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Genus and Atjthok. Natural Date. 

 Okdbr. 



Phlogacanthus, Nees.. Acanth. 1832. 



Phlox, L. 



Phoberoa, Lour. 



Polymon. 1737. 

 Bixa. 1790. 



Phcenix, L.t . . Palm. 1735 . 



Pholidota, LindLf . . Orchid. 1825. 



Phkagmites, Trin.t . . Gram. 1820. 



Phkynium, Loefl.* . . Scit. 1758. 



Phyllanthus, L.t . . Euphor. 1737. 



Phyllarthron, DO. 



Phyllocactus, Link. 

 Physalis, L.f 



Physichilus, Nees. 



Physorhynchus, 



Hook. 

 Pierardia, Roxb. 

 Pilea, Lindl. 



Bignon. 1840. 



Cacat. 

 Solan. 



Acanth. 



Cruci. 



Euphor. 

 Urti. 



PiNANGA, Bl.f 

 PiPEK, L.f 



Piptostylis, Dalz. 

 Piscidia, L. 

 PisoNiA, (Plum.) L.t 



Pistia, L.t 



Palm. 

 Piper. 



1881. 

 1735. 



1836. 



1852. 



1814. 

 1821. 



PiMPiNELLA, (Riv.) L. Umbel. 1735, 



1836. 

 1737. 



Ruta. 1851 , 



Leg. Papil. 1759 . 

 Nyct. 1737. 



Araceee. 



1737. 



Pisum, (Tourn.) L. . . Leg. Papil. 1735. 

 Pitcairnia, L'Her. . . Bromel. 1788. 



Derivation and Common Name. 



, from philox, a flame, and akantha ; 



the flowers are brilliant. 

 . phlox flame. 

 . from phoberos, frightful ; in allu- 



tion to the axillary spines. — 



Z. 

 . the Greek name for the date. 



Date Palm. 

 . from pholis, a scale, and otis, an 



ear ; the bracts are referred to. 



— N. 

 . from phragmos, a hedge ; the name 



relates to the use of the plants. 

 . from phrynos, a frog ; the plants 



inhabit marshes. 

 . ixoxa. phyllon, a leaf, and anthos, a 



flower ; the flowers are formed 



on cladophylls. 

 . pliyllon, arthi'os ; jointed, i.e., com- 

 pound leaves. — N. 

 , the stem is leaf-like. 

 , from physa, a bladder ; the allu- 

 sion is to the membraneous 



calyx. — Cape-gooseberry. 

 . ixovaphysis, a bladder ; and cheilos, 



a lip ; the lower corolla lip is 



bullate. 

 phusa, wind, i.e. inflated, rhynchos, 



beak ? 

 commemorative, 

 from p)ilos, a cap ; the perianth is 



such. — N. Artillery-plant. 

 . said to be altered from bipinnula, 



twice pinnate. — N. Anise. 

 . a local Malayan name. — N. 

 , the old Latin name. — N. Betel- 

 leaf Vine. 

 . from pipto, to fall, and atylos ; the 



style is deciduous. 

 piscis ceedo ; killing (intoxicating) 



fish.— N. 

 after Wiltem Piso, a physician of 



Amsterdam, who died in 1648. — 



N. Ti-ee Lettuce. 

 . probably from pistos, watering. — 



N. The plants are aquatic. 



Water Lettuce. 

 . the old Latin name used by 



Virgil. — N. Peas. 

 . after W. Pitcairn, a physician of 



London. — N. 



* Phryniiim. Willd. in Cooke and Bngler-Prantl. and Durand. 



