TAP 



PALSY. Loss of nervous power, 

 in horses, usually in the hind legs. 

 See the Horse, Ox, Sheep. 



P A L U S T R I N E, PALUSTRIS. 

 Marshy, belonging to a marsh. 



P A .M B I N A. A species of high 

 cranberry, found near the Columbia 

 River. 



PAMPAS. The South American 

 prairies. 



PAN. A term applied to the bed 

 or flooring upon which the cultivated 

 soil lies or is placed. It is sometime 

 extremely hard. See Moor. 



PANACEA. A universal and fab- 

 ulous remedy. 



PANCREAS. The sweet bread. 

 It is composed of innumerable small 

 glands, the excretory ducts of which 

 unite and form one duct, called the 

 pancreatic duct, that conveys a fluid 

 very similar to saliva into the intes- 

 tines, called the pancreatic juice, 

 which mixes with the chyle in the 

 duodenum. 



PANE OF GROUND. A small, 

 four-sided piece of ground capable of 

 irrigation. 



PANDURIFORM. Shaped like a 

 fiddle or guitar. 



PAN-FEEDERS. In horticulture, 

 the shallow vessels in w'hich pots 

 are set. 



PANIC GRASS. The genus Pan- 

 icum. Coarse annuals, of little value 

 for grass. P. miliaceum is one vari- 

 ety of millet, which see. 



PANICLE. A kind of inflores- 

 cence, in which the central stalk 

 throws out lateral stems, and these 

 bear the petioled flowers, as in oats. 



PANNAGE. The food consumed 

 by hogs in woods. 



PANSY. Heart's ease. Violets. 



PAPAVERACE^. Plants allied 

 to the poppies ; they are for the most 

 part narcotics. 



PAPAW. Carica papaya, Assimi- 

 nier. A Southwestern tree, attain- 

 ing sometimes tw€nty-five feet ; the 

 fruit is three inches long, soft and 

 insipid ; a spirituous liquor may be 

 made from it : the w'ood is useless. 



PAPILIONACE^, PAPILIONA- 

 CEOUS PLANTS. The Legumi- 

 noscB. 



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PAPILIONACEOUS FLOWERS. 

 A name given to the corolla of legu- 

 minous plants, as that of the garden 

 pea and bean ; it consists of a large 

 upper petal, standard, or vexillum ; 

 two lateral petals, called alee, wings ; 

 and two intermediate petals, forming 

 the keel, or carina. 



PAPILIONID.E. Lepidopterous 

 insects, properly called butterflies : 

 they feed by day. 



PAPILLA, PAPILL.-E. Small 

 delicate eminences, as on the tongue. 



PAPPUS. The hairy down of 

 thistles and other compositae. Pap- 

 pose is a derivative. 



PAPYRUS. A large sedge (Cy- 

 perus papyrus), a native of the Nile 

 and Southern Asia, from which the 

 ancients made their paper, or papyrus. 



PARACENTESIS. Tapping, 

 opening the covering of the abdomen, 

 &c., to let out water : it is done with 

 a trocar. 



PARACYANOGEN. A brown 

 solid, with the composition of cyan- 

 ogen. 



PARADOX. An apparent absurd- 

 ity, but really a fact. 



"PARAFINE. A tasteless, inodor- 

 ous, fatty matter, obtained, among 

 the products of distillation, from 

 wood tar. 



PARAGUAY TEA. Ilex Para- 

 guayensis. An evergreen holly, the 

 leaves of which contain iheine, and 

 are used as tea in South America. It 

 grows well in Georgia. 



PARALYSIS. Palsy. Paralytic 

 is a derivative. 



PARAPLEGIA. Paralysis of the 

 upper or lower part of the body only. 



PARASITE, PARASITIC 

 PLANTS. Plants which strike their 

 roots into the textures of others, as 

 themisletoe: mildew, smut, rust, &c., 

 are also parasites. Many insects are 

 parasitical on animals. 



PAR A ST ATE. Square pillars 

 standing from the wall. 



PARCHMENT. Refuse or clip- 

 pings make glue, or sizing, when 

 boiled ; they constitute an excellent 

 manure of the same kind as woollen 



rags. 



PAREGORIC. 



Tincture of opium 



