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Petlolaris Pedunculus, a Pedunculus inferted in a 

 Petiolus, as in the Hibifcus, Turnera. 



Petlolaris Gemma, regax'ds the origin of die 

 Gemma ; formed from a petiolus : it is either op- 

 pojitiva. Or alternaiivd. 



Petiolares Glandula, when the glandules are on. 

 the petioli^ as in the Ricinus, "Jatropha, PaJJifia' 

 ra, Cajffia, Mimofa, &c. 



PETIOLATUM Folium [Petiolus, a foot- 

 ftallc] a leaf growing on a foot-ftalk, oppofed " 

 10 Sejftle. 



PETIOLUS [dim. a pede, qunfi pcdiolus, a lit • 

 tie foot, vel a petilus, flender] the foot-ftalk ot 

 a leaf, folium ; trunci fpecies adneSlens folium, nee 

 fruSiificationem : yet there are fome few inftances 

 *ivhere the fame foot-ftalk fupports both fructi- 

 fication and leaves, as in the Turnera, Hibifcu:. 

 Diftin£l from the foot-ftalk of a flower which 

 is called Pedunculus. One of the feven Fulcra 

 in the Linniean fyftem. 



PILEUS Fungi [a nrAaj, lana coafla'\ a hat 

 or bonnet. The orbicular expanlion of a 

 mufliroom, which covers the frudlification. 



PILI, hairs; a fpecies o£ pubefcens which frs- 

 quendy covers the furface of plants, and fcrves 



them 



