GLOSSARY. 



Palmae, palms, one of the seven families of the vegetable 

 kingdom. 



Palmata radix, a handed root, as in Orchis. 



Palmatum folium, a leaf shaped like an open hand. 



Palustris, marshy or fenny. 



Panduriformeyb///?2, shaped like a guitar, a musical instru- 

 ment so called. 



Panicula, a panicle, or loose spike of grass. 



Papihonaceus, butterfly-shaped flower, as in the class Diadel- 

 phia of Linnaeus. 



Papilionaceae, an order of plants in the Fragmenta methodi 

 naturalis of Linnaeus. 



Papiliosum folium, a nipple, a leaf covered with dots or 

 points like nipples. 



Pappus, down. 



Papulosum folium, a leaf, whose surface is covered with 

 pimples. 



Parabolicumyb/ff/Tra, a leaf in form of a parabola. 



Parallelum dissepiment urn, when the dissepiments are paral- 

 lel to the sides of the pericarpium. 



Parasitica plant a, a plant that only grows out of other plants, 

 as the Viscum. 



Partialis umbdlfi, a partial umbel. 



Partiale in-colacrum, when at the base of the partial umbel. 



Partitumjfa/ZMJW, a divided leaf. 



Parvum perianthium, a little flower-cup, or comparatively 

 small, opposed to magnum. 



Patens caulis, ramus, &c. spreading stalks and branches. 



Patulus calyx, a spreading cup. 



Pauciflorus, having few flowers. 



Pedalis caulis, a stalk a foot in height. 



Pedatum folium, a species of compound leaf, whose divi- 

 sions resemble the toes of a foot, as in Helleborus foetidus. 



Pedicellus, a little footstalk. 



Pedicularis cirrhus, a tendril proceeding from the footstalk of 

 a flower. 



Pedunculatijtfom, flowers growing on footstalks. 



Pedunculus, the footstalk of a flower. 



Pelta, in lichens, a flat leaf-like receptacle in which the seeds 

 lie hid. 



Peltatum folium, when the footstalk is inserted into the disk 

 of the leaf, and not into its base. 



Peiiiciliiiormiaslfg/ftafcz, a stigma in form of a painter's pencil. 



Pentagonus caulis, a five-angled stalk. 



Pentagynia, five females, the fifth order of a class. 



Pentandria, 



