The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . al, monadelphous stamens, uniformversatile anthers, and broad flat two-valvedpod, opening elastically along the lower sutiue,broadly winged upon the other. The 3 speciesare Australian shrubs, with slender branches, oppositeundivided leaves, and handsome orange-yellow flowerssolitary in the axils, occasionally red. resembling the sweet-pea. They are pendent-branchiug evergreens, cultivatedunder the \\&xaQ flat pea. Platylophus (pla-tilo-fus), n. [NL., < Gr.
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . al, monadelphous stamens, uniformversatile anthers, and broad flat two-valvedpod, opening elastically along the lower sutiue,broadly winged upon the other. The 3 speciesare Australian shrubs, with slender branches, oppositeundivided leaves, and handsome orange-yellow flowerssolitary in the axils, occasionally red. resembling the sweet-pea. They are pendent-branchiug evergreens, cultivatedunder the \\&xaQ flat pea. Platylophus (pla-tilo-fus), n. [NL., < ;, flat, broad, + Auijiog, a crest.] 1. Agenus of birds of the family Corridie and sub-family Garridina; containing several speciesof crested jays from Java, Sumatra, Borneo,etc., such as P. gcdcrindatus, P. corotiutus, andothers. .StortiHSOH, 1831.— 2. A genus of arach- rcf, broad, -I- bdoix {uSovt-) = E. tooth.] broad II. A broad-toothed (plat-i-oni-kus), ii. [NL., < Gr.!rAarc(jrtvvfi with broad nails or hoofs, < ir/lnrcf,broad, flat, -f- orrf (ovvx-), claw.] A genus of. Lady-crab {Platyonych. crabs of the family Pin-fiiiiidse. P. oecllatiis isa beautiful species known as the written PUityonichus. nidans. Koch, 1839.—3. A genus of polypeta- platyope (plati-6p), n. [< Gr. , broad,lous plants of the order Saxifragex and the + V (o^r-), face.] A broad-faced animal, per-tribe Cimoniese, characterized by the two-celled, son, or skull. two-seeded, and two-valved capsules, the two platyopic (plat-i-opik), a. [<. platyope + hc.]awl-shaped recurved styles, four or five calyx- Broad-faced; wide across the eyes: applied to lobes, as many smaller petals, and eight or tenstamens, of the length of the petals, and in-serted with them on the base of an urn-shapeddisk. D. Don, 1830. The only species, P. trifolia-tm, the white alder or white ash of Cape Colony, is avery smooth and handsome tree, casting
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