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divisions of the lobes extending 

 only half-way to the midrib : 

 pedatinerved, a., ped-at'-i-nervd 

 (L. nervus, a nerve), in bot., 

 having the veins of a leaf arranged 

 in a pedate manner : pedati- 

 partite, a., pM-at'-i-part'-it (L. 

 partitus, divided), in bot., 

 having the venation of a leaf 

 pedate, and the lobes almost 

 free : pedatisect, a., ped-at'i-sekt 

 (L. sectus, cut), having the 

 veining of a leaf pedate, and the 

 divisions of the lobes extending 

 nearly to the midrib. 



pedicel, n., ped r -is>e,l (L. pediculus, 

 a small foot-stalk from pes, a 

 foot), a small, short foot-stalk of 

 a leaf, flower, or fruit ; the foot- 

 stalk or stem by which certain 

 lower animals are attached : 

 pedicellate, a., ped'-is-el'-lat, sup- 

 ported by a pedicel. 



pedicellarisB, n. plu., p%d r -i-sel- 

 ldr f 'i-e (L. pedicellus, a louse), 

 certain singular appendages 

 found in many Echinoderms, 

 attached to the surface of the 

 body, and resembling a little 

 beak or forceps supported on a 

 stalk. 



pedicle, n.,ped'i'kl (see 'pedicel '), 

 a little stem ; a pedicel. 



Pedipalpi, n. plu., ped'i-palp'-i 

 (L. pedes, feet ; palpo, I feel), an 

 Order of Arachnida, comprising 

 the scorpions, etc. : pedipalpous, 

 a., p$d'i'palp'us, having feelers 

 in the form of pincers, or armed 

 with two claws, as the scorpions. 



peduncle, n., ped-ung-l (L, ped- 

 tinculus, a little foot, a foot- 

 stalk from pes, a foot), in bot., 

 a stem or stalk which supports 

 one flower or fruit, or several ; 

 in zool., the muscular process by 

 which certain Brachiopods are 

 attached ; the stem which bears 

 the body in barnacles ; in anat., 

 applied to different prolongations 

 or appendices of the brain ; the 

 constricted attachment or neck of 

 a tumour : pedunculate, a., ped- 



Unglc'ul-at, having a peduncle ; 

 growing on a peduncle. 



pelagic, &.,p$l'ftdj'ik (Gr. pelagos, 

 the sea), growing in many distant 

 parts of the ocean ; inhabiting 

 the open ocean. 



Pelargonium, n., pel'ar-gon'i-tim 

 (Gr. pelargos, a stork, a crane), 

 a favourite and extensive genus 

 of beautiful plants, Ord. Gerani- 

 aceae, so named from the fancied 

 resemblance of their capsules to 

 the head and beak of a stork : 

 Pelargonium triste, trist'8 (L. 

 trislis, sad, mournful), a species 

 whose tuberous or moniliform 

 roots are eatable. 



pellicle, n., peV-li-Tcl (L. pellicula, 

 a small skin from peliis, skin), 

 a thin skin or film ; in bot., 

 the outer, euticular covering of 

 plants. 



pellitory, n., p$l'-lft-tir>t (Sp. 

 pelitre, the pellitory of Spain), 

 a plant from Spain, the ' Anacyc- 

 lus pyrethrum ' or ' Anthemis 

 pyrethrum y ' Ord. Compositse, 

 Sub-ord. Corymbiferse, whose 

 root is an irritant and sialogogue. 



peloria, n^pel-or'-i-a (Gr. pelorios, 

 monstrous from pelor, a mon- 

 ster), in bot., the five -spurred 

 ' Linaria vulgaris,' instead of 

 one - spurred, thus becoming 

 symmetrical so named as its 

 first discovery was deemed mar- 

 vellous ; the reversion of an 

 irregular flower to the regular 

 form: pelorisation, n., pel'-or- 

 iz-a'sJmn, the act or process of 

 the reversion of a flower, usually 

 irregular, to the regular form. 



pelta, n., p&lt'ti, (L. pelta, a 

 target), in bot., the target-like 

 apotheciuin of certain Lichens, 

 the peltidea, pelt-id'-e-a, without 

 a distinct exciple : peltate, a., 

 pZlt'-at, shield-like ; fastened to 

 the stalk by a point within the 

 margin : peltate hairs, hairs 

 which are attached by their 

 middle, or nearly so. 



pelvis, n., pelv'is (L. pelvis, a 



