eee multiply. It is eyseg and generally pe ce as 
nual; but the plant prekad eserved sever al years in 
ae loamy soil, by cutting 
seeds ripen. They require but | little water. 
For pore in autumn blow 
The Indian pink, and sie rose. Smith. 
Mountain-Pink. Grey-leafed; or, Chedder Pink 
£ gr hiefly on Che ies 
near the village of Chedder, in England. Native of lime-sto 
ins he leaves are very glau 3 flow 
pale k, ve ae mika ted; of an humble growth, but 
aspiring ambition as to situation. Casius, (Latin,) alludes to 
the grey color of ys herbage. 
here is, also, a 52% cies of Phlox, of humble growth, with 
very short stems, bearing the popular name of Moun tain-Pink, 
which aa answer as a (apabsing flower, when D. Caesius 
not be procured. 
Pink 
oe double, of an uniform color, without blotches, desig- 
ated. 
2 inks hav VB dapsecanigs calye of one leaf, divided into five 
eeth at the vutifien; two pair of scales at t their base. Corolla, 
in its se state, of five petals, wi ith long claws tapering 
downwards, inser ted ; borders horizontally 
spreading, wedge-shaped, abrupt, crenate, or notched. 
PLUMBAGO. 
ee a 
Nat. Ord, Jus. 
ata cisa iso 
Class 5.—PENTANDRIA. _ 
Nat. Ord. Linn. 
_ UNDETEAMINES 
7 7 7 
bum, (lead) probably in allusion to the hue of its flag 
whi vy some of the species, as in P. Europa, is of a peculi 
h green. 
h t he flowers of this genus, is a peri- 
anth ca. Lye, inferior, of o mare iia, monopetalous, funnel- 
shaped— en nig avert paar $8 er than the calyx— 
limb, fi e, rather spreading segmen he being are 
blue, purple white, rose-colored, etc. Itisan ieee us plant, 
f Europe, East t and West Indies, ete. 
pte ‘ope, t t t st 
ve 
leaty, with many upright S now 
ike of small bl ate OY inca fer with 
rved, 
a bris tly calyx. ‘The leaves are alternate, numero 
blunt] 
oblong-lanceolate, o! tly toothed, ofa geuvich esta: 
pict but not tomen 
i redo. the flowers. T Im 
Latin x 
urity, indicated by thi 
deepening as it extends into t 1e sublime of distance—aptly 
Cinque-spotted like the crimson drops 
I’ the bottom of a cowslip. Shaks. 
Bring _ rathe s-oarpanen rest a 
With c owiiligl wan that hasie the pensive head, 
And every flower that sad embroidery wears. 
Milton’s Lycidas. 
And Polyanthos of unnumber’d dyes. Thomson. 
To love-sick cowslip, that head inclines, : 
le hia: Sj At g h re Hurdis. 
POMEGRANATE. 
PUNICA. 
Class ae iene. Order,—MONOGYNIA, 
Nat. Ord. Linn. vat. Ord. Juss. 
POMACER. ROSACE. 
n allusion to aig inte ral cranilatiors whieh its English 
e Pomegranate. 
Punica, L. from Peni, the Ee res 
Ainsworth defines punica—l. Of Africa.—2. Red, scarlet 
color 
h ter of the PSU oe pit superior of " 
bell-sh aped, iek perman g t Corol- 
&. F’, 
la. of Me petals, roun 
calyx: There isa bier = double variety, , valued on account 
of their flow 
This Peni wis consecrated to Isis. 
The punic granite op’d its rose-1 
The orange breath’d its aroma 
Harte. 
POPLAR, WHIT 
POPULUS.._ 
pgp 22.--pIcecia. 
. Ord. uss. 
Linn. Nat. Or 8S 
AMENTACEE 
Order.—POLYANDRIA. 
AMENTACEX. 
For the generic name, and its derivation, see note on Aspen. 
The magnificent European white poplar, P Alba, sometimes 
reac ae the hei eight sie = —— feet—its — is rapid, 
ustrates the a Bese Beet aia pace into holy 
I 
works o: Tannese: 
Class 5.—PENTANDRIA. 
Nat. Ord. Linn. 
PRECI®. 
Polyanthos, a word used in general to denote a plant which 
bears several or more flowers. I 
Gree — much, ewig and ANTHOS, a flower. i 
eae under t e, and o1 in | 
sod Bhd Sete . ay 
anthos. like J 
F or stem. 
shaded with a dark rich crimson, 
on one common seve ae 
Those most admired, are 
vesembling velvet, with bright golden yellow edges. 
