GLOSSARY 



Perianth Applied to the leav< - oi th< fl .-. ■ : ■ 



corolla 

 Perigynium The sack-like membr; 



Carex 

 Perigynous Applied to a flower in which th 



ovary 

 Persistent Organs that remain attached after the . 

 Petal One of the inner set of flower leaves, usuallj 

 Petaloid Resembling a petal, especiallj a 

 Petiole The -talk of a leaf 

 Pilose With long soft hairs 

 Pinnate Leaves divided into leaflet 

 Pinnately In a pinnate manner 

 Pinnatifid Pinnately cleft to tin- middle or beyond 

 Pistil The central or terminal organ in a flower, containing I 

 Pistillate With pistils but without stamens 

 Plumose Having line hairs on each side like a feather 

 Plumy Feathery 



Pod A dry fruit made up of one carpel and splitting along I 

 Pollen The minute grains found in the anther 

 Puberulent With very short hair- 

 Pubescent With hairs 



Raceme A more or le>s elongated axis bearing flowers with 



Rachilla The axis of a spikelet 



Rachis The axis of a spike 



Ray One of the marginal flowers in the Asl 



Receptacle The end of a flower stalk «.r axis bearing the floral 01 



aceae bearing flowers 

 Recurved Bent back 



Regular Having the members of each part alike in size and 

 Reniform Kidney-shaped 

 Resious Bearing resin 



Retrorse Turned downward or backward 

 Rhombic In outline like a rhombus; obliquely four-sid 

 Rootstock An underground stem 

 Rotate Flat and circular in outline: wheel-shaped 

 Rush-like Resembling a rush 



Salverform Having a -lender tube, abruptly expanded 



Samara A winged fruit 



Scabrous Rough 



Scale A minute or much reduced leaf 



Scape A leafless or nearly leafless stalk bearing 



arising from the underground portion of a plant 

 Scurfy With small bran-lik the epideri 



Segment One of the part- oi t leaf or similar i 

 Sepal One of the outer set ol flowei 

 Serrate With teeth projecting forward 

 Serrulate Finely serrate 

 Sessile Without a stalk or ped 

 Sheath The part of a leaf or hat base whi< : 

 Sheathing A term applied to the manner in 

 Shrub A woody plant: -mailer than a 

 Simple Of one piece, not compound 

 Sinuate With strongly wavy m.ir.uin- 

 Spadix A fleshy axis bearin 



