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Peduncle, or flower-stalk, is a partial trunk, ee 
from ch stem, and supporting the flowers, but no 
the lea 
Pellicle, a sje thin stratum, o 
pices te or phage er when oe alinaan is inserted 
into, centre of the lower surface of the 
leaf, as in < oe nasturtium 
Pencilled, ¢ nding like a painter’ s pencil, or brush. 
<a surrounding the stem on all sides and per- 
d by it. It differs from connate, in not consist- 
in aa of two le aves; as in Eupatorium perfoliatum, or 
4\ a 
a calyx which is contiguous to the corolla, or other 
parts of the fructifica 
piste bs sere of a plant. 
rative term, to express the longer 
which remains 4 iach to othe fruit till it ripens. 
Persistent, not falling off. Those parts of a flower are 
persistent which remain till the fruit is ripe. 
a ah iemed Having the mouth of the corolla 
closed by a ara palate; as in the Toad flax, 
Antirrhin 
ponen a mesetatie the tems of a leaf. 
as in the currant. 
e. 
etter species of compound leaf wherein a simple 
ole has several leaflets attached to each side of 
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Pinnatifid, a species of simple leaf, divided transversely, 
Lad ce horizontal segments, not en to the 
dri 
Poranaalt in the form of a cone, or pyrami mid. 
~——. or cluster, consists of numerous, rather distant 
flowers, each on its own pro salar ee and all con- 
parted by one common stalk, as a bunch of currants. 
aaa rayed, 0 age corol or Saha is a com- 
d flower, consting of a disk, in which the 
ail or flor e tubular rete oes and of a 
ray, in which ne florets are irre 
— Rei immediately fron ia the root; as the 
es of the cowslip. 
Liv, ‘the 5 Srerging florets or petals oe we%g the out- 
side of radiate flowers, cymes, and 
deapinde, the end of a flower-stalk ; tae 7 base to 
which most or all the parts of frac tification are at 
tached. 
Recurved, bent back or downward. 
Reflexed, bent backward 
eae , kidn py-chaped. Heart-shaped without the 
Ratieulate, net-like. Having veins distributed like net- 
work. , 
Revolute, rolled back, or downward. 
oid, diamond-shape, sppecnching toa sigs? 
Ringent, or labiate corol, one which is irregular, m 
petalous, with the border usually divided into i | 
ene pepe ms upper, and lower lip; gaping like the 
nimal. 
Aas as sear of 
i ground and striking roots 
from the joints, ns she strawberry. 
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Scabious, rough, 
Scandent, climbing, from — to climb: plants that 
require, ip serine suppo 
hich oprings om the root, and supports 
no leaves. As in Narcissus, 
— tough, thin, and | semi-trangparent dry, and 
sonorous to the touch ; — 
Serrat od Serratures, like the 
ing towards the extremity be the a: as in the nettle 
and rose. Some leaves are doubly serrated, having 
the teeth again cut into other rte pe as in can- 
terbury bell. 
Sessile, or sitting, when a leaf grows ae ingen to the 
stem, or stalk, branch, or root, w any foot- 
st alk. A Sessile flower has no i Hie or flower- 
Das tive , and point- 
Shoat, a tubular or 0 ited portion enclosing the 
as the leaves 
Sitique, (Siliqua, L.)a pot or a ually longer 
h broad, with tw aes ae or covers, and sepa 
rated by a linear epic, 004 seeds nteranely 
fixed to both sutures, o n the common stock. 
Simple, not —— ‘branched ‘ia OR POE 
Simpl e edrense are such as have only a single leaf on the 
petiole or foot stalk not » divided, branched or com 
poun 
Sinuate, oie sinuses at the edge 
Sinus, a large rounded in ndentation : or cay. 
Sadi, an elongated age of posal commonly 
proceeding from as 
Spathe, a sheathing har opening lengthwise on one 
side, and a of one or more valves; as in the 
onion. See Spa 
Spike, a species of inflorescence, in which sessile flowers 
omm hae oct ike as in 
, Rye, Lavender, etc. 
grain is one 43 a@ spike; 4 is wnthaae ‘eaihel 
of ma 
Spur, a + share bltow projection from a flower, com- — 
monly the " 
age ei 2008 ei or banner of a papilionaceous 
res, for the a. of supporting them at their 
n vetches. Sometimes it is united 
within the base of each scale, as in 5 ee pe 
