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Pagi'na — T he upper or under surface of 
flat-leaves. 
Pal^v'ceous, Pala'ceus— Wheu the edges 
of any organ, but more especially the 
margins of a leaf, adhere to the sup- 
port. 
Pal' ATE, Pala'tttm — The inferior surface of ! 
the throat in ringent and personate 
corollas, where it is elevated into two ; 
longitudinal ridge.s, with a depression i 
between them. 
Pa'le.e, Pales, or Chaff are the inner 
bracts or .scales in CompositEe, Gram* i 
ine£e, aiid some other plants, when of a ! 
thin yet stiff consistence, usually narrow 
and of a pale of)lour. Palka'ceous — 
Of a chaffy consistence. 
Pal'lidus — P ale ; with very .slight tinge of 
colour. 
pAL^r, Palma'ris — The breadth of four 
fingers. Palmus — From thumb to 
little fingor ; about three iuches in 
length . Pai/ji ATi:, Pa L>rA^Tus— When 
the arrangement of subordinate parts 
of any oigan is such as to imitate the 
form of an open •hand. Palmat'ifid, 
PALJiATiF'iDLh: — When thesubdi visions 
of a simple leaf, having a p;ihnate 
arrangement, extend about haif-way 
towards the base. PAi.MA'TiLOJtATUS 
— Where the lobes of a simple leaf have 
a palmnte arrangement. I^almatifar'- 
TiTVs — When the subdivisions of a 
.simple leaf, having a palunito arrange- 
ment, extend considerably more than 
half-way to the base. If more deeply 
cut, the term Palmatisec'ttjs is used. 
The leaves iff the Castor-oil plant are 
usually palmately seven-lobed. 
Paludo'sus, Palus'xriw — Growing in 
marsliy places. 
PANDU’KIFORJr, PAN!>l'n.KFOR.MlS, PaN- 
du'riformts — Where an oblong or 
obovate leaf is indented in the lower 
half by a deep sinus ; fiddle-shai>ed, as 
the leaves of one of the l>ocks, llumcx; 
also Hi 6 U'.'UfS pa i riforu t i s, 
Pan'icle, or l^ANlc'ULATE— All inflorescencG 
where the axis is rlivided into branches 
bearing two or move fl.i\ver.s. (See the 
inflorescence of the common Oat.) 
Pannifor'mis, PANyo'sr.^— Looking like fi 
pifece of clorli ; .‘■omewhat. thick and 
spongy. 
PaPILIOXA'CEOUS, PAPILIONA'CELS—Butter- 
fly-flowered. These fhiwers have an 
irregular corolla composed of five 
}>etals, the ui>per one of which is called 
the standard or rexiHum, and is out- 
side in the bud; the two lateral ones, 
called wings or aim, are intermediate ; 
and tlie two lower ones, which arc more I 
or less united along the lower edge or ' 
approximate, face to face, form the 
shape of a boat, and .ire called the keel 
or Carina, and more or less enclose the 
stamens and afyle. 
PAPIL'LA—The nij>ple ; a small elongated j 
protuberance, fimned of a distended t 
cell of the cellular tissue, upon various | 
surfaces. Pafilla'kis— Resembling a i 
paifflla, but of larger dimensions, and j 
composed of several cells. Papilla'tuS, 
Papillife'ucs, pAPiLLo'suJi— Covered 
with papillte. 
Pap'pl'S ^ Thistle-down. The peculiar 
limb of the calyx of the florets of Oom- 
poaiUe. Pappi'ferus, PAPPO'FERrs, 
Pappo'sus — P urni.shed with 
Papvra'ceus, Papyrif'eri's — }*apery. 
Thus Hatski pappriferti is ao named as 
from its pith rice-jiaper is made. 
Parabol'ic!, Parabot/ical, Pararol'tcus— 
From the mathematical figure termed 
a xx^rabola. A synonym for “Ovato- 
oblang.^’ 
Paracar'pifm — A n abortive <»vory ; also a 
persistent jjortion of some style or 
stigma. Paraoorol'la— A ny append- 
age to the corolla that is usually classed 
amongst nectaries. Paraphvl'll’M — 
Certain foliaceous expansions on sume 
calyces. 
Paradoxus - 
Parallel, Pailallkli'cus, ParallePus 
— W here the axes of two lie 
parallel to each other. 
Pakaph'yses — F ilaments sometimes articu- 
lated, occuring in the fructification of 
Ferns, Mosses, Lichens, &e. 
Par'asite, Parasi'ta— a plant which 
obtains its nourishment directly from 
the juices of some other plant to which 
it is attached. (See the Horanthus, 
Mistletoe. ) Tho iJodder, CuwaUt, is a 
parasitic plant differing from Mistletoe 
in that it germinates in the soil, and 
after a few days, if it fail? to find a 
plant to attach itself to, it will wither 
away. 
PARKN'CiiYMAorCEi/LULARTrs'8UE Consists 
usually of thin-wailed cells, more or 
less round in form, or w’ith 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 young 
growing parts, are formed of it. It is 
the first tissue y^roduced, and continues 
to be formed while growth continues, 
and when it ceases to be active the 
jtlant dies. 
Pa'ries — T he inner surface of the pericarp 
or of a tubularf calyx. Parietal, 
pARrETA'Lis — Attached to the jy/rfes 
or w.all. (See ‘‘ PlacenlJi.”) 
PARi-riNyATE'— Synonym hir “ Abruptly 
pinnate.” 
Parthexogen'E81s — P roduction of fertile 
seeds without sexual impregnation. 
Proved to be imi>ossible, although 
believed in fur sonxe time ; and our 
Queensland shrub, Alchonua iJicifolia, 
Cjunted as an instance* and given tho 
name of Crrltloyjjnc on that account. 
Parthexogon'idia ~ Gouidia produced 
without fecundation. 
I-'artial, Partia'lis [Pars, a part)— Asub- 
oi'dinate part in some general arrange- 
ment ; thus each leaflet of a coiapound 
leaf haa its “ i>art.)al petiole attached 
to a main petiole if the leaflet is not 
sessile. (See also “Umbel.”) 
