Pteroptochus (teroptokus)

[NL. (Kittlitz, 1830, in the form Pteroptochos), tochidæ. P.ru becula and P. albicollis inhabit Chili. Pteropus (ter'ō-pus), n. [NL. (Bri on, 1756), Fruit-bat (Pteropus edulis). seed hairs, and bear oblique coriaceous leaves, and elongated flowers, which are axillary and nearly or quite solitary, and consist of a tubular five-cleft calyx with five obovate petals and a prominent column of united stamens. The flowers are flowers are usually white, fragrant, and several inches in IMG:content-1249.jpg:[ocr errors] the East Indies, sometimes cultivated under the name of wingseed. P. Javanicum is the bayur of Java. Pterospora (te-ros pō-rä), п. [NL. (Nuttall, 1818), in a long raceme. It is a rare plant, found on hard clay soil under pines from Vermont and Pennsylvania northward and westward acro the continent. From its early discovery near Albany, and its resemblance to beechdrops, it is also known as Albany beech - drops. pterostigma (ter-o-stig'ma), n.; pl. pterostig mat a (-ma-tä). [NL., wings of hymen opters, and on both fore and hind wings of dragon-flies. It corresponds to that of the cells which is thickened to strengthen the costal border. - Fenestrate pterostigma. See fenestrate. IMG:content-1250.jpg:[ocr errors][merged small]