The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . which are transversely two-valved and awn-pointed at the base. The only species, P. harbidata, is adwarf and trailing shrubby evergleen, found in sandsnutter pines from Xcw .Tersey southward to North Caro-lina; it is eagtily as a Iiighly ornamental earlyspring-ffoweriiig i)lant, being covered with a profusion ofsniall starry Mossonis. It is known as the piti^ barrenl-rnnhi, and jlmriniift mnss (which see, under inoss^X andalso, locally, by cttntraetio
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . which are transversely two-valved and awn-pointed at the base. The only species, P. harbidata, is adwarf and trailing shrubby evergleen, found in sandsnutter pines from Xcw .Tersey southward to North Caro-lina; it is eagtily as a Iiighly ornamental earlyspring-ffoweriiig i)lant, being covered with a profusion ofsniall starry Mossonis. It is known as the piti^ barrenl-rnnhi, and jlmriniift mnss (which see, under inoss^X andalso, locally, by cttntraetion of its generic tiame, as bears crowded awl-shaped dark-green leaves coveringthe short erect branches, or alternate on the longer creep-ing ones, and somewhat hairy or bearded near the base,whence the specific name. pyxidate (piksi-dat), a. [<pyxis(-id-) + -otc^.]In luit., having the character of a pyxis. pyxidium (pik-sidi-um), H.; pi. pyxidiii (-a).[l.,a, genus of pyx-veil Pyxinei, Pyxineae (pik-siue-i, -e), [NL.,< L. jiyjix, < Gr. -Ii/f, a box, + -in- + -ei, -ex.]A natural order of lichens, comprising thoseknown in the arctic regions as tripe de ortlcr is characterized by a horizontal foliaceons thal-lus, mostly fixeil by the center, and an orbicular tlisk, w iththe exciiile distinct from the thallus, and at first closed. pyxis (piksis), «..; -pi. 2ryxidcs (-si-dez). [L.,also j-iHxw, < Gr. TTv^ir, alaox: see ])yx.~\ 1. InGr. iiutiq. and arcliHol., a type of cylindricalvase or box with a cover, used especially bywomen, as for the toilet. See cut in preced-ing column.— 2. A box; a jewel-case.—3. Inmint., the cotyloid cavity, or acetabulum of thehip-joint.—4. [mp.] [NL.] A genus of braehi-opods. Clicmirit-, 1784.— 5. [cup.] [NL.] Inconch., a genus of gastropods. Humphreys,1797.— 6. [cop.] [NL.] A genus of land-tor-toises of the family Testiidiiiidsp, having theanterior part of the plastron so movable thatit can
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