fiuits. 



Pontcdei iaccse, 495. 



Poiose: poious. having holes. 



Poriulacaccaj, 396 



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Posterior (in the flower) . next the com- 

 mon axis, 237. 

 Pdsticous: same as cxtrorse. 

 Potato, 456, 455. 

 Pouch: see Silicic, 317. 

 Prtef oration: same as ^Estivation, 269. 

 Prafohalion : same as Vernation, 143. 

 Prw.mdise: as if bitten ofl'. 

 Prickli) : armed with 

 Prickles, 52 



Pi (mine : outer coat of the ovule, 298. 

 Primdidial leaves, 143 ; utricle, 26. 

 Primulaccaj, 443. 



Prismatic, prismalical : with flat longi- 

 tudinal faces, separated by angles. 

 Process: any projection fiom a surface. 

 Piocumbent : lying along the ground, 



102. 

 Produced : prolonged or extended. 

 Pro-embryo, 338. 



Proliferous (hearing offspring) : develop- 

 ing new branches, flowers, &c. fiom 

 the older ones, or f.om unusual 

 places. 

 Prone : lying face downwards. 

 Proper juices, 57. 

 Prose'nchyma, 4 1 . 

 Pioscnlhesis, 236. 



Piostrate : lying flat on the ground, 102. 

 Proteaccce, 468. 

 Proteine, 27, 53, 57, 196. 

 Pioterdnthous: where flowers arc pro- 

 duced earlier than the leaves. 

 Prothdllus, or protothallus, 338. 

 Protophytcs : Alyffi and Lichcnes are 



so called. 

 Pidfoplasm, 26, 53, 57, 196. 

 piiiinate, pruinose: as if frosted over. 

 Prdwfoi m : plum-shaped. 

 Pseudo-bulb : a kind of conn, as of epi- 

 phytic Orehidacea!. 

 Pseudo-pa i asitic: same as epiphytic. 

 Pterocdi pons : wing-fruited. 

 Pteioid: wing-like. 

 Pubescent : clothed with soft or downy 



hairs, or pubescence. 

 Piujidnijbi m : dagger-shaped. 

 Pulque, 491. 

 | Pulse. 413. 

 j Pulveraceous, or pulre'riilent : dusty or 



powdery on the surface. 

 | Pulruiate : cushioned 

 I Pulcinns (a cushion) : an enlargement 

 at or below the base of a leafstalk. 

 I Pumpkin, 423. 



Punctate : dotted as if by punctures. 

 I Pungent : pricking ; rigid-pointed. 



Pustulate: blistered. 

 I Putdmen: the stone or shell of a drupe, 



310, 312. 

 I Pyrenw : the stones of small drupes ; 

 j same as nucules. 



