in botany, a genus of the oelandria trigynia class. The calyx consists of four leaves, and the corolla of four narrow petals; and the berry has four cells. There is but one species, viz. the quadriflora, herb-paris, or true-love, a native of Britain.

in geography, the metropolis of the kingdom of France, and of the principality or government of the isle of France, situated in E. long. 2° 25', N. lat. 48° 50', two hundred miles south-east of London, six hundred and eighty north-east of Madrid, five hundred and fifty west of Vienna, one thousand three hundred north-west of Constantinople, and seven hundred north-west of Rome.