P A 



which in the spreading of its fibres refembles a 

 hand, as in the Orchis. Linnaeus makes it a 

 fpecies of the Tuberofe, I think, with very 

 Httle propriety. 



Palmatum Fclhim, refembling an open pahn 

 or hand, longiindlnaliter in paries plures fuhaqua- 

 les divifum verfus hafm, qua tamen coharent in ii" 

 num ; a fimple leaf with feveral divifions, al- 

 moft down to its bafis, as in the Geranium pufil- 

 lunu Ranunculus fcekratus, 



PALMUS \_PaImat the pahn of the hand] 

 The fifth degree in the Linnjean fcale for mea- 

 furing the parts of plants : the breadth of the 

 palm meafuring from the thumb, or three Pa- 

 i-ifian inches* See Meufura. 



PALUSTRIS \_Palus, a fen or marfh] 

 growing in marfhy or fenny places : the tri- 

 vial name of a I'pecies of the Ssirpus and many 

 others* 



PANDURIFORME Folium iPandura, a 

 mufical inftrumcnt] ihaped like a Spanifli gui- 

 tar, oblongum inferne latins, lateribtifque coarila- 



PANICULA [a panus^ a woof about the 



qui'll in the Ihuttie^ a fp«cies of inflorefcencc 



R refembling 



