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fia. See Squalls., Superfua, Frujlranea, & 



Necejfaria. 



POLYGYNIA [^tccXm^, rnultus, many, & Vxin, 

 mulier, a woinan] one of the orders in the 5th, 

 6th, 1 2th, & 13th clalTcs in the Linnsean fy- 

 ftem : in thefe chifTcs it diltinguillies the plants 

 in vvhofe fructification there are many Styli, 

 which are coniidered, in the iexual fyftera, as 

 the female organs of generation, 



POLYPETALA Corolla [^At;?. jnultus, & 

 TTiTaXov, petalum'l coufilling of many peiala, as 

 in tlie Nymphaa. 



POLYPHYLLUA'I InvohicTum [ttoXv;, mtiltus, . 

 many,/& ^waaos', folium, a leaf] confifting of 

 many leaves. 



POLYSTACHIUS Culmus [^koXv^, & Sr^-t,,, 

 fplca^ having many^/r^, as the Scirpus lactijlrls, 

 Sclrpus holofchoL-iius^ & Scirpus fetacsus. 



POMACES \Pomiim, an apple, pear, iffr,] 

 An order of plants in the Fragtnenta methodi na- 

 turalis of LlnnPEus, containing thefe genera, viz. 

 Punica, pyrus, Crat(rg!;s, Mefpilus, Sorbusy 

 Rlbcs. 



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