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Va.gm2.f0lU. The upper and lower surface of a leaf. 



Palea. Chaff. A thin membrane rising from a common Re= 

 ceptaculum, which separates theflosculi. 



Paleaceus/m/?/ws. Down. See Illustration to Class xix. 



Palmae. Palms. One of the nine Linneean tribes of the vege- 

 table kingdom. 



Palmata radix. A handed root, as in the Orchis Genus. 



Palmatum folium. A leaf shaped like an open hand. 



Palustris. Marshy or fenny. 



Panduraeforme folium. Shaped like a guitar. 



Panicula. A loose spike, as in Poa annua. 



Papilionaceous. A butterfly-shaped flower, as the blossom 

 of the Pea and Bean. See Class Diadelphia, Order 4. 



Papilionaceae. A natural Order of plants in the Fragmenta me- 

 thodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 



Papillosum folium. A nipple. A leaf covered with dots or 

 points like nipples. 



Pappus. Down. See Illustration of Class xix. 



Papulosum folium. A leaf whose surface is covered with pim- 

 ples. 



Parabolicum folium. *A leaf in form of a parabola. 



Parallelum dissepimentum. When the partitions are parallel to 

 the sides of thepericarpium. 



Parasitica planta. Plants that grow only on, or out of, other 

 plants. Ex. Misseltoe, Cystus, Class xx. &c. 



Partialis umbella. A partial umbel. See Cystus, Class xx. &c. 



Partiale i?ivolucrum. When at the base of the partial umbel. 

 See Cicuta virosa, Class v. Order 2. 



Partitum folium. A divided leaf. 



Parvum perianthium. A little calyx, or comparatively small, 

 opposed to magnum. 



Patens caules, rami, &c. Spreading stalks branches, <Src> 



Patulus calyx, A spreading calyx. 



