Miscellaneous. 

 Placenta 



Plaited 



Plantain 



Planting 



Plasmodium 

 Platano 

 Pleuropneu- 

 monia 



Plicate 

 Plough pan 



Plucking 

 Plumose 

 Plumule 

 Pod 



Pol (Ceylon) 

 Pollard 



Polled 

 Pollen 



Pollination 



Pollinium 



Polyadelphous. 

 Polygamous .. 



Pome 



Pomiform 



Pomology 



Poochie 



Poonac 



Pore 



Posticous 



Potato 



Poudrette 



Prehensile 

 Pricker 



Primary bran- 

 ches 



Process 



Procumbent .. 

 Produced 

 Premorse .. 



Promotion nut 



Prophylla 



Proteid 



Protoplasm 



Pruinose 



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. Cushion on which the 

 ovules are borne 



. Folded several times 



. Musa sapientum 



, Cultivating with hired 



labour 

 Body of a slime fungus 



, Plantain 



An infectious disease of 

 the lungs 



. Folded several times 



. The pan or hard layer 

 made in the soil by 

 continual ploughing 

 to the same depth 



. Picking tea 



. Feathery 



. Embryo stem in a seed 

 , One carpelled dry fruit, 

 opening both sides 

 . Coconut 



. Continual lopping of 

 stems that readily 

 give off suckers 



. Hornless 



. Powder contained in 

 the stamens 



Placing pollen on the 

 stigma 



Combined mass of pol- 

 len grains 



In many bundles 



Male, female and bisex- 

 ual 



, Apple-like fruit 

 Apple shaped 

 Study of fruits 

 Insect, &c. 



Cake left after crushing 



for oil 

 Small opening 

 Next the axis 

 Solanum tuberosum 

 Fertiliser made from 



night soil 

 i Clasping 



Instrument for pricking 

 a stem 



First branches from 

 main stem 



A projecting appendage 



Lying along the ground 



Carried beyond 



As though the end bit- 

 ten off 



Cashew nut 



Bracteoles 



A compound containing 



nitrogen 

 . The living substance of 



plants and animals 

 . With a surface waxy 



bloom 



Pruning 



Pseudobulb 



Puberulent 



Pubescent 



Pucka 



Pudding pipe 

 Pulp (coffee) 



Pulper 



Pulque 



Pulse 



Pulverulent 



Pulvinate 



Pumpkin 



Punctate 



Puoctiform 



Punctulate 



Pungent 



Pupa 



Purple mite 

 Pustular 

 Pustule 

 Putamen 



Pycnidia 



Pyrene 

 Puriform 

 Quadrate 

 Quarantine 



Quadrifarious 

 Quills 



Quinine 



Quintani 

 Quintal 



Quitrent 



Rab 



Rabi 

 Rabies 

 Race 

 Raceme 



Racemose 



Rachis 



Radiate 



Radical 



[January, 1912, 



. Cutting off certain 

 parts to cause better 

 growth in others 



. A bulb-like thickened 

 internode (orchids) 



. Slightly hairy 



. Softly hairy 



. Permanent, first-class 



. Cassia fistula 



. The outer coat of the 

 fruit 



. Machine for removal of 



the pulp 

 .. Fermented toddy of 



Agave 

 . An edible leguminous 



plant 

 . Powdered 

 . Cushion shaped 

 . Cucurbita pepo 

 . Marked with dots 

 • In the form of a dot 

 . Minutely punctate 

 . Ending in sharp rigid 



point 

 . Chrysalis 



. Phytoptus carinatus 



. As if blistered 



. A blister or pimple 



. Shell of a nut, or inner 



layer of stone of 



drupe 



. Reproductive cavity in 



lichens 

 . Stone of di;upe 

 . Pear-shaped 

 . Four-sided 



. Detention at port, to 

 prevent introduc- 

 tion of disease 



. In four ranks 



. The best form of cinna- 

 mon 



. The alkaloid of cin- 

 chona bark 

 .. Pickaxe 



.. One-tenth of a metric 

 ton 



.. Yearly payments free- 

 ing of other service 



.. Growing on seeds beds 

 on which dung, &c, 

 have been burnt 



.. Cold weather crop 



.. Hydrophobia 



.. Rootstock of ginger 



.. An inflorescence with 

 successively young- 

 er flowers on the 

 branches 



.. Of raceme nature 



.. Leafstalk 



.. Spreading from a com- 

 mon centre 



.. Springing from the 

 ground level 



