GLOSSARY. 



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plfim'be OU8, resembling lend in color. 

 plu raose', feathery. 



plii'mule, the first bud or gemule of a young 

 plant; the bud, or growing point, of the 

 embryo above the cotyledons. 

 plu ri fo'li o late, having several or many 



leaflets. 

 p5d, a capsule, especially a legume. 

 pod ocSph'alous, having a head of Jloivers 

 on a long pcJuncle. 



pSd'o sperm, the stalk of a seed or ovule. 



point'less, destitute of any pointed tip, such 

 as a mucro, awn, acumination, etc. 



pSl'len, the fructifying cells contained in 

 the anthers. 



p51'len mSss, the united mass of pollen, as 

 in the Milk-weed and Orchij;. 



p51'len tiibe, the slender tube sent doiv: 

 throu'jh the style of the pistil, through 

 u-hich the protoplasm of the pollen cell 

 is conveyed to the ovum. 



pol li ua'tiou, the act of furnishing pollen to 

 the stigma. 



pol ITn'i um {pi. pol ITii'i a), a mass of pollen. 

 See pollen mass. 



pol y a del'phous, having the stamens in sev- 

 eral groups. 



pol y Sn'drous, having tn any stamens, — tnore 

 than twelve. 



polycar'pic, term used by T>e Candolle in 

 the sense of perennial. 



pol y cot y le'don ous, haviiig many {more 

 than two) cotyledons, as Pi7ies, 



polyg'amous, having both hermaphrodite 

 and unisexual flotvers. 



po lyg'y nous, ivith many pistils or styles. 



po lym'er ous, having many parts or mem- 

 bers in each set. 



pol y mor'phous, of several or varying forms. 



pol y pgt'al .ne, a group of dicotyledonous 

 plants having separate petals forming a 

 circle inside the calyr. 



pol y pSt'al ous, having several or many sep- 

 arate petals. 



pol y sSp'al ous, having the sepals separate 

 from each other. 



pol y sper'mous, many-seeded. 



pome, a fruit lik^ an apple. 



po mTf er ous, pome-bearing. 



p5r'rect, outstretched. 



pos te'ri or, next the axis. 



pouch, the silicle or .short pod, as of Shep- 

 herd\'i-p ur.se. 



pre co'ciou:^, flowering before the leaves. 



pre fo'li a'tion, vernation. 



pre m8rse', ending abruptly. 



prTck'les, slender thorn-like proce.swes. 



prtck'ly, bearing prickles or sharp projec- 

 tions. 



pri'mTne, the outermost of the two integu- 

 ments of an ovule. 



pri mor'di al, earliest formed. Primordial 

 leaves are the first after the cotyledons. 



pris mSt'ic. prisnt-shaped. 



prSc'ess, any projection from the surf arc or 



edge of a body. 

 pro cQm 'bent, trailing ; prostrate. 

 procQr'rent, running through, but not pro- 

 jecting. 

 pro duued', extended more than u.iual 

 pro irferous, bearing offspring, ~ applied 



to a fiOw:r ivll'il.i which another is pro- 

 duced, or to a branch or frond from 



which another ari.ses. 

 propS^'.i 1"in, a runner lerminateil by a 



germinating bud. 

 prosCn'chyma, pUml (issue made up of 



lengthened cells. 

 prSs'trate, lying flat on the ground. 

 pro tau'drou"?, pro ter Sn'drous, having the 



staincis come to maturity before the pistil. 

 pro tcr ?:.i'thous, having flowers which ap- 



pca,' before the leaves. 

 pro tcr og'y nous, pro t5g'y nous, //w/wh^ the 



pistils come '? maturity before the .<ttamens. 

 pro t'lSrii r '., pro tliSl'liis, the minute pri- 

 mary growth from the spore of ferns, 



which bears the true sexual organs. 

 pro t5ph'y ta, 07ie of the primary divisions 



of vegetable life, containing the smallest 



and simplest plants. 

 pro'to plasm, the primary organic substance 



of plants. 

 pru'inose, covered u-ith dtist or bloom, .to as 



to give the appearance of frost. 

 pter i d5i)li'y ta, a class of flowerle.'^s plants.^ 



embracing ferns, horse-tails, club mosses, 



etc. 

 pu b6r'u lent, very minutely downy. 

 pu bes'cent, covered with fine short hairs. 

 pul ver a'ceous, or piil vSr'u lent, having a 



finely powde, : / surface. 

 pul'vi nate, having the form of a cushion. 

 punc'tate, dotted with small .tpots of color, 



or with minute depressions or pits. 

 punc tlc'u late, minutely punctate. 

 pQn'gcnt, prickly-pointed ; hard and sharp. 

 pu nT'ceous, of a bri^^hl red color. 

 purpu'real, of a purple color, or bluish 



red. 

 py rSm'i dal, in the form of a cone or 



pyramid, 

 py re'na, or py'rene, a nutlet resembling a 



seed ; the kernel of a drupe. 

 pyr'iform, in the form of a pear. 

 Y>yX'ida,te, furnished with a lid. 

 pyx'is, a box which divides circular hi into 



an upper and lower half the former 



being a k-ind of lid. 



<iuad rilu'gu Inr, four-angled. 



quad ri fo'li ate, four-leaved. 



quad rlj'u gato. u-ifl, four pairs of leafieit. 



qimd ri IXt'er al, ha ring four sides. 



qui 'nate. grmring in sets of five. 



