PEL 
obtusifdlium . 
odoratlssimum 
CEnother^ . . 
orobifOlIum 
orUd . . . 
oralifbUum 
oxalidifdlium . 
oxyphtUum, 5 
psllens . . . 
paUldum . . . 
papilionacSum 
parviflorum . . 
patentlssimum 
pat&lum . . , 
pediceUatum . 
peltatum . . . 
xariegatum . . 
pendulum . . . 
penicillatum . . 
penniformd . 
petroselinam . . 
plctum . . . . 
pilo^um 
primullnum . . 
principisss • . 
procumbens . . 
pulchellam . . 
pulvemlentum 
pumilum . . . 
puDct&tum . . . 
purpurascens . , 
pustulusum . , 
quercifblium . . 
bipinnatlfidum 
quinfitum . . . 
quinqueldbum 
quinquevulnirum 
radifitum . . . 
radicatum . . . 
radula . . . . 
rapac^um . . . 
recurvatum . . 
reflex urn . . 
renifOrmS . . 
reticulatum 
retusum . . 
revolutum . . 
rubit'ollum . 
rlgldum . . 
rdaeum . ... 
rubens . 
rubrocinctum . 
rugdsOm . . 
rumicifdllum . 
sanf^In^um 
saniculKfdllQm 
scabrum . . 
■cBndens . . 
•chixopatalum 
scutatum . . 
semitrilobatum 
senecioidea . . 
aetdsum . . 
sororlum . . 
spatulatum 
afilnd . . 
sp^iOsum . . 
spindsum . . 
apurtum 
staphisafrrioldes 
tten<^tiUuin . 
Synifctn . . 
tabularS . . 
tenellum . . 
tenuifollum . 
tematum . . 
tetragOnum 
rariegatum . 
tomentdsum . 
tricolor, 6 . . 
tricuspidatum . 
tripartitum 
triphyllum . . 
tristo . . . 
nndnlatum . . 
undulaeflOrum . 
unicolorum . 
uniflOrum . . 
Tariegatum 
Terbasoiflorum 
TicisefOliiim . 
Tiolsflorum . 
virgin^um . 
riacosiasimum . 
TitifOlIum . . 
WatsOnll . . 
WiUdenova . 
xonaia . . . 
coccinOum . 
, IVirple 
, Pink . 
. Rose . 
. Blood . 
, Purple 
, While . 
, Yellow 
. White . 
. Pa. yeL 
. Pink 
. 6, G. 
. 7, G. 
. 4, G. 
. 6, G. 
. 6, G. 
. 6, G. 
. 6, G. 
. 8, G. 
. 5, G. 
6, G. 
Pa. wht . 6, G. 
r. red 
Li. wht. 
Pa. bid. 
Grn. bm. 
Purple 
Purple 
Red . 
Wht. red 
Yellow 
Blush . 
Whu red 
Pink . 
Violet . 
Dk. pink 
Purple 
White . 
Grey bid. 
Pink . 
i Purple 
Wht. pink 6, G- 
Purple . 5, Q, 
Purple . 5, G« 
' Pa. yeL . 5, G> 
Red . . 7. G. 
Dk. pur. 
Dk. pur. 
Yellow 
Yellow 
Purple 
White . 
White . 
Purple 
Pink 
i. G. 
. 6, G. 
. 6, G. 
. 7. G. 
. 7, G. 
. 7, G. 
. 5, G. 
. 7. G. 
. 6, G. 
. 7. G. 
. 4, G. 
. 6, G. 
. 7. G. 
. 8, G. 
. 4, G. 
. 4, G. 
. 7. G. 
. 6, G. 
5, G. 
6, a 
7, G- 
7, (h 
6, G. 
6, G. 
5, G- 
7, G- 
6, G. 
Ev. S. 
Er. S. 
Her. P. 
Tu. P. 
Her. P. 
Tu. P. 
Tu. P. 
Ev. S. 
Tu. P. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Her. P. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Tu. P. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. Tr. 
Ev. S. 
Tu. P. 
Her. P. 
Tu. P. 
Tu. P. 
Her. P. 
Tu. P. 
Her. P. 
Ev. S. 
Tu. P. 
Tu. P. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. & 
Tu. P. 
Tu. P. 
Tu. P. 
Her. P. 
Tu. P. 
5, G- 1 
. _• Tu. P. 
. Drk. crim. 6, G* Tu. P. 
- - . Tu. P. 
irpl, 
. White . 
. Whitish . 7. O- 
. Rose . . 4, G« 
. Purple . 6, G* 
. Pur. wht. . 5, G- 
. Pink liL . 7. G- 
. Yellow . 6, G- 
. Scarlet . 7, G* 
. Pa. red . 7, G* 
. Wht. red . 6, G< 
. Rose . . 7r G* 
. Yel. bm. . 6, G* 
. ^Vhite . . 8, G- 
. Purple 
. 'White . 
. Roee . 
. Wht. red 
. Yellow 
. 5, G. 
. 6, G- 
. 5, G- 
. 5, G- 
. 5, a 
Yellow 
. Purple . 
. Pink . . 
. Violet . . 
. Purple 
. Scarlet 
! Pa. yel! ’. 
. Yellow . 
. Purple 
. Pink . . 
. Pink . . 
. Pink . . 
. White . . 
. Wht. pur. 
. Wht. pur. 
. Pa. yeL 
. Flesh . . 
. Grn. yel. . 
. White . . 
.Black . . 
. Crimson . 
. Wht. red 
. Lilac . 
. Pa. rose 
. 'White . 
. Wht. red 
. LL wht. 
. Purple 
. Purple 
. 'Wht. veiny 6, G. 
. Scarlet . 8, G. 
. Scarlet . 8, G. 
Tu. P. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Tu, P. 
Her. P. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Tu. P. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
A. 
Tu- P. 
Ev. S. 
Tu. P. 
Tu. P. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Her. P. 
Tu. P. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
. 5, G. 
. 6, G. 
. 6, G. 
. 7, G. 
. 5, G. 
Ev. S. 
Tu. P. 
Tu. P. 
Tu. P. 
Tu. P. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Tu. P. 
Tu. P. 
Tu. P. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
Ev. S. 
PEL 
PEL 
PEN 
C. G. H. . 
C. G. H. . 1724 
C. G. H. . 1812 
C. G. H. . 1824 
C.G. H. . 1774 
C. G. H. . 1820 
C. G. H. . 1801 
C. G. H. . 1800 
C. G. H. . 1800 
crystalllnam . Scarlet . 8, O. Ev. S. a G. H. . 1710 
marginatum . Scarlet . 8, O. Ev. S. 
Pklexia, Poiteatu From pelex, a helmet. Linn. 20, 
Or. 1, Nat. Or. Orchidacea. An herbaceous plant 
of no great beauty, growing in a mixture of loam 
and peat, and increased slowly by division at the 
roots. 
spiranthoid^ . . Gm. wht. S. Ter. St Vincent . 1823 
C. G. H. . 1724 
C. G. H. . 1800 
C. G. H. . 1820 
C. G. H. . 1821 
C. G. H. . 1822 
a G. H. . 1701 
a G. H. . 1701 
C. G. H. . 
C. G. H. . 1794 
C. G. H. . 1800 
C. G. H. . 1802 
a G. H. . 1800 
C. G. H. . 1801 
C. G. H. . 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. O. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
a G. H. 
a G. H. 
. 1820 
. 1801 
. 1795 
. 1822 
. IHOO 
. 1794 
. 1800 
. 1820 
. 1774 
. 1774 
C. G. H. . 1820 
C. G. H. 
C.G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
a G. H. 
a G. H. 
a G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
, 1790 
. 1802 
. 1774 
. 1788 
. 1/90 
. 1800 
. 1791 
. 1824 
. 1800 
. 1798 
! 1792 
C. G. H. . 1774 
C. G. H. . 1800 
C. G. H. . 1823 
C. G. H. . 
C. G. H. . 1806 
C G. H. . 1775 
a G. H. . 1800 
C. G. H. . 1821 
C G. H. . 1701 
C. G. H. . 1800 
C. G. a . 1775 
C. G. H. . 1805 
aG. a . 1794 
C. G. a . 1794 
C. G. a . 1795 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
c. G. h: 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
. 1825 
. 1800 
. 1825 
. 1775 
. 1802 
. 1768 
. 1789 
• 1774 
. 1774 
. 1790 
C. G. a . 1789 
C G. H. . 1812 
C. G. H. . 1632 
C.G. a . 1795 
C. G. a . 1821 
C. G. H. . 
a G. a . 1800 
C. G. a . 1812 
C. G. a . 1811 
C.G. a . 1779 
C. G. a . 1810 
C.G.H. . 1795 
C. G. H. . 1820 
C.G. a . 1724 
C. G. H. . 
C. G. a . 1710 
C. G. a . 1710 
Pkliosanthes, Andrervs. From pelios, livid, and 
anthos, a flower. Linn. 6, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Liliacece. 
Curious plants, with ovate-lanceolate leaves, re- 
quiring a mi.xture of loam, peat, and sand; pro- 
pagated freely from suckers. 
hamHis .... Green . . 5, S. Her. P. E. Ind. . .1809 
Teta . ... Bra. grn. . 4, S. Her. P. E. Ind. . . 1807 
PET.ticLK, a thin skin which envelopes certain seeds. 
Pellitory, see Parielarta. 
Pelmtory, see PyrSthrilm Parthenifim. 
Pklijtory of Spain, see AnthimU PyrSthrum. 
Pei.locid, bright, transparent. 
Pkt.taria, Linn. From pelte, a small buckler; in 
nllusion to the form of the silicle. Linn. 15, Nat. 
Or. Cruciferce. Pretty little plants, flourishing in 
any light soil ; readily increased by dividing the 
roots, or by seed. 
alliacea .... White . 6, H. Her. P. Austria . 1601 
gla-vtifOlia . . . White . 6, H. A. Syria . .1823 
Peltatb, a leaf is peltate, when the petiole is fixed 
in the disk instead of the margin. 
Pei.tatb-nervkd, used in reference to the nerves of a 
leaf, radiating from the centre. 
Peltidea, Acharius. From pelte, a target, and eidoa, 
resemblance; form of the shields. Linn. 24, Or. 8, 
Nat. Or. Lichenes. The species of this genus grow 
on thatch, the bark of trees, among moss, &c. 
P. aphthosa is used, boiled in milk, by the peasants 
in Sweden, as a cure for the aphtha, from which it 
takes its name — P. aphthOsd, cantnd, horizontSHa, 
membranJc/d, polyddctgld, rufiaclna, acutdtd, tpflrid, 
venlfad. 
Pkn.*a, Linn. In honour of P. Pena, who, in con- 
junction with Lobel, published Adversaria Botanica 
in 1570. Linn. 4, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Penaacece. Hand- 
some shrubs, growing in sandy peat; and young 
plants may be obtained from ripened cuttings, in 
sand, under a glass. 
fruticulOsi . 
imhricau . 
lateriflora . 
marginAta . 
mucrnnata . 
myrtoidcs . 
sarcocOlla . 
squamdsa . 
Red 
Pink 
Red 
Red 
Yellow 
Red 
Red 
Red 
6. G. Ev. S. C. G. H. . 1822 
6. G. Ev. S. C. G. H. . 1824 
6, G. Ev. S. C. G. H. . 1825 
6, G. Ev. S. C G. H. . 1816 
6, G. Ev. S. C. G. H. . 1787 
6, G. Ev. S. a G. H. . 1816 
6, G. Ev. S. C. G. H. . 1825 
6, G. Ev. S. C. G. H. . 1787 
P FNCTiiKD, marked in lines, as with a pencil, or having 
the appearance of hair pencil, as the stigmas of 
numerous species of Oxalit. 
Pendulous, drooping, hanging down. 
Penicillaria, Willdenow. From penicillut, a pencil ; 
in allusion to the spikes. Linn. 3, Or. 2, Nat. Or. 
Graminece. Mere weeds, thriving in any common 
soil, and increased by seeds — P. cilidtd, gpicdtd. 
PenicillTum, Link. From penicillum, a painter’s 
pencil ; alluding to the form of the filaments. Linn. 
24, Or. 9, Nat. Or. Algoe. The species are found 
on the decaying stems of herbaceous plants and 
other rotten substances — P. cundidTim, glaticfim, 
spdrsiim. 
Pennisetum, Beauvais. From penna, a feather, and 
seta, a bristle. Linn. 3, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Gratninex. 
A genus of grasses, not worth cultivating except in 
botanic's! collections. The seed may be sown in 
the open border. Synonyms; 1. Panicum holcoides 
— P. barbdtOm, cenchroddls, compresstcm, dichbtbmitm, 
holcoides I, nepalinsi, orientali, polystdchgOn, setO- 
sQm, violdcenm. 
Pennatous, soft, downy, like a feather. 
Penny-cress, see Thldspl arvense. 
Pennyroyal, see Menthd PulegiBm. 
Pennywort, see Hydrocdt^ie. 
Pentacrypta, Lehmann. Prom pente, five, and 
krypte, a vault. Linn. 23, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Um- 
beiliferx. A parsley-scented plant, requiring pro- 
tection in winter; increased by seeds only— P. atro- 
pur pared. 
Pentadksma, R. Brown. From pente, five, and desma, 
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