INDEX 
695 
persion, 109; -formations, 179; 
-societies, 179 
Plantain, Musa , Plantago ; bas- 
tard- (W. I Heliconian water-, 
Alisma 
Plants and insects, 115, 146, and 
cf. Flowers ; -, insectivorous, 
177; -, ornamental, 207 
Platy-(Gr. pref.), broad; -carpous, 
broad-fruited 
Pleio- pleo- (Gr. pref.), several ; 
-chasial cyme, 63 ; -mery, with 
more whorls than normal 
Plenus (Lat.), full 
Pleur- (Gr. pref.), side-; -anthous, 
Orchidaceae ; -orhizal, Cruet- 
ferae 
Plicate, 53 
Pit., plant 
Plum, Primus ; coco-, Ckryso- 
balanus ; date-, Diospyros; hog-, 
Spondias ; Madagascar-, Fla - 
courtia\ marmalade- (W. I.), 
mammee sapote ; Sapodilla, 
Achras ; tamarind-, Dialium ; 
-tree, seaside (W. I.), Ximenia 
Plum., Plumier 
Plumbeus (Lat.), lead-coloured 
Plumose, feathered 
Plumule, 36, 105, 1 12 
Pluri- (Lat. pref.), many- 
Pluss, 156 
Pneumatophores, 16 1 
Po (flower-class), 88 
Pockwood tree (W. I.), Guaiacum 
Podo- (Gr. pref.), stalk- 
-pogon (Gr. suff.), a beard of hairs 
Poir., Poiret 
Poison, 203, Abuta , Acokanthera , 
Aconitum , Toxicodendron ; 
-berry (W. I.), Cestrum ; bikh-, 
Aconitum ; curare-, Strychnos ; 
-dogwood (Am.), Rhus vene- 
nata DC. ; -hemlock (Am.), 
Conium ; -ivy, Rhus ; -oak, 
Rhus ; -sumach (Am.), Rhus ; 
wourali-, Strychnos 
Poisoning plants, 12, 14 
Poium (Cl.), a meadow formation 
Pokeweed, Phytolacca 
Polish wheat, Triticum 
Politus (Lat.), polished 
Pollards, Salix ; flora of, 174 
Pollen, 79, 61, 86; as food, 6r, 
88; -cup, 97, Goodeniaceae\ -di- 
morphism, Faramea', -grains, 
56, 77; insects collecting-, 88; 
plants providing-, 206; pre- 
potency of-, 95 ; protection of-, 
73, 86; -sacs, 55, 77; -tube, 
81 
Pollinating agents, 58 
Pollination, 58, 56, 85, 86, 87, 
162 ; legitimate and illegitimate, 
95 . 
Pollinia, 79, Asclepiadaceae, Orchi- 
daceae 
Poly- (Gr. pref.), many; -adelph- 
ous, 78; -androus, 70, 78; 
-carp, Polycarpon ; -carpellary, 
with many carpels, 82 ; -carpic, 
fruiting many times; -embryony, 
formation of > 1 embryo in ovule; 
-gamy, 68; -morphism, 29, (of 
fir.) 74; -pet., Polypetalae\ 
-petalous, 70, 76; -phyletic, 30, 
146; -phyllous, 70, 76; -phyly, 
122 ; -pody, Poly podium ; -sepal - 
ous, 70, 76; -spermous, with 
many seeds; -stely, Gunnera 
Pome, 108, Pyrus 
Pomegranate, Punica 
Pomelo, Citrus 
Pomiform, apple-like 
Pomona, account of fruits 
Pompion, pumpkin 
Pond, 8, 6; -weed, Potamogeton\ 
Cape - weed, Aponogeton 
Pony (W. I.), Tecoma serratifolia 
G. Don 
Poonac, crushed seeds, after oil 
extraction 
Poor man’s weather glass, Ana- 
gallis 
Poplar, Populus 
Poppy, Papaver\ opium-, Papa- 
ver\ Welsh-, Meconopsis ; yel- 
low horned-, Glaucium 
Porcupine grass (Am.), Stipa ; 
-wood, Cocos 
Pores, dehiscence by, 108; -in 
anther, 78 
