GLOSSARY 257 
Palate, a projection in the throat 
of a corolla. 
Palet, one of the bracts which 
subtend the flowers in a grass 
spikelet. 
Papilionaceous, butterfly-shaped, 
like the corolla of the sweet pea. 
Papillose, covered with papille or 
minute projections, like the 
human tongue. 
Pappus, tufts of hair or other ob- 
jects, representing the limb of the 
calyx in Composite (Fig. 80). 
Peltate 
Peltate, shield-shaped, that is with 
the stalk attached somewhere 
within the circumference of the 
leaf or other organ. 
Perfoliate, with the stem appar- 
ently growing up through a leaf, 
as in some honeysuckles. 
Persistent, not deciduous. 
Pinnatifid, pinnately cleft. 
Pistillate, having pistils but not 
stamens. 
Plumose, feathered, as the pappus 
of thistles (Fig. 31). 
Pubescent, clothed with soft hair, 
downy. 
Punctate, marked with dots, de- 
pressions, or translucent glands. 
Reflexed, bent or turned abruptly 
downward or backward, 
Root parasite, a plant parasitic on 
the roots of another. 
Sagittate, arrow-shaped. 
Scape, a leafless flower stalk aris- 
ing from the ground, as in the 
dandelion and cyclamen. 
Scarious, thin, dry, and membra- 
nous, not green. 
Sessile, without a stalk. 
Simple (stem), unbranched. 
Spadix, a spike with a fleshy axis, 
like that of the Indian turnip or 
the ‘‘calla.”’ 
Spathe, a large bract which incloses 
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a flower cluster, often a spadix. 
Staminate, having stamens only. 
Standard, the posterior petal of a 
papilionaceous corolla. 
Sterile: (1) barren, asa flower with- 
out a pistil or an antherless sta- 
men; (2) staminate or male, said 
of flowers. 
Striate, marked with fine longitudi- 
nal parallel lines. 
Sub- (in composition), somewhat, 
as subglobose. 
Subtend, to extend beneath as a 
bract in the axil of which a 
flower is borne. 
Succulent, fleshy or juicy. 
