. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. (see JuJUBE), but very different in the fruit, which iis dry, orbicular, and girded with a broad mem-branous wing. P. aculeatus is often called Chi;ists jTiiORN, and by the Germans, Jews (Juden-dorn), from an imagination that it supplied thecrown of thorns with which our Saviour wascrownecL It is a deciduous shrub or low tree, withslender, pliant branches and ovate 3-uerved leaves,each of which has two sharp spines at the base, onestraight and the other re-curved. It is a native ofthe countries around the Med
. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. (see JuJUBE), but very different in the fruit, which iis dry, orbicular, and girded with a broad mem-branous wing. P. aculeatus is often called Chi;ists jTiiORN, and by the Germans, Jews (Juden-dorn), from an imagination that it supplied thecrown of thorns with which our Saviour wascrownecL It is a deciduous shrub or low tree, withslender, pliant branches and ovate 3-uerved leaves,each of which has two sharp spines at the base, onestraight and the other re-curved. It is a native ofthe countries around the Mediterranean, of India,and many parts of Asia. It is often used for hedgesin Italy and other countries; its sharp spines andpliant Ijranches admirably adapting it for this jnir-pose. The fruit has a singular a])pearance, beingflat and thin, attached by the middle to the foot-stalk, the muldle being raised like the crown of abat, wliilst the expauaioa resembles the brim. The seeds are sold by the druggists of the east, and areused medicinally, but their qualities are doubtful,. Christs Thorn (Paliurus aculeatus):a, lipe fiuit. This shrub is not uncommon in shrubberies inEngland, being very ornamental when in flower,but the fruit does not ripen. PALK STRAIT, or PALKS PASSAGE, thenorthern portion of the jtassage between the southcoast of Hindustan and the island of Ceylon. Thispassage is continued southward by the Gulf ofMauaar (q. v.). It is fiom 40 to 80 miles in width,and is 80 miles in length. It is so shallow—in somel^laces being no more than two fathoms in depth—that it cannot be navigated in safety by largevessels. In P. S. there are several pearl fisheries. PALL (Lat. paUium, also pallet, a cloak), thename given in English to two very different ])ortion3of the vesture employed in the religious use of theRoman and some other churches. One of these isthe funeral pall, an ample covering of black velvetor other stuff, which is cast over the coffin whilebeing borne to burial.
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