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and, in difFerent fubje£ls, is diftinguiflied by 

 the feveral appellations of Capfula, Siliquciy Le- 

 giwien^ Concept aculum, Drtipa^ Potnum, Bacca, 

 StJ-ohilus, Folliculus. 



PERICHi?LTIUiM [a ^£g;, & X«.r«, juhd} 

 A modification of the Receptaculitm in the Mujci 

 &c Jllgee ; it is a cylindrical flieath in the Po- 

 lytrictim, fquammojiim in the Hypnum, tubidofum 

 and ferving for the Calyx in the Jungermannia, 



PERPENDICULARIS Radix. According 

 to Linnaeus, a fpecies of Caudex dcfccndens whicli 

 runs ftraight down into the ground. 



PERSISTENS Foriu7n [perJlJJo, to abide] 

 exprefles the third degree of duration, fee ca- 

 ducuni, deciduum ; remaining till the fruit is ripe, 

 ad maturitatein fru£lus perfijiens. 



Perfijientes StipuliE, exemplified in the clafs 

 Diadelphia, and Icofand.ri.i polygynia. 



Perfijiens Calyx, as in the clafs Didynamia. 



PERSONATE [i. e, perfona7n gerens; mafk- 

 edl An order of plants in the Fragmenta metho- 

 d'l naturalis of Linnseus, containing thefe ^genera, 

 viz, Cymharia, Antirrhinum, Rhinatithus, Pedicu- 

 laris, Bartjza, Euphrafia, Melatnpyriim , Ohclaria^ 

 Orohanchc, "Jujlicia, Verbena, Vtranica, Sec. The 

 S 2 Perforates 



