Ovoid-oblong; the ovoid form lengthened out.
Ovules. The rudiments of future seeds, contained in the ovary, or young fruit.
Palate. The prominence In the lower lip of a pereonate corolla.
Pala (plural paters). Chaff; a term applied to the inner, or immediate floral covering of the grasses. (Corolla of Lion.) (See Glnmes.) Paleaceoua; chaffy; of a chaffy texture, or furnished with chaff-like scales.
Palmate; band-shaped; deeply divided, with the seg ments nearly equal and spreading like fingers on the open hand.
Palmately veined, or cleft; having the veins or segments divergent like the spreading fingers of an open band. Pandurzform ; fiddle-shaped; oblong, with the sties con tracted, like a violin.
Rini< le. A loose, irregular, compound raceme, in which the peduncles are unequally elongated, and variously and irregularly subdivided, as in oats, etc.
Panicfed, or panicula'e; disposed in the form of a panicle. Papilionaceo us corolla. Butterily-sbaped; when com plete, consisting of five petals, the upper one (moody largest) called the vexillum or banner, the two lateral ones termed the eke or wings, the two lower ones more or leas cohering by their lower margins, and, from their form. denominated the keel. • Papillate, or papillose; having the surface covered with fleshy dote, or points, like minute teats.
Pappus. The crown of the fruit, being the segments, or free portion of an adherent calyx, In the composites, and some other plants, usually hairy-like or plumose, some times in the form of minute chaff or scales.
Parasite. A plant growing on, or deriving sustenance from, another plant ; as dodder, mistletoe, etc. Parasitic; being, or relating to, a parasite.
Parenchyma. The soft, spongy, cellular tisane (often green) which forme the pith of stems, the pulp of leaves ul fiungbres. fruit, and fills the interstices of woody or Paries (plural, parietes). The outside wall, or incloeing shell, which circumscribes the cavity of a pericarp. Parietal,' affixed to, or belonging to, the pules or outer wall of the seed-cell of a pericarp, Parietal placentae. When the placentae are borne upon
the walls, inetead of the axis, of the ovary or pericarp. Parted; divided deeply, almost to the base.
Partial; a term applied to constituent portions of a com pound. whole.
Partition. (See Dlesepiment) Patstaform; in the form of little plates or dishes. Pectinate; thiely,yegularly and deeply cleft, eo as to re semble the teeth of a comb.
Pedate leaf. Like a bird's foot; divided nearly to the petiole in narrow segments, with the lateral ones diverg ing.
parized. A partial peduncle; the ultimate branch or division (next to the Hower, or fruit) in a compound inflorescence.
Pediceltate; having, or being supported on a pedicel. Peduncle• a simple flower stem; also the common foot stalk of a compound inflorescence.
Pedurtratate; baying a peduncle; not needle.
Pellucid; transparent; pervious to light. Pellucid-punctate; having punctures which permit light to pass through.
Petiole; like a shield; having the foot stalk affixed to the under surface, and not to the margin.
Pencil-form; resembling a painter's pencil or little brush.
Pendulous; hanging down; attached at one end, and swinging loosely.
Pendulous ovules or seeds; when their direction is down wards.
Penirillate; tipped or tufted with hairs, like a painter's pencil.
Penni-nerved leaf. Having the lateral nerves pinnately arranged, or feather-like. (See Feather-veined.) Pentagonal; having five angles or corners Pentagynoue; having five pistils.
Pentamerous; composed of five parts.
Pentandroue ; having five stamens.
Pentaostalous; having five petals.
Penultimate; next to the last; the one next to the ter minal one.
Pepo; an indehiscent, fleshy or internally pulpy fruit, usually composed of three carpels invested by the calyx tube, and with a firm rind, as the melon, etc. Percurrent; extending or runtang the whole way throngh. Perennial; living more than two years, and for an indefi nite period.
Perfect flower; having both stamen and pistil (one or more•of each), and producing fruit.