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CLASS II. 
Monocotpledones. ox Endogenw. 
ORDER. TRILLIACEA. (DE-CAND.) 
Paris, (Livn.) Herp Paris. 
Linn. Cl. viii. Ord. iv. 
Name, From par, (Lat.) equal; in allusion to the remarkable 
regularity, as well as numerical correspondence of all the parts of 
this plant. 
1. P. quadrifolia, (Linn.) four-leaved Herb Paris. True-love. 
One-berry. The plant has occasionally five leaves, and sometimes 
six, but four is the common number. ngl. Bot. ¢. 7. 
Locality. Damp woods. P. Fl. May. Area, 1.* 3.4.5. In 
all the Districts (except the South-middle), where-it has not as yet 
been observed. Stem one foot high, with 4, rarely 3 or 5, whorled, 
large ovate, acute leaves at its summit, the rest leafless. Mower 
single terminal, on a foot-stalk about 2 inches long. Sepads lance- 
olate. Petals subulate. Berry of a bluish-black colour. This plant, 
“ more curious than beautiful,” is particularly interesting to the 
Botanical student in exhibiting a connection between the Mono- 
cotyledonous, and Dicotyledonous Divisions of the Vegetable King- 
dom. The former division is characterized (among other peculiarities) 
by having the veins of the leaves running parrallel to each other, 
without intermediate reticulation, either from the base to the apex, 
as in Iris, Lily of the Valley, Grasses, &c., or from the midrib, at 
right angles, towards the margin, as in the Plantain-tree (Musa 
paradisiaca). The Dicotyledonous Division, on the contrary, exhibits 
a reticulated venation, as is exhibited in the Rose, Apple, and other 
trees and plants. The Paris being a Monocotyledonous plant, is, 
however, furnished with leaves which present an approach to the 
uniform arborization of the veins or sap vessels (as they should be 
more correctly called) resembling that which characterizes the 
Dicotyledons. : 
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