176 PIN 



orbicular, obsoletely lobetl, toothed, with a coloured zone or band 

 around near the margin. 



Qttercifo'lium, (oak-leaf geranii n. I?) umbels sub-many-flowered ; 

 leaves cordate, pinnatifid crena 2; sinuses rounded; filaments as- 

 cending at the apex. 



132. PENTSTEMON. (From Pente, 5, and stemon, a stamen.) 

 Pubes"cens, (beard tongue. O. w. p. J. 1J-) stem hairy ; leaves serrulate, 

 lance-oblong, sessile ; flowers panicled ; the barren filament bearded 

 from the apex to below the middle. 



32. PHALARIS. (From Phdlos, shining.) 



Amcrica'na, (ribbon grass, wild canary grass. E. Jn. < 2J.) panicle ob- 

 long, spiked; glumes of the calyx boat-shaped, serrulate; corolla 

 unequal; rudiments hairy. Var. picta, leaves variously striped. 

 This variety is the ribbon grass of the gardens. 2 5. f. 



1610. PHASEOLUS. (From Phascolus, a little boat, from the 



shape of its pod.) 



Exotic. 



Vulga'ris, (common pole bean. p. w. Ju. <v>) stem twining; racemes 

 solitary, shorter than the leaves ; peduncles in pairs ; bracts smaller 

 than the calyx, spreading; legumes pendulous. From the East 

 Indies. 



Na'nus, (bush bean, six weeks bean. =S>) stem erect, smooth; bracts 

 larger than the calyx; legumes pendulous, compressed, rugose. 

 Seeds variously coloured. 



111. PHILADELPHUS. (From philo, to love, and adelphos, a 



brother.) 

 Exotic. 



Corona'rius, (mock orange, false syringa. w. J. T?) styles distinct ; 

 leaves ovate, sub-dentate. 



32. PHLEUM. 



Praten"se, (timothy grass. O. J. n\. and <?) spike cylindric, calyx mu- 

 cronate awned; keel ciliate; awn shorter than the calyx; culm 

 erect. Introduced. 2 3. f. 



51. PHLOX. (From Phlox, a flame.) 



Panicula'ta, (smooth-stem lichnidia, r. w. Ju. %) glabrous erect; 

 leaves lanceolate, narrowing gradually fiat; margins rough; co- 

 rymbs panicled, divisions of the corolla rounded; calyx awned. 

 Cultivated. 23. f. 



1010. PHYTOLACCA (From Phutor, a plant, and Lacca, gum.) 



necan"dra, (poke-weed. O. w. Ju. 7[) leaves ovate, acute at both ends * 

 flowers racemed ; berries flattened at the ends. 3 6. f. 



1916. PINUS. 



Leaves solitary with separate bases. 

 Canaden"sit i (hemlock tree. O.M. 1?) leaves flat; denticulate, 2-ranket 



