pedately 
peltate 
ped’ately cleft = PEDATIFID; ~ 
veined, = PEDATINERVED ; pedat’- 
lfid, pedatif’idus ( findo, fidi, cleft), 
divided in a pedate manner nearly 
to the base ; pedatiform’is ( forma, 
shape) = PEDATIFID ; pedatilo’bus, 
pedatiloba’tus, pedatilo’bed (AoBds, 
earlap), palmate, with supplemen- 
tary lobes at the base; peda’ti- 
nerved, peda'tinervis (nervus, a 
nerve), when the midrib stops 
short, and two strong lateral nerves 
proceed from its base, giving rise 
to others which extend only to the 
apex; pedatipar’tite, pedatiparti’- 
tus ( partitus, divided), with pedate 
venation, and the lobes nearly free ; 
pedat‘isect, pedatisec’tus (sectus, 
cut), pedately veined, the divi- 
sions nearly reaching the midrib. 
Ped’estal (pes, pedis, a foot, stela, a 
columa), the persistent base of a 
leaf which disarticulates from it, 
cf. PULVINUS. 
Ped‘icel, Pedicel'lus (pediculus, a small 
foot), (1) an ultimate flower-stalk, 
the support of a single flower ; (2) 
in Hydropterideae the sporophore ; 
pedicel'late, pedicella’tus, pedicula’- 
tus t, borne on a pedicel ; Ped’icle 
=PrpiceL; Pedicel’lulus (dim. of 
pedicellus), w filiform support to 
the ovary in certain Compositae ; 
Pedic’ulus, (1) = PEDICEL; (2) the 
stalk of the apple and other fruits ; 
(3) the filament of an anther, as ~ 
Anthe’rae. 
pediferus (pes, pedis, a foot, fero, I 
bear), furnished with a stalk or 
support (Henslow); Pedi’lis, the 
contracted upper portions of the 
calyx tube in such florets of 
Compositae as have a stipitate 
pappus ; -pedila’tus, furnished with 
a PEpiuis ; Pedun’cle, Pedunc’ulus, 
the general term for the stalk of a 
flower, it may also bear a cluster of 
single flowers ; peduncular’is, re- 
lating to a peduncle or a modifica- 
tion, as peduncular’es Cir’rhi, ten- 
drils proceeding from a peduncle ; 
pedunc’ulate, peduncula’tus, ped 
culo’sus, furnished with a footstalk ; 
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pellu’cid, pellu'cidus (Lat., 
pedunculea’nus, with a modified 
state of the peduncle (Henslow). 
Peel, the rind or skin of fruit; Grew 
spells it ‘ Pill.” 
Peg, an embryonic organ at the lower 
end of the hypocotyl of seedlings 
of Cucumis, Gnetum, etc., lasting 
till the cotyledons are withdrawn 
from the testa. 
pela’ gian = pelag’ic (7éAavyos, the sea), 
inhabiting the open ocean, as dis- 
tinct from the shores. 
pel’ios (wedz6s), black, livid. 
Pel'licle, Pellic'ula (Lat., a small 
skin), a delicate superficial mem- 
brane, epidermis; pellicular’is, 
having the character of a pellicle ; 
pelli‘tus (Lat., covered with skin), 
“skinned, deprived of skin or ap- 
parently so” (Lindley). 
trans- 
parent), wholly or partially trans- 
parent. 
pelog’enous (mnd0s, clay, yévos, off- 
spring), applied by Thurmann to 
those rocks which yield a clayey 
detritus, and the plants which 
thrive thereon ; peloph’ilous (giAéw, 
I love), Warming’s variation of the 
same ; pelopsam’mic (Wapuos, sand), 
yielding clay and sand ; pelopsam- 
mog’enous, giving rise to clayey 
sand (Thurmann). 
Pelor’ia (7e\wpios, monstrous), an ir- 
regular flower become regular by an 
exceptional development of comple- 
mentary irregularities ; irreg’wlar 
~ by the symmetric multiplication 
of the irregular portions; reg’ular 
~ by the suppresssion of the ir- 
regular parts; Pelorisa’tion, the 
process of conversion of a flower 
to a regular form, from its normal 
irregular form. 
Pel’ta (Lat., a target), (1) the round 
shield-like apothecium of Peltidea, 
ete. ; (2) a Beate attached by its 
middle, as in Peppers; pel’tafid 
(findo, fidi, to cleave), when a 
peltate leaf is cut into segments ; 
pel'tate, pelta’tus, target-shaped, as 
a leaf attached by its lower surface 
toa stalk, instead of by its margin ; 
