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GLOSSARY. 



Paracarpium. Unused name given to 

 an abortive pistil or carpel. 



Paracorolla. A crown or internal ap- 

 pendage or deduplication of a corolla. 



Parallel^nerved, veined, &c. Same as 

 Nerved; 91. 



Parapetalous (-us). Said of stamens, 

 &c., which stand at each side of a 

 petal; 178, 201. 



Pardphysis, pi. Paraphyses. Jointed 

 thread-like bodies, of no known func- 

 tion, accompanying the archegonia of 

 Mosses. 



Parasitic (-icus). Growing on or in and 

 living upon another plant or even ani- 

 mal; 36. 



Parastemon. Name rarely applied to an 

 abortive stamen or body in place of or 

 accessory to a stamen; same as Sta- 

 minodium. 



Parastichies. Secondary spirals in phyl- 

 lotaxy; 127. 



Parenchyma. Common or soft cellular 

 tissue. 



Parenchymatous. Of the nature of or 

 composed of parenchyma. 



Paries, pi. parities. The wall of any 

 organ. 



Parietal (Parietalis). Borne on or re- 

 lated to the wall; 265. 



Paripinnate (-atus). Even-pinnate ; same 

 as abruptly pinnate ; 101. 



Parted, Partite (-itus). Cleft nearly 

 but not quite to base; 98. 



Parthenogenesis, Parthenogeny. Pro- 

 duction of seed without the interven- 

 tion of pollen ; 285. 



Partial (Partialis). Secondary, as Par- 

 tial involucre (142), peduncle (143), 

 petiole (105), umbel (150), &c. 



Partible (PartibUis). At length sepa- 

 rating or easily to be separated. 



Partition. In one sense a separated por- 

 tion or segment ; in another and the 

 more usual, a wall or dissepiment. 



PateUiform (-ormis). Disk-shaped, cir- 

 cular with a rim, of the form of the 

 patella or kneepan. 



Patent (Patens). Spreading ; either 

 widely open or diverging widely from 

 an axis. 



Patentissimus. Superlative of Patens; 

 extremely spreading. 



Pdtulous (-us) Slightly or moderately 

 spreading. 



Paucijlorous (-us). Few-flowered. 



Paucifolius. Few-leaved. 



Pear-shaped. Obovoid or obconical with 

 more tapering base. 



Pectinate (-atus). Pinnatifid with nar- 

 row and closely set segments, like 

 comb-teeth. 



Peddlis. A foot long or high. 



Pedate (-atus). Palmately divided or 

 parted with the lateral divisions two- 

 cleft ; resembling a bird's foot. 



Pedatipartitus, -lobatus, -sectus, &c. Pe- 

 dately parted, lobed, divided, &c. 



Pedicel (-ellus). An ultimate flower- 

 stalk or its division ; the support of a 

 single flower ; 143. 



Pedicellate (-atus). Pedicelled, borne 

 on a pedicel. 



Pediculus. Name sometimes used for 

 Pedicel. 



Peduncle (Pedunculus). A general 

 flower-stalk, supporting either a clus- 

 ter or a solitary flower; in the latter 

 case, the cluster may be regarded as 

 reduced to a single blossom ; 143. 



Pedunculate (-atus). Peduncled, borne 

 on a foot-stalk. 



Peloria. An irregular flower become 

 regular by a monstrous development 

 of complementary irregularities ; 186. 



Peltate (-atus), Peltiform (-ormis). 

 Shield-form; target-shaped; a plane 

 body attached by its lower surface 

 (instead of margin or base) to a stalk ; 

 96, 107. 



Peltinerved (-ius). Radiately-nerved or 

 ribbed all round the circle. 



Pelviform (-ormis). Basin-shaped ; shal- 

 low cup-shaped. 



Pendent (-ens). Hanging on its stalk or 

 support. 



Pendulus (-us), Pendulinus. Hanging 

 more or less, as if from weakness of 

 the support. 



Penicillate (-atus), Penicittiform (-ormis). 

 Pencil-shaped, the pencil (penicillum) 

 being a brush or tuft of hairs. 



Pennate (-atus). Same as Pinnate. 



Penniform (-ormis). In the form of a 

 feather or its plume. 



Penninerved (-ervius). Same as pin- 

 nately nerved or veined ; 93. 



Penta. Greek for five; gives compounds 

 such as 



Pentacdrpellary. Composed of five car- 

 pels; 261. 



Pentachcenium. Name of a pentacarpel- 

 lary fruit otherwise like a cremocarp. 



Pentadelphous (-us). With stamens in 

 five clusters; 250. 



Pentagynia. Linnaean artificial order 

 characterized by Pentagynous, i. e. 

 five-styled flowers; 337. 



