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PAPPUS, down ; a fpecles o{ cojonula femifu's, 

 which is either capillarh, plumofus, paleaceus, or 

 Jiipatus. 



?A?ULOS\JM' Folwm [^papula, a pimple] a 

 leaf whofe furface is covered with pimples. 

 This fliould feem to be the natural meaning 

 of the word when applied to a leaf : otherwife, 

 papilla, as ufed by Celfus, fignifies a larger 

 fwelling covered with fmall pimples. 



PARABOLICUM Folium ; cujus diameter 

 hngitudinalis fuperat tranfverfalem., & a hafi fur- 

 futn angujlatur in femiovalum ; whofe longitudinal 

 diameter exceeds the tranfverfe, and growing 

 narrower from the bafe upwards becomes fejni- 

 ovatum. See Ovatum. 



PARALLELUM Dijfepiimntum, parallel to 

 the fides of the Pericarpiiim, oppofed to tranf- 

 verfu7n ; exemplified in the Draba. 



PARASITICUS Caulis [parafitus, a parafitc] 

 alteri plantcey nee terra innatus^ growing upon 

 another plant, as the Epidendran^ Vifeum, Til- 

 landfia^ &c. 



PARTIALIS VmheUa, a partial umbel ; the 



nmhellulti, or iittic umhella., which ftands upon 



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