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PENDULOUS HEADS OF F L O W E R S | five large fummlcs arc barren, having na f.:i in.^ f;.> 



cundcns upon them. Between the (lamina isfuNnul 

 a roundidi germen, fupporting a ilvle t!i- length of 

 the ftamina, which is crowned bv a iJViek iliaa^a 

 U'hefe being all joined at th.cir bafe' inro a foir o?co- 

 lumn, diftinguifh the tribe to wliich it !>e[ 



are ii'.ch as hang downward. 



V E N N AT ED. A pennated leaf (called In Latin 

 Folium Pcyinattim) is a con-^pourid leaf, divided into 

 fcveral parts (each of which is called n Idbe,) placed 

 along the middle rib, either alternately, or by pairs. 

 ■ When the middle rib is terminated by an odd lobe, 

 it is faid to be unequally pennated, and equally pen- 

 nated, when it is not terminated by an odd lobe. 

 When the lobes are all nearly of the fame form and 

 bignefs, it is called an uniform pennated leaf i when 

 they are not fo, it is faid to be difform. Examples 

 of pennated leaves are the Afh, Walnut, &c. 



ffp. N N Y-R O Y A L. See PuLEciuNf. 



PENTAPETALOUS FLOWERS are fuch 



as have five leaves. 



PENTAPETES. Lin. Gen. Plant 757- Alcea. 



Raii Supp. 523. 



The Characters are, 



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which is the malvaceous ; fo that though the flower 

 flrft Appearance gvcady refemblcs the fiowcrs of Muth 

 Mullein, yet upon examination of its effcntial tha- 

 raders, it will be found to belong to the clafs here 

 mentioned. The flowers are of a fine fcarlet colour 

 appearing In July, and are fucceeded by roundifh 

 capfules with five cells, w^Mch are a litde woodv 

 each cdl ihclofing three or four oblong feeds, which 

 ripen in the atxtumn. 



The feeds of this plant niufl: be fown upori a good 

 hot-bed early in March, and when the plants arc fie 

 to tranfplant, there fliould be a new hoc- bed prepared 

 to receive them, into which ihould Be plyn^-ed feme 



"The flower has for the moft part a double empalement^ the I fmall pots filled with good kitchen-garden earth • irt 



cuter being [mail and compofed of three leaves^ the inner 

 is cut into five parts which are reflexed. It has five ob- 

 long petals which fpreadopen^ and fifteen narrow ft amina 

 joined in a tube at their bafe^ with five long coloured fum- 



which are ereSi and barren ; between each of thefe 



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are three ft amina, terminated by oblong ere£l fummits. 

 has a roundifty germen, with a cylindrical ftyle the length 

 of the ftamina, crowned by a thick ftigma. The germen 

 aftcrwa-rd becomes an oval capfule with five cells^ filled 



with oblong feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the third feftionof 

 Linnseus's fixtcenth clafs, which includes thofe plants 

 whofe flowers have many ftamina which are connect- 

 ed with the ftyle, forming together a column. 



We have but one Species of this genus at prefent 

 in the Englirti gardens, viz. 



Phntapetes (Ph^nicia) foliis haftato-lanceolatis ferratis, 

 Lin. Sp. Plant. 698. Pentapetes with balbert-pointedy 

 fpear-fhaped, flawed leaves. Alcea Indica lucido hafta- 

 $0 folio, flore blattarie Pheenicio. Raii Supp. 523. 

 Indian Vervain Mallow with a lucid flpear-Jhaped kafl^ 

 and a flcarlet flower like Moth Mullein. 



.:.. Thisplantgrowsnaturallyinlhdia, fromwhence I have 

 feVeral times received the feeds ; it is an annual plant 

 which dies in the autumn, foon after it has ripened 

 the feeds. It hath an upright ftalk from two to near 

 three feet high, fending: out fnie branches the whole 



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kngtb •, thofe from the lower part of the ftalks are the 

 longeft, the others gradually diminifti^ fb as to form 

 a fort of pyramid. Thefe are garniflied with leaves 

 of different forms ; the lower leaves, which are larg- 

 eft, are cut on their fides towards the bafe into two 

 fide lobes which are Ihort, and the middle is extend- 

 ed two or three inches farther in length, fo that the 



each of thefe ftiould be one plant put, givino- them a 

 little water to fettle the earth to their roots -, tnev muft 

 alfo be fliaded from the fun till they have taken new 

 root, then they ftiould be treated in the fame way as 

 other tender exotic plants, admitting the free air to 

 them every day in proportion to the warmth of the 

 feafon, and covering the glafles with mats every even- 

 ing to keep them warm. When the plants are ad- 

 vanced in their growth fo as to fill the pots with their 

 roots, they fhould be Ihifted into larger pots, filled 

 with the f\me fort of earth as before, and plimged 

 into another hot-bed, where they may remain as long 

 as they can ftand under the-glalTes of the bed with- 

 out being injured ; and afterward they muft be re- 

 moved either into a ftove or a glafs-cafe, where they 

 may be fcreened from the cold, and in warm weather 

 have plenty of frefh air admitted to thcm^ With 

 this management the plants will begin to flower carty 

 in July, and there will be a fuccefllon of flowers con- 

 tinued till the end of Septernber, during which time 

 they will make a good appearance*. The feeds ripen 

 . gradually after each other in the fame fucceflion as 

 the flowers were produced, fo they (hould be gather- 

 ed as foon as their capfules begin to open at the top. 

 Thefe plants are fometimes turned out of the pots, 

 when they afe ftrong and planted in warm borders, 

 where, if the feafons prove very warm, the plants 

 will flower pretty well ; but thefe very rarely pe'r- 

 fedt their feeds, fo that in order to have them in per- 

 ' feftion, they muft be treated in the manner before 



direfted, 

 PENTAPHYLLOIDES. See Potentilla. 



PENTHORUM. Gronov. Virg. 51. Lin. Gen. 



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leaves greatly refemble the points of halberts in their f The Characters are. 



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Ihape^ they are'flightly Tawed oh their edges, and 

 are of a lucid green on their upper fide^ But arep^ler' 

 on their under, ftariding upon pretty long foot-ftalks. 

 The leaves which are on the upper part of the 

 : branches are much narrower, and lome of them have 

 very fmall indentures on their fides; thefe fit clofer 

 to the ftalks, and are placed alternately.'' Froih the 



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wings of the ftalks the flowers come but ; 

 : for the moft part fingle, but fometimes there af*b two 

 rCarifirig at the fame place from the fides of the foet- 

 us; ftalk of the leaves. - The foot-ftalk of the flower is 

 I > ftiort and flender. The exterior empalement of the 

 ::.i flower is compofed of three ftiort leaves, which fall 

 off foon •, the interior is of one leaf, cut at the top 



! - The flower hath a permanent empalement of one leaf, cut 



^ into five eqiiaT fegnients \ the flower has fometimes five 



fmall narrow petals fttuated between the fegments cf the 



. empalement-, and ten equal briftly ftamina t-ivice the length 



'■^ of the empalement^ which are pei'manent, terminated hy 



- roundifh deciduous fummits.' It bath a colour ed germen 



, with five ftyles the length of the ftamina, crowned by ch- 



' \ tufe ftigmas'y dM a fingle five-cornered conical capfule ha- 



; *''vihg five cells, filled with fmall compreffed feeds, 



; This genus of plants is ranged in the fourth feftiori of 



Linnsus's tenth clafs, intitledDecandriaPenhgj'nia, 



which contains thofe plants whofe flowers* have teo 



ftamina and five ftyles. 



We have but one Species of this genus, viz. 



'.Iritb five acute fegments, which fpreadopen, and are Penthorum (5^^/^^i.) Groh. Virg. 51. Lin. Sp. 620 



almoft as long as the petal. The flower is of one pe- 

 tal,, cut into five obtufe fegments almoft to the bottom, 

 but as they are joined and fall off in one piece, io the 

 flower is monopetalous, according to Mr. Ray and 

 Tournefoft. In the center of the flower ^rifes a ftaort 

 thick colunin, to which adhere fifteen fhort ftamina, 

 terminated by oblong ereft fummits, and between 

 every third ftamina is fituated a larger ftamina, with 

 an oblong eVeil fummit of a deep red colour \ thefe 





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Penthorum like Houfleek. 

 This is a biennial plant, which grows naturally m 

 Virginia. The ftalks rife about a foot high, garnilh- 

 cd with oblong leaves placed alternately, and are ter- 

 minated by clufters of greenifli yellow flowers, which 

 make little appearance -, thefe are fucceeded by five- 

 cornered conical capfules, filled v/ith fmall ccmprefled 

 - feeds. The flowers appear the latter end of July, ar.d 

 the feeds ripen in the autumn. 



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