GLOSSARY 



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Ovary The part of a pistil con- 

 taining ovules or seeds 



Ovate, ovoid Egg-shaped 



Ovule The young unfertilized 

 seed, as found in the flower 



Palate The upper more or less 

 swollen throat of an irregular co- 

 rolla 



Palet The upper and inner scale 

 of a grass flower 



Palmate Like the fingers of the 

 hands 



Panicle A compound flower clus- 

 ter, the lower branches longer and 

 blooming first 



Panicled In panicles 



Papilla, papule A minute pro- 

 jection on the surface 



Pappus The bristles, hairs, awns, 

 etc. found on the tips of fruits of 

 dandelions, sunflowers, asters, etc. 



Parasite A plant growing upon 

 and getting its nourishment from 

 some other plant 



Parietal On the wall 



Pedicel The stalk of a single flow- 

 er 



Peduncle The stalk of a flower 

 cluster or a solitary flower 



Perennial Lasting from year to 

 year 



Perfect A flower having both sta- 

 mens and pistils 



Perfoliate Applied to leaves which 

 are united around the stem 



Perianth The term applied to the 

 calyx and corolla when they are 

 similar 



Perigynium, (pi. perigynia) The 

 sack enclosing the ovary or fruit 

 in the sedges 



Persistent Remaining after bloom- 

 ing or fruiting 



Petal The term applied to each 

 part of a corolla 



Petiole The stalk of a leaf 



Pinnate With leaflets on both 

 sides of a common stalk 



Pinnatifid Pinnately cleft to the 

 middle or beyond 



Pistil The central part of the 

 flower containing the young seeds 

 and consisting of ovary, style and 

 stigma, as a rule 



Pistillate With pistils but with- 

 out stamens 



Plaited With two or more folds 



Placenta (pi. placentae) Place of 

 attachment for ovules 



Plumose Plume-like or feathery 



Pod A dry fruit of one carpel, 

 splitting along two lines 



Pollen The dust-like matter found 

 in the anther 



Pollinia Pollen-masses in orchids 

 and milkweeds 



Polygamo-monoecious The per- 

 fect and imperfect flowers on the 

 same plant 



Polygamous With both perfect 

 and imperfect, staminate or pis- 

 tillate flowers 



Pome A fleshy fruit with a core, 

 as the apple 



Pore A small opening 



Posterior At the back 



Prickle A sharp needle-like out- 

 growth of the bark 



iPrickly With prickles 



Prostrate Lying on the ground 



Pungent Sharp 



