Panicled 



A DICTIONARY 



Paraheliotropism 



in their mode of inflorescence. 

 If the former they are culled 

 "cymose;" if the latter, " bot- 

 ryose." They have a variety 

 of shapes, the typical form be- 

 ing loose and spreading, with 

 repeatedly branched peduncles, 

 as in many grasses. Panicles 

 of certain forms have received 

 special names. A compact 

 panicle like that of lilac is 

 called a thyrsus; a spike- 

 shaped panicle like that of 

 wheat is usually called a spike, 

 or compound spike; a corymb 

 might be called a level-topped 

 centripetal panicle, and a cyme 

 a similar centrifugal panicle. 



PAN'ICLED, see Paniculate. 



PANICULATE, resembling a 

 panicle; furnished with pani- 

 cles; arranged in panicles; 

 panicled. 



PANICULATE^, see Panicu- 

 late. 



PANlCULlF6RM,pauicle-shaped. 



PAN'NArY, pertaining to bread; 

 suitable for making bread. 



PAN'NiFORM, thick and spongy, 

 like coarse cloth. 



PAN'NOSE, (1) having a felted 

 coat of hairs. Compare Floc- 

 cose and Manicate. (2) Hav- 

 ing the texture of coarse cloth; 

 panniform. 



PANSPERMIA, the theory that 

 seeds and spores are every- 

 where present, ready to be 

 developed upon favorable op- 

 portunity. 



PA'PERY, see Chartaceous. 



PAPILIONACEOUS, having flow- 

 ers, as in the Papilionaceae, a 

 tribe of the Leguminosoe or pea 

 family; i.e., with a large upper 

 or posterior petal called the 

 vexillum, two lateral petals 

 called wings, and two small 



inferior petals more or less 

 united into a carina or keel. 



PAPlL'LA (pi. Papillae), a small 

 soft, elongated teat-shaped pro- 

 tuberance. Compare Mam illa 

 and Wart. 



PAP'lLLARY, having or resem- 

 bling papillae. Compare Ver- 

 rucose. . 



PAP'lLLATE, having papillae; 

 papuliferous. Compare Mam- 

 illate. 



PAPULIFEROUS, see Papil- 

 late. 



PAPlL'LlFdRM, in the form of a 

 papilla. 



PAP'lLLOSE, papillate or papil- 

 lary; especially, covered with 

 papillae. 



PAPPlF'EROUS, bearing a pappus, 

 as the seeds of thistle. 



PAP'PlFdRM, like a pappus. 



PAPPOSE', pappiferous or pap- 

 piform. 



PAP'PUS, the calyx in Composi- 

 te, especially when developed 

 in a hairy or feathery manner 

 to effect the dispersion of the 

 seed. Compare Coma. 



PAp'ULA (pi. Pap'ulse), see Pa- 

 pilla. 



PAP'ULOUS, see Papillose. 



PAPYRA CEOUS, papery; charta- 

 ceous. 



PArAC0R6L'LA, see Ciiown. 



PAR'AQYST, a term proposed by 

 Tulasne, but not generally 

 adopted, for De Bary's term 

 Polliuodium. 



PARAHELl6T'R6PiSM, the pow- 

 er which certain leaves have 

 when placed in bright sunlight 

 of placing their surfaces paral- 

 lel to the rays of light; diurnal 

 sleep. Compare Diaheliot- 

 ropism. 



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