papery 



Faraheliotropinn 



pa'pery, having the texture of paper, 



Cf. CHAKTACEOUS, PAPYKACEOUS. 



papiliona'ceous {papilio, a butterfly; 

 + ACEOUs), a butterfly-shaped cor- 

 olla, as in the sub-order Papilion- 

 aceae of Leguminosae. 



Papil'la (Lat., a nipple), pi. Papil'lae, 



(1) soft superficial glands or pro- 

 tuberances; (2) "Also the aciculae 

 of certain Fungals " (Lindley) ; 

 papil'lar, papillaris, papil'lary, 

 resembling papillae; pap'illate, pa- 

 pilla' tus (Lat., bud-shaped), having 

 papillae ; papillif' erous, -rus {fero, 

 I bear), producing papillae ; pa- 

 pil'liform {forma, shape), shaped 

 like a papilla ; papillose, papilio' sits 

 (Lat.), covered vpith papillae. 



papplTerous {pappus, plant-down •,fe)'o, 

 I bear), bearing pappus ; pap'piform, 

 pappi/orm'is {/orma, shape), resem- 

 bling pappus ; Pap'po, Blair's word 

 for the down of thistles ; pap'- 

 pose, pappo'sus, pap'pous, having 

 pappus ; Pap'pus, thistledown ; the 

 various tufts of hairs on acheues or 

 fruits ; the limb of the calyx of 

 Composite florets. 



Pap'ula (Lat., a pimple), a pimple or 



"Small pustule ; papuliferous, -rus 



{fero, I bear), bearing pustules ; 



pap'ulose, papulo'sus, pap'ulous, 



papillose. 



papyra'ceous, papyra'ceus (Lat., made 

 of papyrus), (1) papery ; (2) white as 

 paper ; --' Ferns, filmy Ferns. 



paraboric, paraborical, 2'"^'^'^^'^^'^^^^^ 

 {■irapafio\^, a parabola), in botany, 

 ovate-oblong or ovate, obtuse and 

 contracted below the apex, used of a 

 leaf. 



Parabux'ine (irapo, beside, -fBuxiNE), 

 and Parabuxin'idine, alkaloids occur- 

 ring in Buxus sempervirens, Linn.; 

 Paracal'lus ( + Callus), a substance 

 resembling the callus of sieve -tubes, 

 but differing in reaction and chemical 

 constitution ; Paracarp'ium {Kapirhs, 

 fruit), (1) an abortive pistil or carpel ; 



(2) the persistent portion of some 

 styles or stigmas; paracar'pous, used 

 to indicate ovaries whose carpels are 

 joined together by the margins only 



(Goebel) ; Paracel'lulose ( -f Cellu- 

 LoaE) forms the epidennal cells of 

 plants ; Parachro'matiii ( -f- Chro- 

 matin), the same as IjINIn; para- 

 chromatoph'orous, having pigment 

 chiefly in the cell-wall (C. Jones) ; 

 parachromophor'ic (xpw^uo, colour; 

 <pop4w, I carry), applied to bacteria 

 whose colouring is an excretory 

 product, but adheres to the organ- 

 isms ; Paracororia (+ Corolla), any 

 appendage to a corolla, the corona 

 of a flower. 



Parachute' (Fr.), sometimes applied to 

 fruits which are readily carried by 

 wind, by means of membranous ex- 

 pansions or pappus, recalling the 

 action of a parachute. 



paracotyle'donary {irapa, beside, -\- 

 Cotyledon), used of the axis, de- 

 rived from the anterior inferior seg- 

 ment (quadrant) of the oosphere of 

 Marsilea (Vines); Par'acyst {Kvans, 

 a bag), (1) morphologically an anther- 

 idium, in Pyronema ; (2) Tulasne's 

 term for gametes in Peziza, etc. ; 

 Paradiphyl'lum (Sis, twice ; (pvWov, 

 a leaf), a double leaf resulting 

 from dichotomy of the lamina (Kron- 

 feld). 



par'affinoid ( + Paraffin, cJdos, resem- 

 blance), Kerner's tei'm for a group of 

 scents, such as those of the Rose, 

 Lime, and Elder. 



Paragalac'tan (irapa, beside, + Galac- 

 tin), a reserve substance in the seeds 

 of lupins; Parag'amy {ydfjLos, mar- 

 riage), vegetative or gametal nuclei 

 lying in a continuous mass of cyto- 

 plasm -which fuse to form a zygote 

 nucleus ; apocyt'ial -^ , the vegeta- 

 tive nuclei of an apocytium which 

 fuse to form an "Oospore" in Sapro- 

 legnieae (Hartog) ; Paragen esit 

 {yeveais, beginning), all modes of 

 reproduction resulting in a body 

 which simulates a zygote in the 

 same or allied forms (Hartog) ; 

 Parahe'liode {Vi\ios, the sun), or 

 Par'asol, a peculiar set of spines in 

 Cacteae (Darbishire) ; Paraheliot'ro- 

 pism ( 4- Heltotropism), diurnal 

 sleep, the movements of leaves to 



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