GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



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Plurildcular ; several-celled. 

 PocuUform : deep cup-shaped. 

 Pod: a diy dehiscent fruit, 315. 

 Pddospenn; seed-stalk, 297. 

 Podostemacese, 471. 

 Pointless : see Mutic6us. 

 Pointletted: same as Apiculate. 

 Polemoniacese, 453. 

 Pollen : the contents of the anther, 223, 



285. 

 Pollen-tube, 286, 302. 

 Pollinia : pollen-masses, 286, 489. 

 PoUiniferous : bearing pollen. 

 Poly-, in Greek compounds : numerous. 

 Polyadelphia, 513. 

 Polyaddphous : having the filaments in 



several sets, 280. 

 Polyandria, 512. 

 Polydndrous : with numerous stamens, 



especially when inserted on the 



receptacle, 242, 280. 

 PoJydntkous : many-flowered. 

 Pofycdrpic: fruiting many times, i.e. 



year after year; perennial, 101. 

 PoIuc^phcUous : bearing many heads. 

 Pglycladous ; much-branched. 

 Poljjceccous : of several cocci. 

 PolycotyUdonous : having several cotyle- 

 dons, 79, 326. 

 Polygalacea;, 411. 

 Polygamia, 513, 515. 

 Polygamous : having both perfect and 



separated flowers, 262. 

 Polygonacese, 465. 

 Polygonous : many-angled. 

 Polygyna, 515. 

 Polyyynous: with numerous pistils or 



styles, 287. 

 Polymerous: foi;med of many members. 

 Polym6rphous : various in form. 

 Polypdalous: having distinct petals, 



249, 275. 

 Pdlyphore : a common receptacle of 



many carpels, as in Strawberry. 

 Polypkyllous ; many-leaved or several- 

 leaved, 275. 

 Poly podiacess, or Polypodinese, 501 . 

 Polyrhizal: many-rooted. 

 Polys€palous : of two or more distinct 



sepals, 249, 275. 

 Polysptfrmous : many-seeded. 

 Polysporous: containing many spores. 

 Polyste'monous : with many stamenjs. 

 Pome: an apple, pear, &c., 312. 

 PomCEB, or Pomaceae, 416. 

 Pomegranate, 418. 

 Pomiferous : pome-bearing. 

 Pomdlogy : the department of Botany 



relating to fruits. 

 Pontederiacese, 495. 

 Porose: porous, having holes. 

 Portulacaceee, 396. 



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Posterior (in the flower) : next the com- 

 mon axis, 237. 



Pdsticous : same as extrorse. 



Potato, 456, 455. 



Pouch: see Silicle, 317. 



Prceflaration : same as ^Estivation, 269. 



PrcefoUation : same as Vei-nation, 143. 



Prcemdrse : as if bitten off. 



Prickly : armed vdth 



Prickles, 52. 



Primine : outer coat of the ovule, 298. 



Primdrdial leaves, 143 ; utricle, 26. 



PrimulaceEe, 443. 



Prismatic, prismatical : with flat longi- 

 tudinal faces, separated by angles. 



Process : any projection from a surface. 



Procumbent: lying along the ground, 

 102. 



Produced : prolonged or extended. 



Pro-Embryo, 338. 



Proliferous (bearing offspring) : develop- 

 ing new branches, flowers, &,c. from 

 the older ones, or from unusual 

 places. 



Prone : lying face downwards. 



Proper juices, 57. 



Pros^nchyma, 41. 



Pros€nthesis, 236. 



Prostrate : lying flat on the ground, 102. 



Proteacege, 468. 



Proteine, 27, 53, 57, 196. 



Proterdnthous : where flowers are pro- 

 duced earlier than the leaves. 



Proihdllus, or prolothallus, 338. 



Protophytes : Algse and Lichenes are- 

 so called. 



Prdtoplasm, 26, 53, 57, 196. 



Prilinate, pruinose : as if frosted over; 



Pruniform : plum-shaped. 



Pseudo-bulb : a kind of corm, as of epi- 

 phytic Orchidacese. 



Pseudo-parasitic: same as epiphytic. 



Pterocdrpous : wing-fruited. 



Pteroid: wing-like. 



Pvh£scent : clothed with soft or downy 

 hairs, or pubescence, 



Pugidnifarm : dagger-shaped. 



Pulque, 491. 



Pulse, 413. 



Pulveraceous, or pulvii-ulent: dusty or 

 powdery on the surface. 



PiUvinate : cushioned. 



Pulmnus (a cushion) : an enlargement 

 at or below the base of a leafstalk. 



Pumpkin, 423. 



Punctate : dotted as if by punctures. 



Pungent: pricking; rigid-pointed. 



Pustulate: blistered. 



Putdmen: the stone or shell of a drupe,. 

 310, 312. 



Pyrinoe: the stones of small drupes;, 

 same as nucules. 



