Persistent, remaining beyond the period when such parts commonly fall, as the leaves of evergreens, and the calyx of such flowers as persist during the growth of the fruit.
Personate, masked; a bilabiate corolla with a palate in the throat, [92].
Pertuse, perforated with a hole or slit.
Perulate, having scales (Perulæ), such as bud-scales.
Pes, pedis, Latin for the foot or support, whence Longipes, long-stalked, &c.
Petal, a leaf of the corolla, [14], [79].
Petalody, metamorphosis of stamens, &c., into petals.
Petaloid, Petaline, petal-like; resembling or colored like petals.
Petiole, a footstalk of a leaf; a leaf-stalk, [49].
Petioled, Petiolate, furnished with a petiole.