VerfonatcE are of the third clafs in Tournefort, 

 and are the D'ulynamia Jngiofpermia of the fexual 

 iyftem. 



Perfonatus. See Rlngens, 



PES, a foot. T-he eighth degree in the 

 Linnoean fcale fur meafuring the parts of 

 plants : from the elbow to the bafis of the 

 thumb, or twelve Pariflan inches. See Men- 

 fura. 



PETALIFOR.MIA Stigmata iPetalunf] In 

 fliape refembling a petalum, as in the Iris. 



PETALODES J'/.'j lPetaIum'\ Tournefort. 

 Having a ccrslla : PerfeSius of many other bo- 

 taniftp. 



PETALUA'I [from nirs-a, pando^ to expand] 

 the corollaceous tegument of the flower. 1 he 

 leaves which ccnftitute the Corolla are called P^- 

 tala, to diftinguifli them from the other leaves 

 of the plant. The different parts of a Petalum, 

 or Petahi, are the Tubus, Lwibus, Unguis, & 

 LaTnina. 



PETIOLARIS Cirrus Ipetiolus'] a tendril 

 proceeding, from the foot ftalk of a leaf. 



Pctlclaris 



