GLOSSARY OF BOTANIC TERMS. 



-Nutlet :— diminutive of nut, often 

 applied to the small separable 

 portions of a foiir-lobed fruit as 

 in many Laoiatce. 



Obcordate :— heart-shaped, with 



the njtch at the apex. 

 OTilate :— flattened at both ends. 

 Obovate :— ovate with the broader 



end towards the apex. 

 Ocellate :— with a patch or ring of 



colour, 

 '©create:— provided with ocrese or 



tubular stipules. 

 Octandrous :— having eight sta- 

 mens. 

 Offiaiaalis:— used of medicinal or 



other plants procurable at shops. 

 Offset:— a lateral shoot used for 



propagating. 

 Oleraceus:— of the nature of a 



potherb. 

 Operculate :— furnished with an 



operculum or lid like the corolla 



of sjme Alyrtacece, or a capsule 



which splits transversely. 8ee 



Gircumscissile. 

 Order:- a systematic group of 



genera. 

 Ornithopodus :— shaped like a 



bird's foL-t. 

 Orthotropal :— used of an ovale 



with a straight axis, the chalaza 



at the insertion, and the micro- 



pyle at the end furthest from the 



hilum, 

 Oval :— broadly elliptic. 

 Ovary:— the portion of the pistil 



containing the ovules. 

 Ovate :— shaped like an egg, the 



broader end at the base. 

 Ovule:— the young seed in the 



ovary before fertilization. 



-with 



thick 



Pachyrachis : 



rhachis. 



-Pale :— the chaff -like scales on the 

 floral receptacles of many Com- 

 jpositcB ; als > applied to the inner 

 bract or glume of the flowers of 

 grasses. 



Palmate :—lobed in the form'of a 



hand. 

 Palmatifid :— cleft in a palmate 



fashion. 

 Palmatipartite :— palmately divi- 

 ded nearly to the base. 

 Palustris :— growing in swampy 



ground. 

 Panduriform :— fiddle-shaped. 

 Panicle:— like a raceme or corymb, 



with branching pedicels. 



Paniculate :— bearing panicles. • 



Papilionaceous :— applied to the 



butterfly-shaped corolla of the 



sihovdev PapilionacscB of Legu- 



oninoseoB. 



Papillose :— covered with minute 



superficial pr )jections. 

 Pappose :— furnished with pappus. 

 Pappus :— a ring of hairs or scales, 

 which represents the calyx-limb 

 at the apex of the fruit in Com- 

 pos it ce. 

 Parasite :— a plant which grows 

 up on and obtains its nourishment 

 from another plant (its host), 

 such as Cusctda and Loranthus. 

 Parietal:— borne on or relating to 



a wall. 

 Parted :— cleft nearly to the base. 

 Patent :— spreading. 

 Pectinate :— pinnatifid like a comb, 



with narrow close-set segments. 

 Pedate :— palmately divided or 

 parted, with the lateral segments 

 two-cleft, like a bird's claw. 

 Pedicel:— one of the ultimate 

 branchlets of a compound infl o- 

 rescence. 

 Pedicellate :— bearing pedicels. 

 Peduncle :— the stalis ■ f a flower 



or of a cluster of flowers. 

 Pedunculate :— peduncled or bcrne 



on a foot-stalk. 

 Pellucid :— transparent or trans- 

 lucent. 

 Peltate :— target-shaped, applied to 

 an < rgan attached by its lower 

 surface instead of at the base or 

 by the margin, as in Cissam:pelos 

 and Nymphceaceoe. 



