palaeotropic 



Falmograplier 



the science of palaeobotany ; palaeo- 

 trop'ic {rpoTT^, a turning) Flo'ra, 

 the tropical flora of the old world. 



•psi'lsLT, pala'ris (Lat., pertaining to a 

 pale or stake), when the root is 

 perfectly continuous with the 

 stem ; pala'ri-ramo'Bus, when a 

 palar-root has many branches. 



Pal'ate, Pala'tum (Lat., the palate), 

 (1) the prominent lower lip of a 

 ringent corolla; (2) the projection 

 in the throat of a personate 

 gamopetalous corolla. 



Pale, Pa'lea (Lat., chaff), (1) the 

 chaffy scales on the receptacle of 

 many Compositae ; (2) the inner 

 bract or glume in grasses, called 

 ' ' Palet " by North American writers ; 

 (3) the ramenta or chaffy scales 

 on the stipe of many Ferns ; Pa'lea 

 clathra'ta, the latticed scale of 

 Ferns (Luerssen) ; palea'ceous (+ 

 ACEOUs), chaffy, furnished with 

 paleae or chaff-like in texture ; 

 paleaeform'is {formis, shape), re- 

 sembling paleae ; Pareola, a dim- 

 inutive of palea, or of secondary 

 order, applied to the Lodiculk of 

 grasses ; pareolate, paleola'tus, 

 furnished with a lodicule; paleo- 

 lif'erous {fero, I bear), bearing 

 paleae ; pa'leous, chaffy. 



Paleophy tol'ogy = Palaeophytology. 



Pal'et = Palea. 



Palingen'esia {naMv, again; yeveais, 

 a beginning), Haeckel's terra for 

 the doctrine of simple descent ; 

 also written Palin'geny; adj. palin- 

 genetlc. 



Pal'lsade Cells, perpendicular elong- 

 ated parenchyma cells on the sur- 

 face of most leaves ; ^ Parench'yma, 

 '~ Tis'sue, tissue composed of the 

 said cells ; palisa'dic, relating to the 

 'palisade cells. 



pal'lens (Lat., wan), pale in colour; 

 pallea'cent, becoming light in tint ; 

 pal'lid, pal'lidus, somewhat pallid ; 

 pallid'ulus, slightly pallid. 



Pariium (Lat. , a covering or garment), 

 a presumed gelatinous envelope of 

 Diatoms. 



Palm {palma, the palm of the hand), 



three inches, the width of ill 

 hand ; -^ veined = palmatelt 

 VEINED ; palmarls (Lat.), the 

 breadth of the palm, about three 

 inches; pal'mate, palma'tus, lobed 

 or divided, so that the sinuses 

 point to the apex of the petiole ; 

 parmately, in a palmate manner, aa 

 -< cleft=PALMATiFiD;'-'Com''pound, 

 <- divided, '-' lobed = palmatilo- 

 BATE ; '-' nerved = palmatinervis ; 

 ^ part'ed = palm ati partite ; <- 

 veined = palmatinervis ; pahnat'- 

 ifld, palmatif'idus {findo, fidi, to 

 cleave), cut in a palmate fashion 

 nearly to the petiole ; palmatiform'is 

 {forma, shape), the venation 

 arranged in a palmate manner ; 

 palmatilo'bate (lobatits, lobed), pal- 

 mately lobed; palmatiner'vis {nervust 

 a nerve), palmately nerved ; palma- 

 tipart'ite {partitiLS,. divided), cut 

 nearly to the base in a palmate 

 manner; palmat'isect, palTnatisect'tcs 

 {sedus, cut), palmately cut. 



Palmel'la (vaX/xhs, palpitation), the 

 zoogloea stage of Sclmomycetes, 

 etc. , when embedded in a jelly-like 

 mass; not to be confounded ' with 

 the Algal genus, Palmella, Lyngb. 



Palmeriin, Phipson's name for the 

 colouring-matter of Palmella cru- 

 enta, Agh. ; pahnerioid (elSoj, re- 

 semblance), characteristic of the 

 genus named. 



Pal'mid, J. Smith's term for Palms, 

 Cycads and Tree-ferns of palm-like 

 aspect. 



palmif erous {palma, a date palm ; 

 fero, I bear), producing palms. 



pal'miform (palma, pabn of th<' 

 hand ; fwma, shape) = palmati- 

 form; palminer'ved, palminer vis 

 = palmatinervis. 



palmitic {palma, a palm), relating 

 to palms, as - Acid, derived from 

 Pal'mitin, a glyceiide, a solid fat 

 occurring in palm oil. 



palmogloe'an, allied to Palmogloea, 

 or resembling it (Archer). 



Palmog'rBpher(j»a?ma,apalm ; ypdfpv, 

 I write), a describer or monographer 

 of Palms. 



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