Pendent. Handing downward. 



Pendulous. More or less hanging or declined. 



Perfect. Said of a flower with both stamens and pistil. Page xm. 



Perianth. The calyx and corolla of a flower considered as a 



whole. 

 Persistent. Long-continuous, as leaves through the winter, 



calyx on the fruit, etc. 



Petal. One of the divisions of a corolla. Page xur. 

 Petiolate. Having a petiole. 

 Petiole. The stem or stalk of a leaf. 

 Petiolulate. Having a petiolule. 

 Petiolule. The stem or stalk of a leaflet. 

 Pilose. Hairy with long, soft hairs. 

 Pinnate. Compound, with the leaflets arranged along both sides 



of a common petiole. 

 Pistil. The seed-bearing organ of a flower, normally consisting 



of ovary, style and stigma. Page xiu. 



Pistillate. Provided with a pistil, but usually without stamens. 

 Pith. The softer central part of a twig or stem. Page xvi. 

 Pollen. The fecundating grains borne in the anther. 

 Polygamo-dioecious. Sometimes perfect, sometimes unisexual, 



both forms borne on different individuals. 

 Polygamo-monoecious. Sometimes perfect, sometimes unisexual, 



both forms borne on the same individual. 

 Polygamous. Sometimes perfect, sometimes unisexual, both 



forms borne on the same or on different individuals. 

 Pome. A fleshy fruit, as the apple. 



Posterior. The back side of a flower, next to the axis of in- 

 florescence. 



Prickle. A small spine growing from the bark. 

 Puberulent. Minutely pubescent 

 Puberulous. Minutely pubescent. 

 Pubescence. A covering of short, soft hairs. 

 Pubescent. Covered with short, soft hairs. 

 Punctate. Dotted with translucent or colored dots or pits. 



Raceme. A simple inflorescence of flowers on pedicels of equal 

 length arranged on a common, elongated axis (rachis). 

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