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Paleaceous; chaffy ; of a chaffy texture,— 
or furnished with chaff- like scales. 
Panduriform; fiddle-shaped ; chiang, with 
the sides contracted, like a violin. 
anieled, vei eas — 3 the 
or paniculate; disposed in 
form of a a 
ones more or less sokioeting by rgd eaetin 
pte beh and from their form, denomina- 
a Pog having the surface | Pent 
Mover with dots, or r points, like 
The crown of the frnit,—being | Penta 
or free ion of an adhe- 
segmen 
rent calyx, in the Composit, an 
d some 
other a Re jhairy-like or plu- 
op es e form of minute 
ea "7 aie growing on, or deriving 
der, Mistletoe from, another plant; as Dod. 
Parasitic; being or relating to, a Parasite. 
Parénchyma. The soft a, cellular 
the 
as 
vasenlar 
, parietes). The proces 
shell, i circum. 
scribes the he ny of a Boe eee 
Parietal; affixed capi to, the 
paries or outer mes ‘of the -eell of a 
ethane ee When the placentz 
sae ov pon the 2walls, instead of the 
as, ovary or ericarp. 
divided deeply, almost to the 
Purial; a term applied to constituentspor- 
_ tions of a ere psa 
Partition Dissepimen 
ven fine larly a 
nate; y, regu and deeply 
eleft, so as to resemble the teeth of a 
Pedate\eaf. Like a bird's foot; divided 
‘nearly to the fea tg in narrow segments, 
with the lateral ones dive: 
Ea ose a. ipeawude® the ultimate 
branch te vision (next to the ph or | 
Peri 
ee the feria = little plates 
GLOSSARY. 
; haying, or being supported 
edicel. 
Prcuacter asimple flower stem; also th 
ommeon foot-stalk of a dimpeciid inflo. 
tosanee! : 
Ped tuncula te; having a peduncle; not sessile. 
pervious to light. 
“thy 
which it ‘ie 
Peltate; i=. i secldo — — 
aflixed to r surface, 
the ma 
Peneil- ors one resembling a painter's pen- 
cil o little brush. 
anging at 
one pes ates ee joastie 
Pendulous ovules 0 en? when their di- 
rection is Sorte! whwards, 
tagonal; having 5 ang! 
agynous; ha 
Pentimerous; composed of 5 parts. 
entindrous; having 5 ni 
ypetalous; having 5 petals. 
fon, last; the one 
next to 
Pepo; an tidebiocone fleshy or internally 
pulp = t; ui usually ¢ mposed of 3 car- 
pels invested b , and with 
a San sory as the Melon, &e. 
rected nea i or running the 
ay thro 
— 
tal; ivieg more than two years, 
and ‘for an Indefate 
cafaliict ate; having the stem apparently 
fe arora Rept sian oe leaf. 
Peri p th ed vessel, or fruit; the 
na 
Pe m; meyer an the aiirty ota 
the Gower ised ta 
is both cal and corolla, but ‘fen “used 
synonymously hie! 
Perigynium; the sac (formed by the the union 
a: 2 be an which encloses the ovary 
a Tese 
thus surro ‘citer the pist 
Peripherical; fixed or coiled round the 
circumference, or 
Périsperm: ad sods tee hasty BONDE - 
to, sarmnting, the omibeye ay" 
sing ince a h allawmen—which see, ~ 
Pert e; the vere of teeth bristle, 
