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VOCABULARY. 



Pectinate, comb-shaped, with the seg- 

 ments very numerous, close and 

 narrow like the teeth of a comb. 



Pedate, the same as palmate, except 

 the two lateral lobes are divided. 



Pedicels, 80 



Peduncle, 80 



Peltate 62 



Penicillate, or pencillate, resembling 

 the painter's pencil, as the sum- 

 mit of the style of some Compo- 

 sitae 



Pendxdous, hanging, 93 " 



Pepo, 100 



Perennial, lasting several years 



Perfoliate, stem passmg through the 

 leaf 



Perianth, 70 



Pericarp, 94 



Perigynous, 81 



Perisperm, covering of the seed 



Permanent, remaining 



Persistent, not falling off 



Personnaie, 72 



Petal, 71 



Petaloid, like a petal 



Petaloidece, Endogenous plants, hav- 

 ing a perianth like petal 



Petiole, 68 



Phyllodium, 67 



Pilose, hairy 



Pinnate, 65 



Pinnatifid, with deep, regular, margi- 

 nal incisions 



Pistils, 86 



Pitcher-shaped, (see urceolate) 



Pith, 41 



Pitted, having numerous small, shal- 

 low depressions 



Placenta, 87 



Plaited, folded lengthwise, like the 

 plaits of a folded fan 



Plumose, consisting of long hairs, 

 which are themselves hairy. 



Plumula, 102 



Pollen, 80 and 84 

 " grains 84 

 " masses, 125 

 " tubes, 121 



Polycarpous, bearing fruit many times 



Polydelphous, 81 



Polypetalous, 71 



Polyphore, 91 



Polysepalous, 71 



Pomum, 100 



PremoTse, the same as Truncate, ex- 

 cept the termination is ragged 

 _ and irregular. 



Prickles, 35 



Primine, 92 



Procumbent, spread over the surface 

 of the ground 



Prosenchyma, 17 



Prostrate, lying flat upon the ground 

 Pubescent, downy, covered with short, 



weak, dense hairs 

 Pulverulent, powdery, covered with a 



fine bloom 

 Punctate, dotted 

 Putamen, 94 

 Pyxidium, 98 



Q. 



Quartine, 92 

 Quinnate, five leaved 

 Quintine, 92 



R. 



Raceme, 79 



Racemose, like a raceme 



Rachis, 76 and 80 



Radiate, diverging from a center, as 



the ligulate florets of a compound 



flower. 

 Radical, arising from the root. 

 Radicle, 102-103 

 Radii, 78 

 Raphe, 93. 

 Rayjlorets, 77. 

 Receptacle, 80 and 91. 

 Reclinate, bent down upon the stalk. 

 Recurved, suddenly bent backwards.' 

 Refiexed, same as recurved. 

 Regma, 98. 

 Reniform, resembling the figure of a 



kidney. 

 Reparid, having an uneven, slightly 



sinuous margin. 

 Replum, 96. 

 Respiration, 111, 

 Resupinale, inverted in position by a 



twisting of the stalk. 

 Reticulate, netted, covered with lines 



which intersect each other. 

 Retrorse, turned backwards, 

 Retuse, terminating in a round end. 

 Revolute, rolled backwards. 

 Rhizoma, 48. 

 Rhomboid, oval, a little angular in the 



middle. 

 Ringent, (see personate.) 

 Rosaceous, 72. 

 Rostrum, 75. ' 



Rotate, 71. 

 Root, 45. 

 Root stalk, 48. 

 Rufous, reddish brown. 

 Rugose, covered with reticulated lines, 



the spaces between which are 



convex. 

 Ruminated. 104. 

 Ruptured, 95. 



Sagittate, 64. 

 Salver-shaped, 

 teriform. 



72, same as hypocra- 



