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GLOSSARY 



PkdiceUate, Pediceled. Furnished with a 



pedicel. 

 Pediinde. A flower-stalk, whether of a 



single flower or of a flower-cluster. 

 Pedunded, Pedunculate. Furnished with a 



peduncle. 

 Peltate. Shield-shaped; applied to io, leaf, 



whatever its shape, when the petiole 



arises from the under surface. , 

 Pendent.' Hanging. 



Pendulous. Somewhat hanging or dropp- 

 ing. 

 PmicUlate,, , Tipped; with a tuft of fine hairs. 

 Penta-, in compounds, means five. 

 Perennial. Lasting froni year to, year. 

 Perfect (flower). Having both stamens and 



jpistils. 

 Perfoliate. Applied to a leaf through whose 



base the stem appears tQ pass. , 

 Perianth. The floral envelopes of tlie 



flower, especially when calyx and corolla 



cannot be distinguished. 

 Pericarp. The wall of the, ripened ovary. 



which in many cases is the wall ot the 



fruit, - 



Perigynium. The inflated sac which in- 

 closes the ovary in Carex. ,, , ,. 

 Perigynous (flower). Sepals, petals, and 



stamens arising from the rim ofia tube 



or cup surrounding the pistil or pistils. 

 Persistent. Jlernaining beyond the period 



when sucli. parts comm^only fall. ^^ 



Personate. Masked; a bilabiate 'corolla with 



a p^-ojection (palate) in the throat, as of 



the snapdragon. 

 Petal. A cpnstituent member of the corolla. 

 Petaloid. Petal-like; resembling or colqred 



like petals. 

 Petiole. The leaf-stalk. 

 Petioled. Petiolate. Furnished with , a . 



petiole. , , ) .1 ■ 



Petiolulate, Applied to a leaflet which has ^ 



its own stalk (petiolule). . ■ ., 

 Pilose. Hairy; clothed with soft slender 



hairs. 

 Pinnate (leaf). Leaflets disposed along the - 



main axis of the leaf;, feather-vejned 



(secondary veins arising from a midrib).^ 

 Pinnatelj/ lobed, cleft, parted, divided, etc. 



The varying depths of division of a pinr 



nate (|eather-veined) leaf. 

 PiniiaUfid, Same as pinnat^lycleft. ,, , 

 Pinnule. A secondary pinna; one of, .th^ 



pinnaiteljy^ ' disposed: divisions of a pinna.; 

 Pistil. The seed-bearing organ of the flower. 

 Pitted. Having small depressions or pits 



on the surface, as maUy seeds. 

 Placenta. The surface of the ovary to 



which the ovules are attached. 

 Plicate. Folded into plaits, usually length- 

 wise. 

 Plumose. Feathery; when any slender 



bodv (such as a bristle of a pappus) is 



! beset with hairs, like the beard on a ' 



■ feather. ' ' ' 



Pluri-, in compounds, means many or 



several. 

 Pod." Specially a legume; also applied to 



any sort of capsule. 

 Poly-, in compounds, means many, 

 Pdlygam.6tts. Having some perfect and 



son^e staminate and pistillate flowers, on 

 I the same'or oh different individuals. 

 Polymarphoits. Of several forms. 

 Poiypetdlous. With the petals distinct 



(whether few or many). 

 Polysepalous. When the sepals are distinct 

 PoTjie. A fleshy fruit, such as the apple, 

 , pear, haw,' etc. 



^osiertQr. On the side towards t^e axis; 

 ! s6e'lL^i^ic^.' 



Prickles. Sharp elevations of the bark, and 

 ; cdihing off with it, as of the rose. 

 |Procwm6en(. Trailing on the ground. 

 Produced. Extended or projecting, as the 



upp^r seiial of a larkspur is produced 



^bWe into a Spur. 

 Proliferous, A new branch arising from 



an older one, or one head or cluster of 



floTf^ers from another. 

 'Prdslrate^ "Lyitig flat on the ground. 

 Pruinose, Pruinate. Frosted; covered with 



a powder like hoat-frost. 

 Puberulenl.' Covered with fine and short, 

 , almost imperceptible dowri. 

 Pubescence. Fine and soft hairs' 

 Pubescent. With pubescence. 

 pulverulent. Dusted; covered apparently 



with fine powder, 

 Ptdvinaie. Cushioned, or shaped like a 



cushion. 

 Punctate. Dotted, either with minute holes 



or. apparently so. 

 Pungent.!^ Very hard and sharp-pointed; 

 , prickly-pointed. 



.Raceme. A flpwer-cluster with one-flowered 



I pedicels along the axis of inflorescence. 



itqcemose.^ Bearing racemes, or raceme-like. 



^achis. An axis bearing close-set organs; 

 especially the axis of a spike. 



iRadiate, Radiant. Furnished with ray- 



' flowers. 



Radical. ^.^elon^ng to the root, or ap- 



, parently coming front the root, 



'Rameal. Belonging to a branch. 



Ray. The mapginal flower of a head or 

 cluster when difi"erent from the rest, es- 

 pecially when ligulate; the branch of iin 

 "umbel. 



Receptacle. The more or less expanded or 

 produced end of an axis which, bears the 

 organs of a flower or the collected flowers 

 of, a head. 



Jteclined. Turned or cm*ved downwards: 

 nearly recmnbent. 



