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GLOSSARY. 
Ovate. Egg-shaped ; the broader end downward. 
Ovoid. A solid with an oval outline. 
Ovule. The part which after fertilization becomes the seed. 
Palate. A rounded projection of the lower lip of the corolla, closing the 
throat. 
Paleaceous. Chalfy. 
Palet. The upper thin, chaffy or hyoline bract which, with the glume, 
encloses the flower in grasses. 
Palmate (leaf). Radiately lobed or divided. 
Palmately. In a palmate way. 
Panicle. A loose, irregularly compound inflorescence with pedicelled 
flowers. 
Panicled. Paniculate; borne in a panicle; resembling a panicle. 
Papilionaceous (corolla). Having a standard, wings and keel, as general 
in Leguminosae. 
Papillose. Bearing minute conical projections. 
Pappus. The modified calyx-limb in Composite, forming a crown of very 
various character at the summit of the acheue. 
Parasitic. Growing on and drawing nourishment from another plant. 
Parietal. Borne on or pertaining to the wall or inner surface of a capsule. 
Parted. Cleft to near the base. 
Partial. In part only. 
Pectinate. Comb-like ; pinnatifid with very close-set segments. 
Pedate. Palmately divided or parted, with the lateral segments 2-cleft. 
Pedicel. The stem of a single flower ; secondary. 
Pedicellate. Borne on a pedicel. 
Peduncle. A primary flower-stalk, supporting either a cluster or a soli- 
tary flower. 
Pedunculate. Borne upon a peduncle. 
Peltate. Shield-formed and attached to the support by the lower surface. 
Menispermum. 
Pendulous. More or less hanging or declined. 
Perennial. Lasting year after year. 
Perfect (flower). Having both pistils and stamens. 
Perfoliate (leaf). Having the stem apparently passing through it. 
Perianth. The floral envelope, consisting of the calyx and corolla (when 
present), whatever their form. 
Pericarp. The matured ovary. 
Perigynium. The inflated sac which encloses the ovary in carex. 
Perygynous. Adnate to the perianth, and therefore around the ovary and 
not at its base. 
Persistent. Long-continuous, as a calyx upon the fruit; leaves through 
winter. 
Personate (corolla). Bilabiate and the throat closed by a prominent pal- 
ate. 
