P L 



Sc petaluTn] Se?mJlGfculofus, of Tournef. Lingulatus 

 of Ponted. Cichoraccus of Vaill, See Ligula- 

 tus. 



PLANTiE, plants ; one of the feven tribes, 

 or families, of the vegetahle kingdom, accord- 

 ing to Linnaeus : it comprehends all vegetables 

 which are not Included In tlie other fix, which 

 fix families are thcfe, viz. Fungi, Jlga, Miifci, 

 Fill CCS, Gramina, Palmie. Flantce are either her- 

 bacea, frutices, or arbores. 



PLANUM Folium [ab aVA«v;j;, planus'] plain, 

 fiat, neither, neither convex nor concave, quod ■ 

 utj-amque fuperficiem ubique parallelam gerit. 



PLENQS Flos, a full flower, whofe Co- 

 rolla is fo multiplied as to exclude all the Sta- 

 mina. This plenitude is brought about by 

 the Sta7}iina running into Petala, which hap- 

 pens moft frequently to polypetaloiis flowers. 

 Thefe Jlores pleni, fays Linnseus, becoming 

 eunuchs, are always barren, and being un- 

 natural produftions, conftitute no genus. 

 The impletion oiftmple flowers is by the in- 

 creafe either of the Petala or Nc£iarium ; that 

 of compound ones, by the Radius or the dijk. 



PLICATUM Folium iplico, to fold] quum 



difcut 



