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Pauciflores. Having few flowers. 



Pedalis caulis, A stalk a foot in height. 



Pedatum folium. A species of compound leaf, whose divi- 

 sions somewhat resemble the toes of a foot, as in Anguria, 

 Class xxi. Order 2. 



Pedicellus. A little foot stalk, 



Peduncularis cirrhus. A tendril proceeding from the foot-stalk 

 of a flower 



Pedunculati jiores. Flowers growing on foot-stalks. 



Pedunculus. (Plural Pedunculi. ) The foot-stalk of a flower. 



Peltatum/o/mm. When the foot-stalk is inserted into the disk 

 of the leaf, and not into its base. Ex. Nasturtiam, Class 

 viii. 



Penicilliformia stigmata. Stigmata in form of a painter's pencil. 



Pentagonus caulis. A five-angled stalk. 



Pentagynia. The fifth Order of a Class. 



Pentandria. The fifth Class in the Linnaean system. 



Pentapetala corolla. A flower consisting of five petals. Ex. 

 Dianthus, Class x. Order 2. Rosa, Class xii. &c. 



Pentaphyllus calyx. A calyx consisting of five leaves. 



Perennis radix. A perennial root, continuing for many years. 



Perfectus^os. A flower having stamina and pistilla united in 

 the same blossom. 



Perfoliatum folium. When the base of the leaf entirely sur- 

 rounds the stem, or when the stalk grows through the cen- 

 tre or the leaf, as in Clora perfoliata, Class viii. 



Terforatus cotyledon. Pierced through ; a species of the 

 Monocotyledon exemplified in the germen ; also a natural 

 Order of plants in the Fragmenta methodi naturalis of Lin- 

 naeus. 

 Perianthium. One of the seven kinds of calyx, so called when 



it closely surrounds the fructification. Ex. Pink, Class x. 

 Pericarpium. Whatever surrounds and contains the seed. 

 Perichaetium. The calyx of mosses. Ex. Class xxiv. Order 4. 

 Perpendicularis radix. A perpendicular root. 



