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hoary hair of certain trees. Occasionally even a tree itself, 

 which looks like a shaggy mass of flowers because of the 

 great abundance of blossoms massed together was wont to 

 be called a muscus as in Ligustrum and many others. [Ob- 

 solete in this sense. Cf. Musci.] 

 Muscaria. Muscaria are radially arranged hairy growths (comae) 

 of herbs, or clusters of tips: named from their likeness to a 

 fly brush b}' whose movement flies are driven away from the 

 tables. [Cf. Muscariform.] 



N 

 Nucamenta. Nucamenta are those structures with compact 

 scale-like coverings which hang from the branches of nut, 

 oak and fir trees: so called because they seem attempts of 

 nature to make pine nuts. [Cf. Xucamentum.] 



O 



Oculus. The little bud on the shoots of plants which is the first 

 sign of growth is called an oculus. [Cf. Oculus.] 



P 



Palma. Palma denotes a larger branch (flagellum) on a vine on 

 which bunches of grapes are produced. [Obsolete.] 



Palmus. Palmus had a tvvo-fold meaning with the ancients. 

 Palmus minor, called by the Greeks TraXaio-ri), consisting 

 of four digits; palmus major consisting of twelve digits 

 called by the Greeks (nnBatiij. [Cf. Palm, Palmus.] 



Palmites. Palmites are shoots which originate annually from 

 stems and branches (surculi) ; so called because they produce 

 twigs like fingers in the manner of the human hand. [Ob- 

 solete.] 



Pampini. Pampini are the hairy outgrowths (comae) of leafy 

 shoots and the stems producing fruit and protecting it from 

 possible injury. Hence to pampinate is to remove the 

 superfluous pampini from a vine after it has leafed out. [Cf . 

 Pampiniform.] 



Panicula. Anything may be called a panicula which swells up 



