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Pul'lur — B lack. Synonym for “Cordcinus.’ 
PuLPO'sus — Pulpy ; of the consistence of 
pulp. PULPA — Pul]h 
PULU — The silky hairs or scales of a species 
of Oibotiunt. 
PuLVERACKL’s, PL LYE'iuUf;— Powdery or 
dusty. Pulvehvlen'tcs — Busted, 
coated with j>owdery grains. Pul'vis 
— B ust ; any light powder excreted on 
the surface. PrLVjis'cl’LUH — The powder 
contained in the spore-cases of some 
Fungi. 
Pulvi'nus — A cushion. An enlargement, 
like a swelling, on the stem iininediately 
below the leaf. Pi:LViN.-i.'TCs, Pui.- 
vinifou'mis — A ssuming the appearance 
of a cushion or pillow. Pulvin'ula, 
Pulvin'ulcs — Diminutive of “ Pul- 
vinujs,” often ajiplied to tlie branched 
or simple excrescences ori?nnatiiig on 
the upper surface of the thullus of some 
Lichens. 
Pc'milus — D warfish, in comparison uuth 
alli£5d sjiecies. (See Fiev.^ p-mniUt.) 
Pun'c'tate, PuN(X‘\'Trr^, Punctjcula'ti’s, 
PuNCTici'Lo'sus — Synonym for Dot- 
ted.” Pu.vctifor'mis — til tho form of 
a sm til pointed projection, or nearly 
reduced to a mere point. (See DipO‘ 
dhna punotatmn.) 
Pu^''GENT, PvN ' gens— V ery hard and 
sharp'p<jiiited (pricking.) (See Tape- 
inochi ilos pum/i ns,) 
PuNi'cKL’s (Scarlet)— Pure red. (See 
Pinu-ka pvtiicea.) 
PlR’PLE, Px'lU»UR.\JUUiJ, PURPURA'TUS, 
Pcrpu'revb— O f a purple colour; blue 
and red, Pukpi'Bas'chns — I nclining to 
a purple colour. 
PrsiL'LUs (Weak and small) — Diminu- 
tive, with respect to allied species. 
PrsTULA'TUS, PusTULO'sL’S— Having convex 
elevations like blisters. (See sori on 
fronds of Pohipodtvui pvHnUitum,) 
Pcta'^ex (Shell or nut) — The endocaqi, 
when it becomes hard and bone like, 
as in stone fruits. PUTAMiNA'CKfs — 
Bony. 
Prc'NOs— Dense, as in Pycnockph'ai.us, 
where the flowers are densely crowded 
in the infioresceiise ; Pxcnostachys, a 
den-e-flowered spike. 
P ygm/k'us (Dwarfi«‘h)— Synonym for “ Pu- 
milus.” (See the common Coast-grass, 
Paniiyii ui pj/t/ma^v m . ) 
Pyracan'tucs — W ith yellow spines. (Fire 
spine). (See (Mitwi/ii.h' pfn'ftcrjvtho.) 
Pyram'idal, Pt'RAMiD'ALis— Either angu- 
lar and t ipering upsvards, as a pyra- 
mid, or used synonymously with 
“ Conical.” 
Pyre'ne, Pykk’na— S ynonjnn for “ Prita- 
men,” and particularly when the puta- 
inen consists of several distinct sttmes 
or nuts, each enclo.sing a seed. 
Pyrena'rutm, Pyrid'ium— S ynonym for 
“Poiimin,” more oj»pecialiy when the 
end' catp is bony. 
Pyre'nocarp— C\ ip-shaped asocarp, with 
the margin incurved so as to form a 
narnm -inouthed cavity. The same as 
perithecium. 
Pyc'nides are large thick-walled sperma- 
gones, of which the sterigmata are 
simple, inarticulate, tubular, tapering 
pedicels, called ‘‘stylospores.” 
Pyrie'eru.s, Pyrifor'mis— P ear-shaped. 
Pyxid'ium, Pyxid'ula— a cayisule with 
transverse dehiscence, which separates 
it into two parts— the lid or oper- 
culum, and the urii or aroi>hnra. Ap- 
plied also to tho thecik of Mosses, and 
fruit of Pimpernel, Arfwjaltia ai'i'ensis. 
QuatVri signifies Four, in compounds, as in 
the following terms : — Ql'adhangu- 
la'ris. QiTADRAN'GULrts — Four - cor- 
nered, approximating to the form of a 
quadrangular prism. t^LADRicBr'Ris— 
Having four legs or supports. Quad- 
riui'gitate —Digitate in f-mr divisions. 
Quai}Rik,\'bivs — Arranged in four 
rows. Qgadri eo'i.iate — Synonym for 
“ Quadridigitatp.” Quadhi'fidus — 
Cleft in four parts. Quaoui'jvgus — In 
four pairs {jv(/v7ti, a yoke). 
Quar'tink, Qfakti'na — A lamina, re- 
sembling a distinct integument, which 
occasionally occurs within the tercine 
or nucleus of ovules, Quatkrnate — 
When verticulate apiiendages are 
arranged in fours. 
Qcasiradia'tus — Where the florets of the 
ray, in the capitula of Compositae, are 
inconspicuous. Also applied to the 
pericliniuin when it appears to be only 
slightly radiate. 
Querci'n.i«: — From the genua Querent^. 
t^ui’NATR, Qjjtna'tus (Quus'US, five)— Where 
five similarparts are arraijged together 
Quinoun'oial, QriyccNcrA'i.Ts — In the 
order of the Quincunx. When the parts 
of a floral whorl, in {estivation, are five, 
and so disposed that two are exterior, 
one or two >vholly interior, and the 
other two, or one, partially imbricate. 
Quinquener'yed, C^uinqvenkr'yis, Quin- 
gUKNER'vifs — when the primary nerves 
of a leaf, four in number, branch off 
from the base of the limb, so that 
(including the Tnidrib or midnerves) it 
becomes furnished with five rib?:. priN- 
Tr'PLiNERVis — Whore four distinctl}* 
marked primary nerves of a leaf are 
given off from the nndrib, but do not 
meet at the base as in quinquinerved. 
Quinti'xa — A lamina resembling a distinct 
integument, which occasionally invests 
the embryo, within tlie quartine. 
QuiNxr'PLED, Quintu'flex — Where the 
arrangement is a multiple of five. 
Race — A variety of any 8i>ecieH of which 
the individuals for the most part retain 
a marked peculiarity of cluiracter when 
raised from seed. To the Queenslander 
this can be explains! by reference to 
the Peach-tree. Th«)so which fruit 
prolifically about Brisbane may V)e said 
to belong to the China “ race,” those of 
Stanthorpe and the Southern Colonies 
to the old Persian “race.” It will he 
observed that a great diffi’renco occurs 
in both leaf and fruit. 
