GLOSSARY. 



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5flf'set, n short, prostrnte shoot, uhirh takct 



root and produces a iuj't of leavei). 

 ol er a'«eou8, esculent, as a pot herb. 

 ol i gSn'drous, having few stamens. 

 ol J va'ceous, olive-green; resembling the 



olive. 

 o'o phore, an alternately produced form of 

 certain cryptogamous plants, which bear 

 opposite fructifying organs. 

 o'o pho rtd'i uui, the spore-case containing 



the larger female spores. 

 opaque', dull, not shining. 

 o per'cu lar, having a lid. 

 6p'po site, set over against each other, but 

 separated by the whole diameter of the 

 stem ; placed directly in front of another 

 part or organ. 

 6p pos'i ti fo'li ous, placed opposite a leaf. 

 or bic'u lar, or or bTc'u late, having a circu- 

 lar or nearly circular outline. 

 or chi da'ceous, like an Orchid inform. 

 8r'der, a group below Class. 

 6r'gau, any member of a plant, as a leaf, a 



stamen, etc. 

 or ga iiog'ra phy, a description of the organs 



of (I plant. 

 or'thos'ti clious, straight-ranked. 

 or thot'ro pons, having the axis of an ovule 

 or seed straight from the hilum or chalaza 

 to the orifice. 

 Ss'se ous, bony ; hard, as the peach-stone. 

 out'growth, growth from the surface of a 



leaf, petal, etc. 

 o'val, shaped like the longitudinal section of 



an egg. 

 o'va ry, that part of the pistil containing the 



ova. 

 o'vate, oval. 



o'void, resembling an egg in .'shape. 

 o'vule, the yoitng seed. 



P. 



pSl'ate, a projection of the lower lip of n 

 labiate corolla into the throat, as in Snap- 

 dragon, etc. 



pa'le a, chajf, or chaff-like bract. 



pa le a'ceous, chaffy ; having palea. 



pa le'o la, a diminutive palea. 



pa le'o late, having paleoltr, or narrow palerp. 



I'STet, same as jtalea. 



pSl'inate, lobed so that the sinu.tr s point to 

 the a per. 



pal mSt'i fid, palmate, with the divisions .lep- 

 arated but little more than half way to the 

 common renter. 



pal mSt'i lobed, palmate, with the divisions 

 .separated not half way to the common 

 center. 



pal mSt'i sect, divided down to the midrib. 



pSl'mi veined, having veins or nervr.i erf end- 

 ing toward the aprr. 



pSl'u dose, living in n)arshe.<s. 



pan dil'ri form, fidd/e-'!hai>/;d. 



pSn'i clc, a branching raceme. 



pSn'i cled, or pan Tc'u late, having panicles. 



pSn'nose, covered with a felt of wooly 



hair. 

 pa'pery, of about the lonsistence of letter 



paper. 

 pa pll'io na'ceous, resembling the butterfly. 

 papiria(;>/. papTl'lie), little nipple-shaped 



protuberancrs. 

 pSp'il late, or pap'il lose, covered with pap- 



ill(v ; rrsembling papilhe. 

 pSp'pus, the scales, awns, or bristles which 



represent the calyx in Compositae. 

 pap y ra'ceous, of t/ie consistence of paper ; 



papery. 

 pSr'al lel-veined, having the veins or nerves 

 extending from the base of the leaf to the 

 apex, parallel to the midvein. 

 parSph'ysis, a minute-jointed filament 

 among the archegonia and anther idia 

 of mosses. 

 pSr'asite, a plant obtaining nourishment 

 immediately from another plant, to which 

 it attaches itself. 

 pargy'chy ma, soft cellular substance of a 

 tissue, like the pulp of leaves, having no 

 wood fibve. 

 pa reu'chy mal, consisting of parenchyma. 

 par eu chym'a tons, pertaining to the paren- 

 chyma of a tissue or organ. 

 parl'etal, attached to the main icall of the 



ovary. 

 pSr i pTn'nate, having an equal number of 



leafirts on each side, with no odd leafiei. 

 part'ed, deeply divided into parts. 

 par'the nogSn'e sis, the proiluction of seed 



without fertilization. 

 par'tial Tn'vo In ere, a .secondary or .wiall 



invoh/rre ; involurel. 

 par'tial pedun'cle. a branch of a peduncle. 

 par'tial pSt'i ole, a division of a main leaf- 

 stalk, or the stalk of a leafiet. 

 par'tial ilm'bel, an umbellet. 

 par tT'tion, a wall in a capsule, anther, etc. 

 patSlliform, disk-,shaped, like the patella, 



or knee-pan. 

 pSt'ent, aide open ; spreading. 

 pSt'u Ions, half open ; expanded. 

 peSr'-shaped. obovoid, and larger above. 

 pSc'ti nate, having teeth like a comb ; finely 



pinnatifid. 

 pSd'ate, shaped like a bird's foot. 

 p6d'i<;e]. a stalk which supports one finwer 

 or fruit, uhrthrr .solitary or one of mnnii 

 nltimatr divisions of a common peduncle. 

 p8d'i rSled, ped i cJl'late, having a pedicel; 



.snppovled on a pedicel. 

 pe dfln'cle, a flower -stalk supporting a single 



fiower or fiouer-cluster. 

 pe lo'ri a, an abnormal return to regnlnrify 

 and symmetry in an irregular fiower. 

 romutouest in Sunpdragon. 

 pe lo'ric, abnormally regular or symmetrical. 

 pSl'tate, shield-shaped. 



