. Key and flora : northern and central states . Botany. GLOSSARY 257 Palate, a projection in the throat of a corolla. Palet, one of the bracts which subtend the flowers in a grass spikelet. Papilionaceous, .butterfly-shaped, like the corolla of the sweet pea. Papillose, covered with papillae or minute projections, like the human tongue. Pappus, tufts of hair or other ob- jects, representing the limb of the calyx in Compositm (Pig. 30).. Peltate Peltate, shield-shaped, that is with the stalk attached somewhere within the circumference of the leaf or other organ. Perfoliate, with the stem appar-
. Key and flora : northern and central states . Botany. GLOSSARY 257 Palate, a projection in the throat of a corolla. Palet, one of the bracts which subtend the flowers in a grass spikelet. Papilionaceous, .butterfly-shaped, like the corolla of the sweet pea. Papillose, covered with papillae or minute projections, like the human tongue. Pappus, tufts of hair or other ob- jects, representing the limb of the calyx in Compositm (Pig. 30).. Peltate Peltate, shield-shaped, that is with the stalk attached somewhere within the circumference of the leaf or other organ. Perfoliate, with the stem appar- ently growing up through a leaf, as in some honeysuckles. Persistent, not deciduous. Pinnatifid, pinnately cleft. Pistillate, having pistils but not stamens. Plumose, feathered, as the pappus of thistles (Fig. 31). Pubescent, clothed with soft hair, downy. Punctate, marked with dots, de- pressions, or translucent glands. Eeflexed, bent or turned abruptly downward or backward. Eoot parasite, a plant parasitic on the roots of another. Sagittate, arrow-shaped. Scape, a leafless flower stalk aris- ing from the ground, as in the dandelion and cyclamen. Scarious, thin, dry, and membra- nous, not green. Sessile, without a stalk. Simple (stem), unbranched. Spadix, a spike with a fleshy axis, like that of the Indian turnip or the "; Spathe, a large bract which incloses a flower cluster, often a spadix. Staminate, having stamens only. Standard, the posterior petal of a papilionaceous corolla. Sterile: (1) barren, as a flower with- out a pistil or an antherless sta- men ; (2) staminate or male, said of flowers. Striate, marked with fine longitudi- nal parallel lines. Sub- (in composition), somewhat, as subglobose. Subtend, to extend beneath as a bract in the axil of which a flower is borne. Succulent, fleshy or Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of t
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