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_Naked_. Lacking organs or parts which are normally present in related species or genera.
_Naturalized_. Said of introduced plants which are reproducing by self-sown seeds.
_Nectariferous_. Producing nectar.
_Node_. The place upon a stem which normally bears a leaf or whorl of leaves.
_Nut_. A hard and indehiscent, 1-celled, 1-seeded fruit.
_Nutlet_. A diminutive nut.
_Oblanceolate_. Lanceolate, with the broadest part toward the apex. Page XII.
_Oblique_. Slanting, or with unequal sides.
_Oblong_. Longer than broad, with sides approximately parallel. Page XII.
_Obovale_. Ovate, with the broadest part toward the apex. Page XII.
_Obovoid_. An ovate solid with the broadest part toward the apex.
_Obtuse_. Blunt or rounded at the apex. Page XII.
_Opaque_. Dull; neither s.h.i.+ning nor translucent.
_Opposite_. Said of leaves, branches, buds, etc., on opposite sides of a stem at a node.
_Orbicular_. Circular. Page XII.
_Oval_. Broadly elliptical. Page XII.
_Ovary_. The part of a pistil that contains the ovules. Page XIII.
_Ovate_. Egg-shaped, with the broad end basal. Page XII.
_Ovoid_. Solid ovate or solid oval.
_Ovule_. The part of a flower which after fertilization becomes the seed.
_Palmate_. Radiately lobed or divided; hand-shaped.
_Panicle_. A loose, irregularly compound inflorescence with pedicellate flowers. Page XIV.
_Paniculate_. Arranged in panicles or resembling a panicle.
_Papilionaceous_. b.u.t.terfly-like, as in flowers of the _Leguminosae_.
_Pedicel_. The stalk of a single flower in a compound inflorescence.
_Pedicellate_. Borne on a pedicel.
_Peduncle_. A primary flower-stalk, supporting either a cl.u.s.ter or a solitary flower.
_Pendent._ Hanging downward.
_Pendulous._ More or less hanging or declined.
_Perfect._ Said of a flower with both stamens and pistil. Page XIII.
_Perianth._ The calyx and corolla of a flower considered as a whole.
_Persistent._ Long-continuous, as leaves through the winter, calyx on the fruit, etc.
_Petal._ One of the divisions of a corolla. Page XIII.
_Petiolate._ Having a petiole.
_Petiole._ The stem or stalk of a leaf.
_Petiolulate._ Having a petiolule.
_Petiolule._ The stem or stalk of a leaflet.
_Pilose._ Hairy with long, soft hairs.
_Pinnate._ Compound, with the leaflets arranged along both sides of a common petiole.
_Pistil._ The seed-bearing organ of a flower, normally consisting of ovary, style and stigma. Page XIII.
_Pistillate._ Provided with a pistil, but usually without stamens.
_Pith._ The softer central part of a twig or stem. Page XVI.
_Pollen._ The fecundating grains borne in the anther.
_Polygamo-dioecious._ Sometimes perfect, sometimes unis.e.xual, both forms borne on different individuals.
_Polygamo-monoecious._ Sometimes perfect, sometimes unis.e.xual, both forms borne on the same individual.
_Polygamous._ Sometimes perfect, sometimes unis.e.xual, both forms borne on the same or on different individuals.
_Pome._ A fleshy fruit, as the apple.
_Posterior._ The back side of a flower, next to the axis of inflorescence.
_p.r.i.c.kle._ A small spine growing from the bark.
