DICTIONARY OF TECHNICAL WORDS. 



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MONADELPHOUS ... 



When the filament of several stamens arc united in 





one bundle. 



MONANDRODS 



A flower with. 1 stamen. 



MoNILIFORM OR 



A fruit contracted at intervals but not separating 



TORDLOSE. 



into articles. 



Moncecious or 



A plant of which the flowers arc unisexual and 



MONOICOUS. 



situated on the same stem. 



MUTICOUS 



Without appendages. 



Ovary ... ... 



The lower portion of the carpels which contain the 





ovules. 



Ovules ,,. «.. 



Condition of the seed before fertilization. 



JrALMATE ••• 



See Digitate. 



Panicle ... ... 



An inflorescence in which the axis is divided into 





branches bearing two or more fl.owers» 



Pedate ... ... 



When the^segraents or veins of leaves are at first 





temate with the two outer branches forked^ the 





outer ones again forked and so on regularly, like 





a bird's foot. 



ir EDICEL, PEDUNCLE. 



Part of the axis which immediately supports the 





fl.ower. 



Peltate ••• ... 



Disposition of an expansion, leaf, scale, &c., attach- 





ed by the centre. 



X ERIANTH 



ine norai envelope. 



Pericarp ••• 



Uovermg oi the iruit, consistmg oi the developed 





coats of the ovary. Epicarp = exterior membrane ; 





Mesocarp = middle zone which when it becomes 





jELeshy is called the Sarcocarp Endocarp = inter- 





nal membrane which lines the cavity containing 





the seeds. 



Perigonium 



Applied to the ensemble of the floral envelopes. 



Personate 



2-lipped corolla, the orifice of the tube closed by the 





palate. 



Petals ... #•• 



Name of the folioles which compose the corolla. 



Pilose ... ••• 



A surface thickly covered with long, simple hairs. 



Pinnate ... ••• 



Feathered, compared to the branches of a feather. 







Pod 



A dry, unilocular fruit dehiscent into two valves 





each containing seeds in one series. 



Pollen 



A granular material, often yellow, contained in the 





anther. Each grain or cell contains the fecundat- 





ing material or f oviUa. 



