NO. I. GLOSSARY. 461 



Parietal, attached to the sides or walls of the ovary or capsule. 

 Parietes, the walls or sides of the capsule. 



Parted, \ divided, but not quite to the base ; the calyx of Mullein is five- 

 Partite, ) parted. 



Patent, spreading ; having a gradually outward or horizontal direction. 

 Pectinate, resembling the teeth of a comb. 



Pedate, applied to leaves which are five to seven lobed, with the lower di- 

 visions again lobed ; as the leaves of Bear's-foot, Black Hellebore. 

 Pedicel, the small foot-stalk of flowers ; the partial peduncle. 

 Pedicellate, stalked, having a pedicel. 

 Peduncle, the common foot-stalk of a flower or flowers. 

 Pedunculate, standing on a peduncle ; as the flowers of Avens and many 



others. 

 Pellicle, a thin skin which envelopes various seeds. 

 Peltate, applied to leaves when the petiole -is fixed in the disk, and not as 



is usually the case, to the lower extremity. 

 Pencilled, resembling a c »mel-hair pencil. 

 Pendulous, drooping, hanging down. 



Pentagonal, having five angles ; as the capsule of Purging Flax. 

 Pentandrous, having five stamens. 

 Perennial, lasting many years ; any plant whose root endures longer than 



two years, although the stem dies down to the ground, is said to be 



perennial. 

 Perfoliate, said of leaves when the stem passes through the base. 

 Perianth, the envelope which surrounds the stamens and pistil or interior 



organs of the flower. The term is most properly used when the calyx 



and corolla are so much alike that they cannot be distinguished ; as in 



Colchicum, Yellow Flag, Garlic. 

 Pericarp, the seed-vessel. 

 Perigynous, growing upon some body that surrounds the ovary ; that is, 



inserted in the calyx or on the disk which adheres to the calyx. 

 Perisperm, the same as Albumen. 



Permanent, \ not falling off", as the calyx of several plants, and some 

 Persistent, ) leaves. 

 Personate, masked ; applied to a bilabiate corolla, when the lips are closely 



pressed together ; as in Toad-flax. 

 Petaloid, resembling petals ; as the perianth of Colchicum, the stigmas of 



Yellow Flag, the sepals of Black Hellebore, the two outer sepals of 



Milkwort. 

 Petals, the leaves or divisions of a corolla. 

 Petiolar, of or belonging to the footstalks. 



Petiolate, ) having footstalks, as the leaves of Nettle, and many other 

 Petioled, S plants. 



Petioles, footstalks of leaves. 



Pilose, covered with short, weak, thin hairs ; as the leaf of Carrot. 

 Pinnated, winged ; divided into numerous smaller leaflets or pinnae ; as 



the leaves of Celandine, Cuckoo-flower, Elder, Valerian, Water-cress. 



