PAiiM, PALMA'srs— The breadth of four 

 fingers. Palmus— From thumb to 

 little finger ; about three inches in 

 length. Pal'matb, Palma'tus — When 

 the arrangement of Bubordinate parts 

 of any organ is such as to imitate the 

 form of an open hand. Palmat'imd, 

 Palmatif'iduh— When the subdivisions 

 of a simple leaf, having a palmate 

 arran'gement, extend about half-way 

 towards the base. Palma'tilobatus 

 — Where the lobes of a simple leaf have 

 a palmate arrangement. Palmatipak'- 

 TiTus — When the subdivisions of a 

 simple leaf, having a palmate arrange- 

 ment, extend considerably more than 

 half-way to the base. If more deeply cut, 

 the term Palmatiseo'ths is used. The 

 leaves of the Castor-oil plant are 

 usually palmately seven-lobed. 



Paludo'sus, PaluS'teis — Growing in 

 marshy places. 



PaNDU'KU'ORM, PANDC'Ra;FOEMI3, PaN- 

 Du'eifokmis — ■ Where an oblong or 

 obovate leaf is indented in the lower 

 half by a deep sinus : fiddle-shaped, as 

 the leaves of one of the Docks, Bumex ; 

 also HiKscus pwnduriformis. 



Pan'iole, or Panic'ulate — An inflorescence 

 where the axis is divided iiito branches 

 bearing two or more flower.^. (See the 

 inflorescence of the common Oat.). 



PANNiifOE'Mis, Pakno'sus— Looking like a 

 piece of cloth ; somewhat thick and 

 spongy. 



Papaw Juioe — There is said to be a grow- 

 ing demand for this in a concrete state. 

 The method of preparation, as given in 

 the Pharm. Journ., Dec, 1892, is to cut 

 lines across the fruit, and allow the 

 juice to drop upon sheets of glass, where 

 it is allowed to dry ; thfs is all the pre- 

 paration required. 



PAPii.iONA'0Eons,PAPiLiOKA'cl;es— Butter- 

 fly-flowered. These flowers have an 

 irregular corolla composed of five 

 petals, the upper one of which is called 

 the standard or vexilluin, and is out- 

 side in the bud ; the two lateral ones, 

 called wings or alae, are intermediate ; 

 and the two lowest ones, which are more 

 or less united along the lower edge or 

 approximate, face to face, form the 

 shape of a boat, afid are called the keel 

 or carina, and more or less enclose the 

 stamens and style. 



Papil'la— JThe nipple ; a small elongated 

 protuberance, formed of a distended 

 cell of the cellular tissue, upon various 

 surfaces. PapIlla'kis — llesembling a 

 papilla, hut of larger dimensions, and 

 composed of several cells. Paphla'tus, 

 PAPiLLTifE'EUS, Papillo'sus — Covered 

 with papillae. 



Pap'pus — Thistle-down. The peculiar 

 limb of the calyx of the florets of Coni- 

 positse. PAPPi'PEBua, Pappo'peeus, 

 Pappo'sus— Purnished with pappus. 



Papyka'oeus, Paptrif'eeus — Papery. 

 Thus Fatsia papyrifera is so named as 

 from its pith rice-paper is made. 



Pababol'ic, ]?ababol'jcal, Pabadol'ious — 

 ProBi the mathematical figure teriiied 

 a parabola. A synonym for "Ovato- 

 oblong." 



PABACAE'pinii — An abortive ovary ; alto a 

 persistent portion of some style or 

 stigma. PAEAGOBOL'tA — Any append- 

 age to the corolla that is usually classed 

 amongst nectaries. Pakaphyl'lum — 

 Certain foliaoeous expansions on some 

 calyces. 



Paral'lbl, Paealleli'cus, Paeallel'cs— 

 Where the axes of two parts lis parallel 

 to each other. 



Paeaph'tses — Pilaments sometimes articu- 

 lated, oocurriiig in the fructification of 

 Perns, Mosses, Lichens, &;c. 



Pae'asite, Paeasi'ta — A plant which 

 obtains its nourishment directly from 

 the juices of some other plant to which 

 it is attached. (See the Zioranthus, 

 Mistletoe. ) The Dodder, Cuscuta^ is a 

 parasitic plant differing from Mistletoe 

 in that it germinates in the soil, and 

 after a few daj;s, if it fails to find a 

 plant to attach itself to, it will wither 

 away. 



Paeen'chyma or CbI/lulab Tis'sue consists 

 usually of thin-walled cells, more or 

 less round in form, or with their length 

 not much exceeding their breadth^ and 

 not tapering at the ends. All the soft 

 parts of the leaves, the pith of stems, 

 the pulp of fruits, and all yoimg 

 growing parts, are formed of it. It is 

 the first tissue produced, and continues 

 ^ be formed while growth continues, 

 THid when it ceases to be active the 

 plant dies. 



Pa'eies — The inner surface of the pericarp 

 or of a tubular calyx. Paiu'etal, 

 Pabieta'lis — Attached to the paries or 

 , wall. (See "Placenta.") 



Paei-pinnate' —Synonym for "Abruptly 

 pinnate." 



Paethenogen'esis — Production of fertile 

 seeds without sexual impregnation. 

 Proved to be impossible, although 

 believed in for some time ; and our 

 Queensland shrub, Alcomea ilicifolia, 

 quoted as an instance, and given the 

 name of Ccelebogyne on that account. 



Paethenogon'idia — Gonidia produced 

 without fecundation. 



Pae'vus— Small. Applied relatively, where 

 some object is small by comparison with 

 similar objects. Thus, Paevifloe0S, 

 PAfiviFOLiTJS, &o., are terms given to 

 plants whose flowers or leaves are 

 smaller than those of other allied 

 species. (See Panicum parvifiorum, a 

 very common grass near Brisbane. ) 



Paeteeee'— A French term, used by the 

 English gardener to denote a small 

 enolpsure or flower garden, laid out in 

 beds of different sizes and shapes. 

 This kind of planting produces a plea- 

 sant effect only when the colour of the 

 flowers are well considered ; therefore, 

 as all persons have not that nice per- 

 ception of the fitness of things which 

 is required, an extract is given for 

 their guidance out of a European pub- 

 lication. 1st. The three Simple colours, 

 blue, red, and yellow, when pure, or 

 nearly pure, contrast agreeably toge- 

 ther ; but in close contiguity each of 

 them absorbs, as it were, som,6thiDg of 

 the shade which would result from a 



