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branches should be out off as close as 

 possible to the stem or parent branch, 

 that the wound may soon be grown 

 over. In shortening branches cut close 

 to a bud, which should he on the out- 

 side of the branch of the tree or shrub, 

 where such are alternately placed, as in 

 the Peach. Moses—It has been found 

 best to sparingly prune vigorous- 

 growing kinds, whilst the weaker- 

 growing sorts should be cut back pretty 

 close. 



Pku'num— A plum ; synonym for'"Drupa." 

 Pkunifor'mis— Approaching the form 

 of a Plum, 



Prc'kibns— Itching ; producing an itching 

 sensation. See the pods of the Cow- 

 hage {Mucuna pruriens). 



PsBu'DES— False. Thus : — Psbu'do-bulb— 

 Swollen internodes as seen in the stems 

 of some Orchidese. Psed'do-oar'pus — 

 Synonym for "Galbulus." PsEUDO- 

 oosta'tus — Where the outer veins of a 

 leaf combine, and form a line parallel 

 to the -margin. Pseudo-gtka'tus — 

 Where the annulus of a fern is sjiated 

 on the summit of the theca. Pseudo- 

 "BYme'nidm — A covering of the spores 

 of Algae, resembling the hymenium of 

 Fungi. Pseudo-perid'idm — Resembling 

 a peridium. PsBnDO-PERisio'MiUM — . 

 The external peristome, where it is 

 early obliterated. Psbudo-po'didm — 

 A leafless dilated branch, on which 

 the sessile theca of some Mosses is 

 developed. 



Psi'los — Bare. 



PsiLOSPEE'MtJJl — Bare seed, as in Strychnos 

 psilosperma, of which the seeds are 

 wanting the usual hairs of the genus. 



Psilosta'ohtus — A thin spike ; where 

 the inflorescence is in very slender 

 . spikes. 



Ptebi'dibs, Ptebid'ium — Synonym for 

 "Samara." 



Ptebido'geaphia, Ptebigraph'ia — A 

 treatise on ferns. 



Ptbbocae'poh — When a fruit is winged. 

 Ptbhocau'lis — Where a stem is 

 winged. PiEBOa'ONtJS — Where an 

 angle is winged. Ptbeoi'Deus — An 

 elevated extension of the surface, as- 

 suming a wing - like appearance. 

 Ptebo'podus — Where the petiole is 

 winged. Ptbeospbe'mus — Where a 

 seed is winged. Ptbbtg'opus — Where 

 the peduncle is winged. 



Ptt'ohodes — Synonym for "Proto- 

 plasma." 



Pd'bbett, Pubeb'tas — The period when a 

 plant first begins to produce flowers. 

 PuBBB — The period of maturation in 

 fruit. 



Pc'besobncb — Elevated extension of the 

 cellular tissue of the epidermis, assum- 

 ing the character of hair, scale, or 

 gland. Pubescent — Furnished with 

 pubescence. Pubiq'ebus — Bearing 

 pubescence. 



PtTGiON'iFOBMis— Shaped like a dagger. 

 (See leaves of Dendrobium pugioni- 

 forme, a rather common epiphyte in the 

 mountainous parts of Southern Queens- 

 land.) 



Pulohel'lds, Pdlohee, Pulohra, Pul- 

 OHRUM — Fair or beautiful, as Gasalpinia 

 p«ZcAcr)'ma,theBarbadoes flower fence. 



Pul'lds— Black. Synonym for "Coraci- 

 nus." 



PtlLPO'sus — Pulpy ; of the consistence of 

 pulp. PULPA— Pulp. 



Pulveka'obus, Pulve'kics — Powdery or 

 dusty. . Pulvekulen'tus — Dusted, 

 coated with powdery grains. PuL'vis 

 — Dust ; any light powder excreted on 

 thesurfaoe. Pulvis'culus — The powder 

 contained in the spote-cases of some 

 Fungi. 



Pdlvi'nus — A cushion. An enlargement, 

 like a swelling, on the stem immediately 

 below the leaf. Pulvina'tus, Pul- 

 vinifok'mis — Assuming the appear- 

 ance of a cushion or pillow. PuL- 

 vin'ula, Pulvin'ulus— Diminutive of 

 "Pulviuus," often applied to the 

 , branched or simple excrescences origi- 

 nating on the upper surface of the 

 thallus of some Lichens. 



Pu'milus — Dwarfiish, in comparison with 

 allied species. 



Punc'tate, Puncta'tus, Punotioula'tos, 

 PuNOllODLo'sus — Synonym for "Dot- 

 ted." Punotifor'mis — in the form of 

 a small pointed proiection, or nearly 

 reduced to a mere point. 



Pdn'geni, PnN'GENS— Very hard and 

 sharp-pointed (pricking). 



PyNi'cEOS (Scarlet)— Pure red. 



Pue'ple, Pukpuea'eius, Puepuka'tus, 

 Poepu'eeub — Of a purple colour _; blue 

 and red. Puepuras'oecs, inclining to 

 a purple colour. 



Pusil'lus (Weak and small) — Diminu- 

 tive, with respect to allied species. 



Pustola'tus, Pustulo'sus — Having con- 

 vex elevations like blisters. 



Puta'men (Shell or nut) — The endocarp, 

 when it becomes hard and bone-like, 

 as in stone fruits. Putamina'oeus — 

 Bony. 



Pyc'nos— Dense, as in Pyonooeph'alus, 

 where the flowers are densely crowded 

 in the inflorescence ; PyonosT-ACHYS, a 

 dense-flowered spike. 



PYGM-ai'us (Dwarfish)— Synonym for "Pu- 

 milus. " (See the common Coast Grass, 

 Pa/nicum pi/gmceum.) 



Pyeaoan'thus— With yellow spines. (Fire ' 

 spine.) 



Pyram'idal, Pyramid' alis — Either angu- 

 lar and tapering upwards, as a pyra- 

 mid, or used synonymously with 

 " Conical." 



Pyre'ne, Pyre'na — Synonym for "Puta- 

 men," and particularly when the puta- 

 nien consists of several distinct stones 

 or nuts, each enclosing a seed. 



Pyrena'eium, Pyrid'ium — Synonym for 

 "Pomum," more especially when the 

 endocarp is bony. 



Pyre'nooarp— Cup-shaped ascooarp, with 

 the margin incurved so as to form a 

 narrow-mouthed cavity. The same as 

 peritheoium. 



Pyc'nides are large thick-walled sperma- 

 gbnes, of which the sterigmata are 

 simple, inarticulate, tubular, tapering 

 pedicels, called "stylospores." 



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