Peri-, Greek for around; from which are such terms as

Perianth, the leaves of the flower collectively, [79].

Pericarp, the ripened ovary; the walls of the fruit, [117].

Pericarpic, belonging to the pericarp.

Perigonium, Perigone, same as perianth.

Perigynium, bodies around the pistil; applied to the closed cup or bottle-shaped body (of bracts) which encloses the ovary of Sedges, and to the bristles, little scales, &c., of the flowers of some other Cyperaceæ.

Perigynous, the petals and stamens borne on the calyx, [95], [99].

Peripheric, around the outside, or periphery, of any organ.

Perisperm, a name for the albumen of a seed.

Peristome, the fringe of teeth to the spore-case of Mosses, [163].