IIOltTUS- JAMATCENSIS. 



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hermaphrodite flowers, with three or PrjEMORSUS. Bitten off. 



more sets of united stamens 



Poi.vam)::u The name or the thirteenth 

 *s in the Lmnean S ei i Compre- 

 hending those plants which bear herma- 

 phrodite flowers with many stamens 

 (from twenty to a thousand) growing sin- 

 gle on the receptacle The number of 

 the stamens distinguishes tlii; from the 

 first eleven elates ; their situation (on 

 the receptacle-) separates it from the 

 twelfth class, Icosandria ; and theirsijn- 

 plicity avoids all confusion with the six- 

 teenth and eighteenth classes Moiw- 

 'na and Polyddelp 



Poj/vgaMA. A polygamous plant is that 

 which has hermaphrodite, and either 

 male or female flowers, or both. 



Polygal-ha. 1 lie name of the twenty-third 

 class in the Linnean System. Compre- 

 hending those plants which hear li 



Precis Early ripe. 



Pi o< ump.e.ns caulis. A procumbent stem. 

 Unable to support itself, and therefore 

 lying upon the ground, hut without put-, 

 ting forth roots. 



PltOfcVFER .caulis. A proliferous stem. Put- 

 ting forth branches only from the centre 

 of the top. 



Pi:i NUS discus. The lower side, or surface 3 

 or back of a leaf. 



Pu'.ns Pubescc :: ". A I hairiness or shag- 

 giness in a plant ; or whatever clothes it 

 with any hairy or villous substance. 



i he shell of a nut and other 

 fruits allied to it. 



Put.-iMINe>3. The name of the thirty-firs': 

 order in Linneus's Fragments, and of 

 the twenty-fifth in his Natural Orders. 



G&ifADiiANGirLARis. Having four prominent 

 angles. 



phrodite flowers, accon , with male Quadricapsulaiie. Having four capsules 



or female flowers, or both ; not inclosed 

 within the same common calyx, but scat- 

 tered either on the same plant, or on 

 two, or on three distinct individuals 

 Whence the three orders of this class 

 1 Moneecia 2 Diana. 3 Triacia. 



Pr>: YGO> US caulis. A many- angled stem. 



PonuvMA The name of one of the or- 

 ders in the fifth, sixth, - i, and 

 thirteenth classes in the Linnean System 

 Comprehending those plants which h ive 

 flowers with many pistils. 



P(>i VPETALA c ro'la. A polypetalous co- 

 rolla; or, a corolla of many petals. 



Poi.s PHYI.l.US. Many-leaved. 



PotYSPERMA. Many -seeded. 



Pui y.-t.'.chyus culmus. A culm bearing 

 si vera! spik< s. 



Pomaces. The name of the thirty-seventh 

 order in Linneus's Fragments; and of 

 the thirty-sixth in his Natural Orders 

 Comprehending such plants as bear a 

 pome, or fruit resembling the apple. 



PuMt'M A pome. A pulpy pericarp with- 

 out valves, containing a capsule. It in- 

 cludes ail the moist fruits which have the 

 seeds lodged in a core; as slpj]!?, I'eai'p^ 



SLtU'^C, .C 



Q.BADRID' ntaTUS. Four-toothed. 



Qu -.:> .li [DUS Four-cleft. 



Quadr jug (I'M. Pinnate, with four pairs 

 of leafli ts. 



QuaP'.ii: obum; Four-lobed. 



QtJADRli OCULARE. Four-celled. 



Quadrip lRTItum Fourrparted. 



Quad R . v a lv e. Fou r-val \ ed. 



Quaterna. Four-fold. Growing by four;, 

 Five-fold. 

 ; w'/ol um. A sort of digitate leafy. 

 ii nas live leaflets on a petiole. 



Qm VHWNGUI ARE. Five-cornered. 



Qi i\QU! caPsueare. Five capsules. 



Quinquff:dum. Five-cleft 



Qdinqukjuoum folium. A. pinnate .leaf^ 

 with five pairs of leaflets. 



Quinquelobum. Five lobed. 



Quinqufloculare Five-celled. 



Quinqu partwum Fue-parted. 



Our qlt valve. Five valves. 



Racemus. V raceme. Anciently signifying 

 a bunch of grapes, (raisinsJs supposed 

 to he a corruption of the term) In the 

 Linnean language it is a species "of inflo- 

 rescence, consisting of a peduncle with 

 short, lateral branches. 



Ra-chis- 



