P A 



the apex of each pedunculus of an utnbella compo- 

 flta. 



Partiale Involucruirif when at the foot of the 

 Umbellula. 



PARTITUM Folium, a divided leaf ; d'lv't- 

 fum ufque ad bafin, divided down to the bafe. 

 Leaves are tei'med h'lpartitwn, trlpartitum, &c. 

 according to the number of divifions. 



PARVUM Pertanthlum, comparatively little, 

 as in the Theophrajia, Spigelia, jizalea, Lonicera, 

 Sec. oppofed to Magnum. 



PATENS CauUs, Ramus, &c. ; fpreading. 

 Applied to folium, quod ad angulum acutum cauli 

 inftdet, fays Linnieus, in his Phil, Botanica, pla- 

 cing this term between EreSlum and Horlzonta- 

 le ; forming an acute angle with the ftem, /. e. 

 an angle fomething lefs than 45 degrees. 



Patens Calyx, as in the Sir lapis. 



PATULUS Calyx, fpreading, as in the Ra- 



vuncidus repens, aeris. 



PAUCIFLORIS [pauei, few, &/w, aJower] 

 having few flowers, as the Veronica montana. 



PEDALIS Caulis [a Pes, a foot]. See Pes. 



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