the Lindscece, where it may form a distinct 

 section, Pwsieos. [T. M.J 



PAGADOO. Mimusops Elengi. 



PAGiEA. A genus of Gentianaceoe, re- 

 presented by a South American herbaceous 

 plant, with lance-shaped leaves, and purple 

 funnel-shaped flowers, borne on nodding 

 flower-stalks, that originate in the forks of 

 the branches. It is closely allied to Lisi- 

 antluts, but is distinguished by the stamens, 

 which are attached to the tube of the co- 

 rolla, and by the erect projecting anthers, 

 which do not become twisted. The inflo- 

 rescence also is peculiar in this family. 

 The name is derived from the Greek pagos, 

 a membrane, in allusion to the membranous 

 texture of the calyx. [M. T. M.] 



PAGARILLE. (FiO Tropceohcm adun- 

 cmn. 



PAGINA. The surface of anything. 



PAIGLE," PAGLE, or PEAGLE. Pri- 

 mula veris. 



PAIN BLANC. (Fr.1 Viburnum sterile. 

 — DECOUCOU. Oxalis Acetosella. -DE 

 CRAPAUD. Alisma Plantago. — DE 

 GRENOUILLE. Alisma natans. — D'OI- 

 SEAU. Sedum reflexion. — I)E POULET. 

 Lamiam purpureum. — DE POURCEAU. 

 Cyclamen eumpceum. — DE SAINT 

 JEAN. Ceratonia Siliqua. - DE SINGE. 

 Adansnnia digitata. — VIN. Bread made 

 from the seeds of Lolium perenne. 



PAINTED. When colours are disposed 

 in streaks of unequal intensity. 



PAINTED-CUP. An American name for 



Castilleja. 



PAIRED. The same as Conjugate. 



PAJANELIA. A genus of Bignoniacece, 

 confined to the East Indies, and consisting 

 of two species, P. multijuga and P. Rheedii, 

 both of which are gigantic trees, with im- 

 paripinn te leaves two to three feet long, 

 ovate or cordate leaflets, and large pa- 

 nicles bearing purplish flowers. The calyx 

 is distinctly five-cornered, and terminates 

 in five acute teeth ; the corolla is leathery 

 and bell-shaped ; the stamens are four in 

 number ; and the capsule is flat, and has 

 two broad wings, by which the genus may 

 at once be distinguished from Cuspidaria, 

 which has four wings, and from all other 

 Bignoniacece, destitute as they are of any 

 wing-like appendices. [B. S.] 



PALA. An Indian name for Wnghtia 

 tinctoria. 



PALANDOO. An Eastern name for 

 Onions. 



PALAFOXIA. A genus of Composites of 

 the tribe Heliantliece, allied to Gaillnrdia 

 in the naked receptacle and long filiform 

 branches of the style, but the pappus 

 scales are awnless, and the habit is very 

 different. There are half a dozen species, 

 natives of Mexico or Texas, herbs or suf- 

 fruticose plants with a minute ashy pubes- 

 cence, linear or lanceolate entire leaves, 



and loosely paniculate or corymbose rather 

 small flower-heads, with the florets white 

 flesh-coloured or purple. 



PALARIS. A root which is perfectly 

 continuous with the stem. Palari-ramose 

 is applied to a root which is palar, and pro- 

 duces numerous branches from its sides. 



PAL AS A. An Indian name for Butea 

 frondosa. 



PALASS-GOOND. Bengal Kino, the pro- 

 duce of Butea frondosa. 



PALATE. The prominent lower lip of a 

 ringent corolla. 



PALAVA, or PALAVIA. A genus of 

 Peruvian herbaceous plants of the family 

 Malvaceae. The flowers arc small, purple, 

 on. long axillary stalks, and unprovided 

 with any outer calyx. This character, com- 

 bined with the numerous one-seeded inde- 

 hiscent carpels, suffices to distinguish the 

 genus from its allies. [M. T. M.] 



PAL AW AH. A beautiful heavy redwood 

 of Bur mail. 



PALAY. An Indian name for Cryptoste- 

 gia grandiflora. 



PALEACEOUS. Covered with paleae, as 

 the receptacle of many Composites. 



PALE.E, or PALES (adj. PALEACEOUS). 

 Membranous scales resembling chaff. The 

 inner scales of the flower in grasses are ' 

 pales. 



PALE.EFORM. Resembling paleas or 

 chaff, as Ramenta: which see. 



PALEOL^E. The hypogynous scales of 

 grasses. 



PALETUVIER. A French name for 

 several woods of Guiana. — , MOUNTAIN. 

 Clusiajiava. — , RED. Rhizophora Mangle. 

 — , SOLDIER. Laguncularia racemosa. — , 

 WHITE. Avicennia nitida. 



PALICOUREA. A genus of cinchona- 

 ceous shrubs, natives of tropical America, 

 with opposite or whorled leaves, and yellow 

 or white flowers variously arranged. The 

 genus is nearly allied to Psychotria, differ- 

 ing mainly in the corolla, whose tube is 

 distended or somewhat curved at the base 

 and hairy within, and the limb with five 

 short erect lobes. Two or three species are 

 grown as stove-plants. [M. T. M.] 



PALILLO. A Peruvian name for Cam- 

 pomanesia. lineatifolia. 



PALISOTA. A genus of Commelynacem, 

 with the perianth and ovary as in Comme- 

 lyna, and having three stamens, one larger 

 than the others, adherent to the ovary, 

 with a thick filament and broad anther, 

 the other two with filiform filaments and 

 narrow lanceolate anthers. The habit is 

 that of Aneilema. [J. T. S.] 



PALISSANDER. A name used in France , 

 for Rosewood ; and sometimes applied to I 

 Striped Ebony and Violet-wood. 



PALIURUS. A genus of PJiamnacece. \ 



