partitus 



pedate 



parti'tus (Lat.) = PARTED. 



Par'tridge-wood, oak-wood destroyed 

 by Stereum (Tubeuf). 



parviflor'us (parvua, small, flos, floris, 

 a flower), having smaller flowers 

 than in its congeners ; parvifb'lius 

 (folium, a leaf), with smaller leaves 

 than the allied species; par'vus 

 (Lat.), small. 



Pas'sage Cells, cells in the exodermis 

 or endodermis of roots which 

 retain thin unaltered walls, by 

 which water can pass. 



Pas'salus (rrcWaXos, a peg), a gamo- 

 sepalous calyx. 



pas'cual (pascuum, a pasture), H. C. 

 Watson's term for plants which 

 grow in pastures and grassy 

 commons, amongst less rank herb- 

 age than "pratal " ; pas'cuus (Lat.), 

 relating to pastures. 



Pasteuriza'tion.the preservation of fer- 

 menting liquids by heating to about 

 140 Fahr., so as to germin- 

 ate and then destroy Fungi and 

 their spores contained in the fluids 

 treated (Crozier). 



Patella (Lat., a small dish), an orbi- 

 cular sessile apothecium, with a 

 marginal rim distinct from the thal- 

 lus; patellar'oid (dSos, likeness), 

 resembling a patella ; patel'liform, 

 patelliform'is (forma, shape), shaped 

 like a small dish, circular and 

 rimmed ; Patel'lula, a diminutive 

 patella ; patellulate, possessing pa- 

 tellulae. 



pa' tent, pat'ens (Lat.), spreading ; 

 patentis'simus (Lat.), extremely 

 spread out. 



pat'eriform (patera, a dish or saucer, 

 forma, shape), saucer-shaped. 



Path-fi'nders = HONEY-GUIDES, lines 

 of colour leading to nectaries. 



pathogenic, pathog'enous (irdBos, 

 suffering, disease, 7^05, race, off- 

 spring), producing disease ; Patho- 

 genelty, the quality of disease 

 giving ; Pathol'ogy (\6yos, dis- 

 course), the science of diseases ; 

 Veg'etable <~, that department of 

 botany which treats of plant dis- 

 eases. 



pat'ulous, -Jws(Lat.), slightly spread- 

 ing. 



pauciflor'ous, -rus (paucus, few, Jlos, 

 floris, a flower), few flowered; pauci- 

 fo'lius (folium, a leaf), having few 

 leaves ; paucijuga'tus (jugum, a 

 yoke), with only a few pairs of 

 leaflets in a pinnate leaf. 



pau'siacus (pausia, a kind of olive), 

 olive-green. 



pavoni'nus (Lat., pertaining to a pea- 

 cock), peacock-blue. 



pear-formed, ~ shaped, obovoid or 

 obconic with a tapering base. 



pearl-grey, " pure grey, a little verg- 

 ing to blue " (Lindley). 



Pe"brine' (Fr.), a disease of silkworms 

 caused by Nosema Bombyds, Naeg., 

 a bacterial organism ; it is also 

 named GATTINE. 



Pec'tase (TTTJKTOS, coagulated), an 

 enzyme which forms vegetable jelly 

 from pectic substances occurring in 

 the cell- wall. 



Pec' ten (Lat., a comb) $ = STERIGMA. 



pec'tic (TTTJKTOS, coagulated), relating 

 to pectin, as pec'tic Add, supposed 

 to form a large part of fruit- jelly ; 

 Pec'tin, or Pec'tine, a jelly-like sub- 

 stance in fruits ; cf. PECTOSE ; pec- 

 tina'ceous (+ aceous) ; resembling 

 pectin ; gelatinous. 



pec'tinate, pectina'tus (Lat., like a 

 comb), pinnatifid with narrow seg- 

 ments set close like the teeth of a 

 comb ; pec'tinatory, applied by De 

 Bary to two series of vascular 

 bundles whose members alternate 

 with each other as the teeth of 

 two combs, 



Pec'tose (TTTjKrds, coagulated), a sub- 

 stance allied to mucilage which 

 occurs in unripe fruits (Fre"my) ; 

 pecto'sic Acid, is associated with 

 pectic acid in fruit jelly ; Pectocel'- 

 luloses, cf. CELLULOSE. 



peda'linerved, etc. = PEDATINERVED, 

 probably a misprint in Henslow's 

 Dictionary. 



peda'lis (Lat.), a foot long or high. 



ped'ate, peda'tus (Lat., footed), in 

 botany, 'palmately divided or parted 

 with the lateral divisions two-cleft ; 



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