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PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND 



NECTAEY, the organ in which honey or 



nectar is secreted. 

 Node, that part of a stem from which 



leaves, branches, or leaf-buds are 



given off. 



Nodule, a small knot, or rounded body. 

 Nut, a hard, one-seeded fruit, with woody 



covering. 



OBOVATE, applied to leaves that are 



ovate, with the broader part towards 



the apex. 



Obscure, uncertain, hidden. 

 Obsolete, scarcely apparent, almost 



vanished. 



Obtuse, blunt or rounded at the end. 

 Orbicular, applied to a leaf with a, 



circular outline. 

 Osmosis, the mixing of liquids through a 



membrane separating them. 

 Ovary, that part of the pistil which 



contains the ovules, v. p. 43. 

 Ovate, egg-shaped, applied to a solid 



body, as a fruit, and to leaves. 

 -Ovule, the young seed in the ovary. 



v. p. 43. 



PALMATE, applied to leaves with five 



lobes. 

 Papillae, soft superficial glands or 



protuberances. 



Papillose, covered with papillae. 

 Pappus, thistledown, the tufts of hairs 



on achenes or fruits, the calyx of 



coniposite florets. 

 Parasite, v. p. 20. 

 Pedicel, a flower-stalk, the support of a 



single flower. 

 Peduncle, the general name for the stalk 



of a flower or flower-cluster. 

 Pedunculate, on a peduncle. 

 Pellicle, a small skin, the outer cuticular 



covering of plants. 



Pellucid, partially or wholly transparent. 

 Peltate, target-shaped, applied to leaves 



attached by their lower surface to the 



stalk, instead of by the margin. 

 Perianth, v. p. 45. 



Perigynous, inserted round the ovary. 

 Persistent, remaining till the part which 



bears it is wholly matured as the 



leaves of evergreens. 

 Petal, v. p. 44. 

 Petaloid, like a petal, having a floral 



envelope resembling petals. 

 Petiole, the footstalk of a leaf. 

 Phanerogamic, v. pp. 49, 428. 

 Phylloclade, a flattened branch assuming 



the form and function of a leaf. 

 Phyllode, a petiole taking on the form 



and function of a leaf. 

 Pinnate, with leaflets arranged along each 



side of a common petiole. 

 Pinnate-partite, pinnately parted, with 



the lobes extending more than half- 

 way to the mid-rib. 

 Pinnatifid, cut into lobes extending about 



half-way from the margin to the mid- 

 rib. 



Pitted, marked with small depressions. 

 Pistil, v. p. 43. 



Placenta, the organ which beai's the 



ovules in an ovary. 

 Placentiferous, bearing placentae. 

 Plumose, feathery, as the pappus of 



thistles. 

 Pollen, v. p. 43. 

 Pollination, v. pp. 43, 44. 

 Pollinia, v. p. 112. 

 Polymorphic, with several or various 



forms. 

 Pome, an inferior fruit of several cells, 



of which the apple is the type. 

 Protandrous, having the anthers mature 



before the pistils in the same flower. 

 Protogynous, having the pistils receptive 



before the anthers have ripe pollen. 

 Puberulous, minutely downy with hairs. 



QUADBATE, four-sided, square, or nearly 

 square. 



RACEME, an inflorescence in which the 

 flowers are born on pedicels along a 

 single, undivided axis. 



Racemose, haying racemes, raceme-like. 



Radical, applied to leaves or flowers 

 springing from or very near the root- 

 stock. 



Radicle, the rudimentary root of the 

 embryo. 



Receptacle, the point of the peduncle 

 (above the calyx) upon which corolla, 

 stamens, and ovary are inserted ; also 

 applied to the axis upon which a 

 head of capitate flowers is situated. 



Regular, uniform, symmetrical. 



Revolute, having the margins rolled out- 

 wards. 



Rhachis, or rachis, the axis of an inflores- 

 cence, or of a compound leaf. 



Rhizome, a stem of root-like appearance, 

 prostrate or underground, producing 

 roots below and stems above. 



Rosulate, collected into a rosette. 



SAGITTATE, applied to a leaf shaped like 



an arrow head. 

 Saprophyte, a plant which lives upon 



dead organic matter. 

 Scandent, climbing. 

 Scape, a leafless flower-stalk arising from 



the ground. 

 Sepal, v. p. 45. 



Sepal oid, resembling a sepal. 

 Series, a row. 

 Serrate, with regular pointed teeth, like 



a saw. 



Sessile, without a stalk. 

 Simple, consisting of a single piece. 

 Spadix, a spike with a fleshy axis. 

 Spathe, a large bract enclosing a flower- 

 cluster. 

 Spathulate, oblong, with the lower part 



narrow and tapering. 

 Spike, an inflorescence bearing sessile 



flowers along a common axis. 

 Spinulose, with minute spines. 

 Sporadic, occurring here and there in a 



scattered manner. 



