pleurocarpous 



plurivalvis 



(/3Xa<rr6j, a bud), used of certain 

 forms oi Fungi, producing lateral 

 outgrowths serving as haustoria ; 

 pleurocai'pous, -pus (icapiros, fruit), 

 applied to those Mosses which 

 bear their fructification on lateral 

 growths, cf. ACROCARPOUS ; pleuro- 

 dis'cous (dloKos, a quoit), when an 

 appendage is attached to the sides 

 of a disc ; pleurogy'rate, pleuro- 

 gyraftus (yvpos, round), when Fern- 

 sporangia have the annulus hori- 

 zontal; pleurogyn'ius, pleurogyn'us 

 (yvvTj, a woman), used when a 

 glandular or tubercular elevation 

 rises close to or parallel with 

 the ovary ; pleuroplas'tic (TrXaaros, 

 moulded), Prantl's term for a leaf 

 in which the central portion first 

 attains permanency, the meristem 

 being marginal ; pleurorhi'zal, -zus 

 (j>lfa, a root), when an embryo has 

 its radicle against one edge of the 

 cotyledons, which are then accum- 

 bent ; Pleur'osperms (<rirepiw, a 

 seed), Angiosperms which began 

 with chalazogamy, but have be- 

 come porogamous (Nawaschin) ; 

 adj. pleurosper'mic ; Pleurospor- 

 ang'ium (a-iropd, a seed, dyyewv, a 

 vessel), a sporangium which pro- 

 duces pleurospores ; Pleur'ospore, 

 a spore formed at the sides of a 

 basidium in Basidiomycetes (Van 

 Tieghem) ; pleurotri'bal, or pleur'o- 

 tribe (Tpifiw, I beat), used of flowers 

 whose stamens are adapted to de- 

 posit their pollen upon the sides of 

 insect- visitors. 



plexeoblas'tus $ (7rXe'ts, a knitting, 

 Xa<rr6s, a bud), when cotyledons 

 rise above ground in germination, 

 but do not assume the appearance 

 of leaves ; plex'us (Lat., a twining), 

 a network. 



Pli'ca, pi. Pli'cae (plico, I fold or 

 plait), (1) a plait or folding; (2) 

 the lamella in Fungi ; (3) a disease 

 of entangled twigs, the buds pro- 

 ducing abnormally short shoots ; 

 pli'cate, plica 'tus, folded into plaits 

 usually lengthwise ; plicat'ilis (Lat. ), 

 the property of folding together ; 



Plica'tion, a fold or folding ; plic'a- 

 tive, plicati'vus = PLICATE ; Plic'a- 

 ture, a fold or doubling ; plicat'u- 

 late, the diminutive of plicate 

 (Crozier); pli'cifonn (forma, shape), 

 plait-like. 



Plococar'pium (TrXo/n), a tress, Kapvos, 

 fruit) = FOLLICLE ; Plopocar'pium, 

 an error for the last. 



Plum-pock'ets = BAG-PLUMS. . 



Plumba'gine, a crystalline principle 

 in the roots of Plumbago. 



plumb'eus (Lat., leaden), lead -col- 

 oured. 



pluma'tus (Lat.), feathered, pinnate. 



Plume (Lat., the down of a feather), 

 Grew's term for the PLUMULE; plu'- 

 mose, plumo'sus (Lat.), feathered, 

 as the pappus of thistles. 



Plu'mule, Plu'mula (Lat., a little 

 feather), the primary leaf-bud of 

 an embryo. 



plur-, plu'ri (Lat.), used as a prefix 

 for many or several, as plurilocular, 

 many-celled, etc. 



Plur-an'nual ( + ANNUAL), L. H. 

 Bailey's word for an annual plant, 

 which is so only by being killed by 

 the cold at the end of the season, 

 as Reseda odorata, Linn.; pluri- 

 cel'lular( + CELLULAR),many-celled; 

 plu'riceps (-ceps from caput, a head), 

 with more than one head, as many 

 roots ; plurifo'liate, plurifo'lious 

 (folium, a leaf), having several 

 leaves ; plurifo'liolate, with several 

 or many leaflets ; pluriflor'ous, -rus 

 (flos, floris, a flower), with several 

 flowers; plurUoc'ular,;?fam7ocw/aVt3 

 (loculus, a little place), many- 

 celled ; pluripar'tite, pluriparti'tus 

 (partitus, divided), deeply divided 

 into several nearly distinct por- 

 tions; pluripet'alous (ir^raXov, a 

 flower-leaf), polypetalous ; pluri- 

 sep'tate (septum, an enclosure), 

 with several partitions ; pluri- 

 spor'ous (ffTTopa., a seed), having 

 two or more seeds ; pluriv'alent 

 (valens, strong), used of nuclear 

 divisions in which each element is 

 composed of two normal elements 

 (Haerker) ; plurival'vis ( + VALVA), 



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