54 THE ROSE. 



duced from a main stem, or peduncles vari- 

 ously divided. 



Peduncle. The stalk upon which the flower is 

 borne. 



Petal. A leaf of the flower. 



Petiole. The stalk to which are attached the 

 several leaflets. 



Pistil. The columnar seed-bearing organ in the 

 centre of a flower ; sometimes there are 

 several in one flower ; it consists of one or 

 more styles, one or more stigmas and the 

 ovary. 



Pollen. The fecundating powdery substance 

 found in the anthers. 



Remontant. As applied to roses that which 

 flowers the second time. From the French 

 verb to remount. 



Sepals. Those leaves which form the calyx. 



Sport. A shoot or sucker from a plant which 

 shows either in foliage, flower, vigor of 

 growth, or in all of them, some peculiar fea- 

 ture or features, distinct from the rest of the 

 plant. 



Stamens. The male organs of fructification in a 

 flower, surrounding the pistil. 



