GLOSSARY 



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spreading like the fingers of 

 a palm. 



Palmately-lobed (leaf), simple, 

 palmi - veined, lobed leaf: 

 palmi-fid, -partite, or -sect, in 

 order of the depths of the 

 indentations. 



Panicle, branched or compound 

 raceme. 



Panicled, borne in a panicle, re- 

 sembling a panicle. 



Papilionaceous (corolla), havijig 

 a standard, wings, and keel, 

 as in the peculiar corolla of 

 many Leguminosfs. 



Papillose, bearing minute nipple- 

 shaped projections. 



Pappus, the modified calyx-limb 

 in Co»i/o.fjte,forminga crown 

 of hair at the summit of the 

 achene. 



Parasitic, growing on and de- 

 riving nourishment from an- 

 other plant or animal. 



Pari, equally, that is, without 

 terminal leaflet. 



Parietal, borne on or pertaining 

 to the wall or inner surface 

 of a capsule, as parietal 

 placenta. 



Parthenogenetic, ' developing 

 without fertilization. 



Pedate, palmately divided or 

 parted, with the lateral seg- 

 ments 2-cleft and inclined 

 towards the foot or stalk of 

 leaf. 



Pedicel, the support of a single 

 flower. 



Pedicellate, borne on a pedicel. 



Peduncle, a primary flower- 

 stalk, supporting either a 

 cluster or a solitary flower. 



Pedunculate, borne upon a ped- 

 uncle. 



Pellucid, clear, transparent. 



Peltate, shield-shaped and at- 

 tached to the support by the 

 lower surface. 



Pendulous, more or less hang- 

 ing or declined. Pendulous 

 ovule, one that hangs from 

 the side of the cell. 



Perennial, lasting year after 

 year. 



Perfect (flower), having both 

 pistil and stamens. 



Perfoliate (leaf), having tjie 

 stem apparently passing 

 through it. 



Perianth, the floral envelope, 

 consisting- of the calyx and 

 corolla (when present), what- 

 ever their form. Usually ap- 

 plied to calyx and corolla 

 both when they are of tlie 

 same colour, and when only 

 one whorl is present, calyx 

 or corolla. 



Pericarp, thewall of the matured 

 ovary. 



Perigynous, adnate to the peri- 

 anth, and therefore around 

 the ovary and not at its base. 



Persistent, long-continuous, as 

 a calyx upon the fruit, leaves 

 through winter, &c. 



Personate (corolla), bilabiate, 

 with the throat closed by a 

 prominent palate. 



Petal, a division of the corolla. 



Petaloid, coloured and resem- 

 bling a petal. 



Petiolate, having a petiole. 



Petiole, the footstalk of a leaf 



Phanerogamous or Phaenoga- 

 mous, having flowers with 

 stamens and pistils and pro- 

 ducing seeds. 



Phyllodium (pi. phyllodia), a 

 somewhat dilated petiole hav- 

 ing the form of and serving 

 as a leaf-blade. 



