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pat'ulus ; standing open. 



pauciflo'rus ; few- flowered. 



pectina'tus ; pectinate, i. e. divided in the manner of a 

 pecteiif or comb. 



peduncula'tus ; pedunculate, i. e. provided with peduncles. 

 A pedicel is a flower -stalk carrying a single flower, 

 and where such is the case the plant is called pedi- 

 cellate. A peduncle is the general flowering axis 

 which usually bears several flowers, attached to 

 pedicels. 



pen'dula ; hanging. 

 *pentan'dra; pentandrous, i. e. having five stamens. 

 *peploi'des; peplus-like. See Euphorbia Peplus. 



peren'nis ; perennial. 



perfolia'tus ; perfoliate, where there are opposite leaves 

 united at the base, so that the stem appears to pass 

 through the leaf. This is illustrated in Chlora, and 

 in one of the Claytonias, which is rapidly spreading in 

 our country, both of them having the trivial name 

 perfoliata. 



perfora'tum ; perforate ; applied to a species of St. John's- 

 wort (Hypericum). If you hold a leaf of it up 

 against a good light, you observe what look like 

 holes or perforations. These are really glands : they 

 are well illustrated in the Myrtle family. 

 *petr£e'a; (growing in) rocky (places). 



persicifo'lia ; peach-leaved (persicum, a peach tree). 



phse'um ; purple. 



phoeni'ceum ; purple-red. 



phylicifolia ; phylica-leaved. Phylica, a plant of the 

 Buckthorn family, grown in gardens. 



pilo'sus ; pilose, i. e. hair3% 



pilulif'era: pilule-bearing. Alluding to the fructification. 

 Ex. Urtica pilulifera ; Carex pilulifera, &c. 



