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transverse one, and the curvature the 

 sati;o at bol i 



OvaTim /().'./. ;. u ova fce of egg-shaped' 

 leaf The longitudinal diameter exceed- 

 ing the transverse one: tfae h se a se - 

 ment of a circle, l>nt narrower at top. 

 i shape of tlii.s leaf is that of the Icn- 

 gitu - i !uii of an egrs 



BaGINA. The upper and lower surface of. a 

 leaf. 



BaLaTUM: The palate. A prominency in 

 the throat of a corolla, in Labiati B '- 

 ers or, a process of the lower lip, ex- 

 tending towards the upper part, by 

 which the gape or opening is el ed 



Balea. Achaff. A thin memhrane,. spring- 

 ing from the receptacle, and separating 

 the florets, in some aggregate flowers- 



Balmjei 'i he sixth family, and the first of 

 the time great tribes, nations, or i I . 

 into which Linneus has divided all \ 

 tables. Th< y arc pla&ed '.a bhe ap] i 

 to the Artificial System, and take the 

 lead in the Natural Orders, though Lin- 

 neus bad placed them only in the second 

 place in his Fragments oi a Natural Me^ 

 thod. 



Palmata radis. A palmate root. Consist- 

 ing of several oblong tubers or knobs, 

 spreading out like fingers. 



Palwtilioii folium. A palmate or hand-sha- 

 ped leaf It resembles the hand with tl a 

 fingers spread : whereas the Digitate leal 

 resembles the fingers spread without the 

 hand. 



PakduRjEFORMR Oblong, broader below, 

 contracted on th< sides 



pANJCULA. A fructification, or species -of 

 inflorescence, in winch the Bowers oj 

 fruits are scattered on peduncles various- 

 ly subdivided. 



Faim; toNACtA. A papilionaceousor butter- 

 fly-shaped coroila. 



Pappi s A leathery or hairy flying crown 

 to the si ed 



J*sAWLQ$uMj'olit<m, A pimply, bladdery, 

 I leaf. 



Parasiticus A parasitical stem or plant. 

 Growing on some other plant, not on the 

 graiiii'-L 



Partialis umbella. Apartial umbel, other- 

 wise called Umbellula, A smaller umbel, 

 p ling from the general or tuaivd 



umbel. 



ParT!TIN. A wall separating a pericarp 

 V into cv 



Patens/o/z'mwi. A spreading leaf. Forming 

 -,!i acute angle with th i or brand* 



oq whioh it is placed ; between erect an I 

 horizontal. 



PegtinaTUM ' .A pectinate leaf. A 



sort of pinnate leaf, in which the leaflets 

 are toothed like a comb. 



P.EDaTUMi/o^h/). A pedate leaf. When a 

 bifi I petiole connects several leaflets on 

 the inside only. Thisisaspi ifcom- 



pou; . ', and hears some resemblance : 

 to a bird's foot. 



PEBATiKiDDMjfo/i'uw*. A pedal .'.'. 



This is to pedate, what pi is to 



pinnate; the parts of tl 



cate, but connected us in the feel 

 water fowl. 



Pedicellus. ^ pedicel 01 



PEDUNCUl US. A peduncle. By old writers 



, called the loot-stalk; by several mo- 

 derns the Fvuit^stalk. 



Pelta. A flat fructification on some li- 

 chens, resembling a round shield. 



PELTATUM^/b/iwwi. A peltate or t&rget-sha- 

 I leaf. Having the petiole inserted in- 

 to the disk of the leaf, instead of the 

 or base, :<s :> must usual. 



Penicilliformis appendix. An appendix 

 to the keel of the corolla in some sorts el* 

 Polj/gula, in shape of a painter'ipenciL 



PeniciUiforrne. Pencil-shaped. 



I'i.nna'i I'M. Feathered. 



PrNTACOCCA capsulu. A nentacoccous cr 

 fve- grained capsule. Swelling out in 

 five protuberances, or having five united 

 cells, with one seed m each. 



Pentagqnus. Pentagonal or five-cornered. 



PENTAGYKIA. The name of one of the or- 

 ders in the fifth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, 

 and thirteenth classes in the Linnean Sys- 

 tem-; containing ihoae plants which : ..' a 

 five pistus ia a hermaphrodite flower. 



Pilntandhia. The name of the filth class, 

 in Liiuieua's System. Comprehending 



those 



