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reiembling a head of grain on the Avena, the 

 outline of the entire figure being nearly ellipti- 

 cal ;yrW'f?/;^j,7//o_/^fl?yrt in pedunculh diverfe fubdivi- 

 fis, a frudlifi cation difpcrfed on pedunculi va- 

 rioufly flibdivided : it is either diffufa or coar- 

 clata. 



PAPILIONACEU3 [a PafUh, a butterfly] 

 butterfly-fiiaped. A flower is termed pap Hi sr.a- 

 ccQtis when coniifl:ing of four petala, the upper 

 one fpreads, the under one refembles a boat, 

 and the two fide petala fl:and Angle : fuch are the 

 entire cLifs Diadelpbia of Linnxus, the Papillo- 

 nacei of Tournefort, the Irregulares tetrapetaii of 

 Rivinus, and the Legumimfa of Ray. The 

 diffei'ent Petala are termed Vcxillum^ Ales, & 

 Carina. 



Pap'ilionacetx, an order of plants in the Frag- 

 msnta methodi naturalis of Linnaeus, amongfl: 

 which are thefe genera, viz, Erythrina, Anagyris, 

 Robinia, LupinuSy CUtoria, Ficia, Tragacanihay 

 Lotus, &:c. 



PAPILLOSUM Folium [papilla, the nipple] 

 a leaf whofe furface is covercd with dots or 

 points like little bladders, quod tegiiur punP.is 

 I'cp.cularib:'.!, 



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