GLOSSARY 



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Palate, a projection in the throat 

 of a corolla. 



Palet, one of the bracts which 

 subtend the flowers in a grass 

 spikelet. 



Papilionaceous, butterfly- shaped, 

 like the corolla of the sweet pea. 



Papillose, covered with papilhe or 

 minute projections, like the 

 human tongue. 



Pappus, tufts of hair or other ob- 

 jects, representing the limb of the 

 calyx in Compositce (Fig. 30). 



Peltate 



Peltate, shield-shaped, that is with 

 the stalk attached somewhere 

 within the circumference of the 

 leaf or other organ. 



Perfoliate, with the stem appar- 

 ently growing up through a leaf, 

 as in some honeysuckles. 



Persistent, not deciduous. 



Pinnatifid, pinnately cleft. 



Pistillate, having pistils but not 

 stamens. 



Plumose, feathered, as the pappus 

 of thistles (Fig. 31). 



Pubescent, clothed with soft hair, 

 downy. 



Punctate, marked with dots, de- 

 pressions, or translucent glands. 



Reflexed, bent or turned abruptly 

 downward or backward. 



Root parasite, a plant parasitic on 

 the roots of another. 



Sagittate, arrow-shaped. 



Scape, a leafless flower stalk aris- 

 ing from the ground, as in the 

 dandelion and cyclamen. 



Scarious, thin, dry, and membra- 

 nous, not green. 



Sessile, without a stalk. 



Simple (stem), unbranched. 



Spadix, a spike with a fleshy axis, 

 like that of the Indian turnip or 

 the "calla." 



Spathe, a large bract which incloses 

 a flower cluster, often a spadix. 



Staminate, having stamens only. 



Standard, the posterior petal of a 

 papilionaceous corolla. 



Sterile : (1) barren, as a flower with- 

 out a pistil or an antherless sta- 

 men ; (2) staminate or male, said 

 of flowers. 



Striate, marked with fine longitudi- 

 nal parallel lines. 



Sub- (in composition), somewhat, 

 as subglobose. 



Subtend, to extend beneath as a 

 bract in the axil of which a 

 flower is borne. 



Succulent, fleshy or juicy. 



