Pendent. Hanging downward. 
Pendulous. More or less hanging or declined. 
Perfect. Said of a flower with both stamens and pistil. Page x11. 
Perianth, The calyx and corolla of a flower considered as a 
whole. 
Persistent. Long-continuous, as leaves through the winter, 
calyx on the fruit, etc. 
Petal. One of the divisions of a corolla. Page xu11. 
Petiolate. Having a petiole. 
Petiole. The stem or stalk of a leaf. 
Petiolulate. Having a petiolule. 
Petiolule. The stem or stalk of a leaflet. 
Pilose. Wairy with long, soft hairs. 
Pinnate. Compound, with the leaflets arranged along both sides 
of a common petiole. 
Pistil, The seed-bearing organ of a flower, normally consisting 
of ovary, style and stigma. Page x1. 
Pistillate. Provided with a pistil, but usually without stamens. 
Pith. The softer central part of a twig or stem. Page xv1. 
Pellen. The fecundating grains borne in the anther. 
Polygamo-dioecious. Sometimes perfect, sometimes unisexual, 
both forms borne on different individuals. 7 
Polygamo-monoecious. Sometimes perfect, sometimes  uni- 
sexual, both forms borne on the same individual. 
Polygamous. Sometimes perfect, sometimes unisexual, both 
forms borne on the same or on different individuals. 
Pome. A fleshy fruit, as the apple. 
Posterior. The back side of a flower, next to the axis of in- 
florescence. 
Prickle. A small spine growing from the bark. 
Puberulent. Minutely pubescent. 
Puberulous. Minutely pubescent. 
Pubescence: A covering of short, soft hairs. 
Pubescent. Covered with short, soft hairs. 
Punctate. ‘Dotted with translucent or colored dots or pits. 
Raceme. A simple inflorescence of flowers on pedicels of equal 
length arranged on a common, elongated axis (rachis). 
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