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danos, dry or burning, alluding to the quali- nnte ; legumes pendulous, broad, falcate, 
ties of the root.] mucronate ; flowers large. Dry woods. 
ternip'tum, (sulphur-wort, 24!.) leaves ter- luna'tus, (Carolina bean, Linna bean, g-w. 
tiate, long-petioled ; leafets entire, long- Jq. twining; legumes cimeter-form, 
linear, acute, alternated below ; involucrura sub-lunate, smooth; seeds compressed. Ex. 
nearly wanting ; involucel very short, 5-0- . 
leaved ; fruit oblong-oval. 3 f. ; 
PHA'CA. 16—10. {Legnmimsce.) [A Greek 
wold signifying lentil.] 
villo'sa, (y. Ju. 24-) nearly stemless, vil- 
jo.se ; leat'ets oval, glabrous above ; pedun- 
cles as long as the leaves ; legumes hoary ; 
villo.^e, oblong. 
trl-pliyV'la, {2X-) stemles.s, assurgent ; 
leaves ternate ; leafets lanceolate, sessile; 
sc;ipe none; legumes sessile, oblong. 
Leaves of silvery hue. >Sf. 
pmCE'LIA. 5—1. {BorngiwcB.) [From 
phakclos, bundle, alluding to the fascicled 
spikes.] 
hipiiinaff'ifi'da, (b. M.) erect; leaves 
pinnatilid ; segments inci.sely lobed ; ra- 
cemes mostlj'' bilid, oblong, many-flowered ; 
divisions of the corolla entire. 6 f. 
J]mhri,a'la, (b. M. @.) leaves pinnatifid, 
the lobes undivided ; segments of the co- 
rolla fimbriate. 6-12 i. 
■pdrvijln'ro., (b. M. @.) stem diffuse, pu- 
bescent; leaves sub-sessile, pinnatifid ; seg- 
ments oblong, rather obtuse, entire; ra- 
cemes solitary ; pedicels short ; segments 
of the corolla round, very entire. 6-8 i. 
itUegr/fo'lia, erect, pubescent; leaves 
petioled, ovate, cren ate serrate ; racemes 
numerous, dense-flowered. 
heterophyV'la, (b. Ju. $ .) erect, hispid ; 
leaves petioled, piitoatifid ; divisions lanceo- 
late, entire, nerved, terminal one elongated ; 
floral leaves simple, lanceolate, petioled ; 
racemes 2-cleft, dense-flowered; divisions 
of the corolla entire. (S. 
PIIALAN"GIUM. 6-1. (Asphodeli.) [From 
phalagx, tarantula, whose bite it was sup- 
po.sed lo cure.] 
esculen" tuvi, (b. M. 14-.) root bulbous; 
leaves all radical, linear, connate ; stigma 
minutely 3 cleft. 12-18 i. 
cro'cenm, (y. 2^.) root bulbous; scape 
much longer than the gra.ss-like leaves 
vulga'ris, (common pole-bean, p. w. Ju, 
^.) stem twining ; racemes solitary, short- 
er than the leaves; peduncles in pairs; 
bracts smaller than the calyx, spreading; 
legumes pendulous. From the East In- 
die.s. 
na'mis, (bush-bean, six-weeks-bean, %) 
stem erect, smooth ; bracts larger than the 
calyx; legumes pendulous, compressed, 
rugose ; .seeds variously colored. Ex. 
viuUiJlo'nis, (scarlet runner, r. w. Ju. @.) 
twining, sub-glabrous ; leafets ovate, acu- 
minate ; racemes peduncled, longer than 
the leaves ; peduncles in pairs; bracts close- 
pressed, shorter than the calyx; legumes 
sub-scabrous. South America. 
PHILADEI/'PHUS. 11-1. (Myrti) [From 
phileo, to love, adelphos, a brother. This 
name was first given to the Galium or bed 
straw, because by its roughness it attached 
itself to what was near.] 
i)Lodo'rus, (scentless syringa, w. J. ^ .) 
leaves acuminate, oval, entire ; divi.sions of 
the calyx acute ; style undivided, longer 
than the stamens ; stigmas 4, oblong ; flow- 
ers large. S. 
corona'riiis, (mock-orange, false syringa, 
w. J. 1?.) styles distinct ; leaves ovate, sub- 
dentate. Ex. 
granclijio'rus, (w. M. "f) .) leaves short- 
petioled, opposite, ovate, acuminate, den 
ticulate, a little hairy ; segments of the ca- 
lyx acuminate; style undivided, longer 
than the stamens; stigmas 4, linear. Culti- 
vated. S. 
hirsu'tus, (w. .\ leaves oblong-ovate 
acute", sharply angular-denticulate, hirsute 
above, whitish-villose beneath ; style and 
stigma undivided ; peduncles 2-bracted near 
the summit. S. 
PH1L0X"ERUS. \f>—b. (Amaranthi.) [From 
philos^ love, and xeros, dry or burnt ; allu- 
ding to the kind of soil in which it is found.] 
vcrviufvlaris, (J. 2^.) glabrous; stem 
creeping ; leaves sub-terete, fleshy ; flow- 
spike pyramidal ; bracts short; seed sub- 1 terminal, solitary, oblong heads. S. 
„i„u^o^ smooth, b. J ^ 
PHALA'RIS. 3—2. (Graminea.) [From pha- 
los, shming, so named from the appearance 
of its seed.] 
umericu! an, (riband-grass, wild canary- 
grass, Ju. panicle oblong, spiked; 
glumes of the calyx boat-.'ihaped, serrulate ; 
corolla unequal ; rudiments hairy. Var. 
pu:"ta\e.zy&^ variou.sly striped. This varie- 
ty is the riband grass of the gardens. 2-5 f. 
canarieiif'ms, (canary-grass, Ju. @.) pan- 
icle sub-spiked, ovate; glumes boat-form, 
entire at the apex; rudiments smooth. In- 
troduced. 18 i. 
PHASEO'LUS. 16 — 10. (Leguminosm.) [From 
PHLE'UiVI. 3--2. {GraminecE.) 
pratenf'se, (timothy grass, J. 14-. and ^ .) 
spike cylindric, calyx mucronate-awned ; 
keel ciliate ; awn shorter than the calyx ; 
culm erect. Introduced. 2-3 f. 
alpi'nvm, (Au.) spike ovate or cylindric* 
ovate, hirsute or villose ; spike often black- 
ish or dark purple. 
PHLOX 5—1. (PolemonecB.) [A Greek word 
signifying flame, from the bright color of the 
flowers of some of its species.] 
panicnla'ta, (smooth stem lichnidia, r. w. 
J. 2i.) glabrous?, erect; leaves lanceolate, 
narrowing gradually, flat ; margins rough ; 
phaselns, a little boat, which its pods were | corymbs panicled ; divisions of the corolla 
thought lo resemble ] 
pere)i"iih, (wild kidney-bean, p. Ju. 2-f.) 
twining, pubescent; leafets ovate, acumin- 
ate., 3-nerved ; racemes 1-3, axillary, panic- 
ulate, longer than the leaves ; bracts mi- 
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ounded ; calyx awned. Cultivated. 2-3 f. 
macula! ta, (spotted lichnidia, r. w. Ju. 2.[.) 
stem erect, scabrous and spotted ; leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, smooth ; panicle oblong, 
many-flowered; segments of the corolla 
