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PENTSTSMON—PHLOX. 
PENTSTEJMON. 13—2. ( Bignonece .) [From pente, five, find sterna , stamen. This plant, 
though it is placed in the class Didynamia, has the rudiment of a fifth stamen ; from hence 
its name.] 
pubes"ecus, (beard-tongue, w-p. J. 2.J..) stem hairy ; leaves serrulate, lance-ob¬ 
long, sessi-le; flowers panicled ; the barren filament bearded from the apex 
to below the middle. Yar. latifolia , has broad, smooth leaves. Yar. an- 
gusLifolim has narrow, hairy, obscurely denticulate leaves. 1-2 f. Hill¬ 
sides. 
Iceviga'bum, (p. J. %) smooth; leaves ovate-oblong, clasping at the base, 
slightly toothed, the lower ones entire ; dowers paniculate ; steril filament 
bearded near the top. 1-2 f. Low grounds. 
PERtPLOCA. 18—5. (Apoci/nece.) [F|om p/crg about, and ploke % twining.] f 
gree'ea, (milk-vine, p. m. Ip.) climbing; leaves opposite, ovate, acuminate; 
flowers-hairy- within, and terminal. 
PETALOSTE3ION. 16—S. ( Lcguminosce .) [From' petalon, a petal, and st$ma> a stamen, the 
petals* and stamens united lonn a tube.] 
tari'didum , (w. Ju % ) spike cylindric, -peduncled ; bracts longer than the 
fiower ; calyx glabrous-; leaves lanceolate, in 3 pairs. 
viola’ccum , (r-p. An. dj..) bracts about equal to the calyx; little bracts spatu- 
Jate, caducous; calyx silky ; leaves linear, in 2 pairs. 
PH AC A. 16—10. ( Leguminosce .) [A Greek word signifying lentil.] 
villo'sa , (y. Ju. dj..) nearly sternness, villose; leaflets oval, glabrous above; pe¬ 
duncles as long as the leaves ; legumes hoary ; villose, oblong. 
PHALARIS. 3—2. (Gr amine a ,.) [From pthalos , shining, so named from the appearance of its 
seed.] 
america'na , (riband-grass, wild canary-grass, Ju. df.) panicle oblong, spiked ; 
glumes of the calyx boat-shaped, serrulate; corolla unequal; rudiments 
hairy. Yar. gicta , leaves variously striped. This variety is the riband- 
grass of the gardens. 2-5 f. 
PHASEOLUS. 16—10. ( Leguminosce .) [From pkaselos, a little boat, which its pods were 
thought (o resemble.] 
jpercn"nis , (wild kidney-bean, p. Ju. d]_.) twining, pubescent; leaflets ovate, 
acuminate, 3-nerved; racemes 1-3, axillary, paniculate, longer than the 
leaves; bracts- minute; legumes pendulous, broad, falcate, mucronate; 
dowers large. Dry woods. 
luna'Lus , (Carolina bean, Lima bean, g-w. Ju. ©.) twining; legumes cime- 
ter-form, sub-lunate, smooth; seeds compressed. Ex. 
■vulga'ris , (common pole-bean, p. w. Ju. <y>.) stem twining; racemes solitary, 
shorter than the leaves; peduncles in pairs ; bracts smaller than the calyx, 
•spreading; legumes pendulous. From the East Indies. 
nmnus, (bush-bean, six-weeks-bean, 0.) stem erect, smooth ; bracts larger 
than the calyx; legumes pendulous, compressed, rugose; seeds variously 
coloured. Ex. 
PHILADELPHIA. 11—1. (Mi/rti.) [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.] 
inodo'rus , (scentless syringa, w. J. Tp.) leaves acuminate, oval, entire ; divis¬ 
ions of the calyx acute; style undivided, longer than the stamens; stigmas 
4, oblong; dowers large. S. 
corona'rius , (mock-orange, false syringa, w. J. Tp.) styles distinct; leaves 
ovate, sub-dentate. Ex. 
PHLE1JM. 3—2. ( Graminem .) 
praten"se , (timothy grass. J. 2]-. and cf.) spike cylindric, calyx mucronate- 
awned; keel ciliate; awn shorter than the calyx ; culm erect. Introduced. 
2-3 f. 
PHLOX. 5—1. ( Polemonece .) [A Greek word signifying flame, from the bright colour of the 
flowers of some of its species.] 
'panicuWtciy (smooth-stem lichnidia. r. w. J. d|_.) glabrous, erect; leaves lan¬ 
ceolate. narrowing gradually, flat; margins rough ; corymbs panicled ; di¬ 
visions of the corolla rounded ; calyx awned. Cultivated. 2-3 .f.» 
sulnda'ta , (mountain pink, r. M. di.) emspitose, white-pubescent; leaves linear- 
