PALM 481 



Paeony, Faconia. 



Paepalanthus Mart. Eriocaulaceae. 215 S. Am. 



Paesia St Hil. Polypodiaceae. 7 trop. Am., E. As., N.Z. 



Pagaea Griseb. in DC. Gentianaceae (i). 6 Guiana, N. Brazil. 



Pagamea Aubl. Rubiaceae (n. 5) (Logan, Bff.). 8 Brazil, Guiana. 



Pagerea Pierre. Inc. sed. i Cochinchina. 



Pagetia F. Muell. Rutaceae (i). i Queensland. 



Pahudia Miq. Leguminosae (n. 3). 3 Malay Archip. Good timber. 



Paigle, cowslip. Primula veris Lehm. 



Paina de seda, Chorisia speciosa St. Hil. 



Paint brush, -ed cup, -ed lady, Castilleja ; -root, Lachnanthes. 



Paivaea Berg. Myrtaceae (i). i Sao Paulo. 



Paivaeusa Welw. Euphorbiaceae (A. i. i) (Burser. Bf/.). \ W. Afr. 



Pajanelia DC. Bignoniaceae (2). i Indomal. 



Palaearctic, old world arctic; -obotany, fossil botany; -o-tropical, 

 old world tropical. 



Palafoxia Lag. Compositae (6). 7 E\ and S.E. U.S. 



Palaquium Blanco (Dichopsis Thw.). Sapotaceae (i). 65 Indomal. 

 P. Gutta Burck was formerly the chief source of gutta-percha, but it 

 is now extinct exc. in cult., and gutta is obtained from other sp. and 

 from Payena Leerii, &c. The trees are cut down or ringed and the 

 milky latex coagulates, forming gutta percha (if. Rubber). 



Palas, Buteafrondosa Roxb. 



Palava Juss. (Palaua Cav.). Malvaceae (i). 5 Chili, Peru. 



Pale, palea, palet, cf. Gramineae. 



Palenia Phil. (Heterothalannis p.p. EP.). Compositae (3). i Chili. 



Paliavana Veil, ex Vand. Gesneriaceae (n). 2 Brazil. 



Palicourea Aubl. Rubiaceae (n. 5). 120 trop. Am., W.I. 



Palimbia Bess. (Peucedanum p.p. Bff.). Umbellif. (in. 6). i Russia. 



Palisander, wood of Brazilian sp. otDalbergia,Jacaranda, Machacrium, 

 &c. 



Palisota Reichb. Commelinaceae. 8 trop. W. Afr. Cult. orn. fl. 



Palissya Baill. (Alchornea p.p. BH.). Euphorb. (A. n. 2). i Madag. 



Paliurus Tourn. ex Mill. Rhamnaceae. 2, one, P. aculeatus Lam. 

 (Christ's thorn, cf. Zizyphus), S. Eur. to China; one China, Japan. 

 The former has stipular thorns, one straight, the other recurved ; the 

 latter has both thorns straight. The fr. has a horizontal wing, de- 

 veloped at the base of the style after fert. 



Pallasia Klotzsch. Rubiaceae (i. 3). i Guiana. 



Pallenis Cass. Compositae (4). i Medit. 



Fallens (Lat.), pale coloured. 



Palm, one of the Palmae; Assai -, Euterpe ; betelnut -, Areca; cabbage - 

 Oreodoxa ; - cabbage, Cocas, &c. ; carnauba -, Copcrnida ; coconut - 

 Cocos nudfera L. ; cohune -, Attalea; coquito -, Jubaea; date - 

 Phoenix dadylifera L. ; doum -, Hyphaene ; gomuti -, Arenga ; - honey 

 Jubaea; ivory-, Phytelephas ; macaw-, Acrocomia; oil-, Elaeis 

 palmetto-, Sabal; Palmirah or Palmyra-, Borassus; paxiuba - 

 Iriartea; peach-, Bactris; piassaba-, Attalea, Leopoldinia; royal - 

 Oreodoxa ; sago -, Metroxylon ; - sugar, Arenga, Borassus, Cocos 

 Caryota, &c.; thatch-, Sabal, Thrinax, &c.; toddy-, Caryoia; 

 wax-, Ceroxylon, Copcrnida; wine-, Kaphia. 



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