224 GLOSSARY. 



Ogiairop&ds or OrM»8p(rf-(ovale or seed) : p. 122, 135, fig.?70, 274. 



Osseous ; of a bony texture. 



Oaal : broadly elliptical ; p. 88. 



Ovary : that part of the pistil containing the ovules or future seeds j p. 86, 116. 



Oeate : shaped like an egg with the broader end downwards, or, in plane sur- 



- ' faces> sdch' as leaves, like the section of an egg lengthwise ; p. 58, fig. 89, 

 Oroid: ovate or oval in a solid form. 

 OouU: tli£ body wbieb is destined to become a seed ; p. 66, li6, 122. 



Palea (plural pcdem) : chaff; the inner husks of Grasses ; the chaff or bracts on 

 the receptacle of many Compositte, as Coreopsis, fig. 220, and Sunflower. 



Paleaceous : furnished with chaff, or chaffy in texture. 



Palmate : when leaflets or the divisions of a leaf all spread from tbe apex of liie 

 petiole, like the hand with the outspread fingers ; p. 167, fig. 129, &c. 



Palmately (veined, lobcd, &c.) : in a palmate manner; p. 57, 63, 65. 



PandUfiform ;■ fiddle-shaped (which see). 



Panicle : an open cluster ; like a raceme, but more or less compound ; p. 81, 

 %. 163. - 



Panicled, Paniculate : arranged in panicles, or like a panicle. 



Papery : of about the consistence of letter-paper. 



Papilionaceous : butterfly-shaped ; applied to such a corolla a^ that of the Pea 

 and the Locust-tree; p. 105, fig. 217. 



Papilla (plural papillx) : little nipple-shaped protuberances. 



Papillate, Papillose: covered with papillae. 



Pappus : thistle-down. The down crowning the achenium of the Thistle, and 

 other Compositse, represents the calyx ; so the scales, teeth, chaff, as well 

 as bristles, or whatever takes the place of the calyx in this family, are called 

 the pappus; fig. 292-296, p. 130.. 



Parallil-oeiiied, or nerved (leaves) ; p. 55, 56. 



Pdrdphyses! jointed filaments mixed with the antheridia of Mosses. (Manual. 



. p. 607.) r • 



Parenchyma: soft cellular tissue of plants, like -the green pulp of leaves. 



Parietal (placentae, &c.) : attached to tbe walls {parietes) of the ovary or pen- 

 carp; p. 119, 120. 



Parted: separated or cleft into parts almost to the base ; p. 62. 



Partial involucre, same as an involueel : partial petiole, a division of a main leaf- 

 stalk or the stalk of a leaflet : partial peduncle, a branch of a peduncle : par- 

 tial umbd, an umbellet, p. 81. 



Patent : spreading ; open. Patulous : irtoderately spreading. 



Pauci; in composition: few; as pauciflorous, feW-flowered, &c. 



PeoJf-sAnperf: solid obovate, the shape of a pear. 



Pectinate : pinnatifid or pinnately divided into narrow and close divisions, like 

 the teeth of a comb. 



Pedate : like a bird's foot ; palmate or palmately cleft, with the Bide divisions 

 again clSft, as in Viola pedata, &c. 



Pedately clefl, lobed, &c. : cut in a pedate way. 



Pedicel: the stalk of each particular flower of a cluster ; p, 78, fig. 156. 



Pedicellate, Pedicelled: furnished with a pedicel. 



