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BOTANICAL GLOSSARY. 



OBTFSE. Blunt, or rounded. 



OVATE. Flat, ovoid, egg-shaped, as 

 leaves, eta 



PALMATE. Hand-shaped. 



PAXICLE. A loose, irregular hunch 

 of flowers with subdivided branches. 



PAPPUS. The crown of the fruit usu- 

 ally hairy, sometimes feathery, chaffy. 



PKCTIXATE. Resembling "the teeth 

 of a comb. 



PEDICEL. The ultimate division next 

 to the flower or fruit 



PEDt-NCLE. The common footstalk 

 of the flower or fruit 



PKRFOLIATE. With the stem pierced 

 through the leaf. 



PBRIAXTII. The tegumentary part of 

 a flower. 



PXIIIOARP. Tho seed-vessel or fruit. 



PETIOLE. The foot-stalk of a leaf. 



PINNATE. Having distinct leaflets on 

 opposite sides of a simple petiole. 



PISTIL. The organ which occupies 

 the center of a fertile flower. 



PISTILLATE FLOWEKS. Having pis- 

 tils but no stamens. 



PLICATE. Folded, plaited, or crimped. 



PLUMOTJS. Feather-like. 



POLLEN. The fertilizing powder 

 contained in the anthers. 



POME. A succulent, fleshy fruit 

 apple-like. 



PruEscExcE. The hairy covering of 

 plants. 



PI-NCTATE. Covered with indented 

 points. 



RACEMES. Bunches, clusters. 



RAYS- Florets diverging round the 

 margin of a compound flower. 



RECEPTACLE. A dilated portion of 



the peduncle containing nutritive mat- 

 ter. 



REXIFOP.M. Kidney-shaped. 

 RETICI:LATE. Resembling net-work. 

 SCAPE. A peduncle proceeding di- 

 rectly from the root, mostly leaflets. 



SERRATE. Having sharp teeth like 

 those of a saw. 



; SESSILE. Sitting close without any 

 ; foot-stalk. 



I SINUATE. Having incisions, open and 

 rounded at bottom. 



i SPIKE. An assemblage of axillary 

 flowers arranged on a simple axis. 



STAMEX. The organ of a flower which 

 ' prepares the pollen. 



STAMIXATE FLOWEB. Having sta- 

 mens but not pistils. 

 STIGMA. The summit of the pistil. 

 STRIATE. Marked or scored with 

 parallel lines or minute ridges. 

 i SULCATE. Furrowed or grooved. 

 ' TERETE. Round, like a column. 

 j TEEXATE. Three-fold. Three to- 

 gether, like the leaflets of clover. 

 i ToMEXTotrs. Clothed with a cottony 

 pubescence. 



! TKI-FOLIATE. Leaves arranged in 

 threes. 



! UMBEL. A form of inflorescence re- 

 sembling an open parasol. Formed by 

 the expansion of several peduncles into 

 one flower. 



VALVES. The several parts of a seed 

 vessel. 



VEILTICIL. A whorl. Flowers or 

 leaves surrounding the stem in a ring. 



VII.LOUS. Clothed with numerous 

 long, soft hairs. 



WHORLS See Verticil. 



