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e'tne^ Drypis, Bafella, Sarothra ; TetragyniA, 

 containing 2 genera, viz. Parnajfia, EvgIvhIus; 

 Pentagynia, containing 8 genera, viz. Jralia, 

 Barrera, Statue, Linum, Aldrovanda^ Drofera, 

 Crajfula, SibbaUia ; PoLYGYNiA, containing 



but one genus, viz. Myofurus. The word 



Pentandria is alfo an ordinal title in Linnaeus's 

 1 6th, i8th, 2oth, 2ii\, and 2 2d claiTes. 



PENTANGIiE [^e.Is, five, & c.y[(^, va$, a 

 vefTel, or loculamentum'] The, nineteenth clafs in 

 Boerhaave's fyftem, 



PENTAPETALA Corolla [^'.!]i, quinque, & 

 ^sT«Aov, petaluni] confifting of five petala, as in 

 the Umbellat<e^ viz. Pentandria, Digynia. 



PENTAPHYLLUS Calyx l^n'm, quinque, & 

 (pvXMv, folium, a leaf J confift:ing of five leaves, 

 as in the Cijliis^ Adonis, Cerbera. 



PERENNIS Radix [ex per, by, k annus, a 

 year] a perennial, or continual root ; i. e. conr 

 tinuing feveral years. 



PERFECTUS Flos, Ray, and other bota- 

 nifl:s ; Petalodes of Tournefort. See Peialodes. 



PERFOLIATUM Folium [per & folium] 

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