a Roman deity, whose worship was introduced by Tellus Hostilius, who, in a panic, vowed a shrine to him, and one to Pallor, Palena; and therefore they are found on the coins of that family.
PAURÆDASTYLAE, in natural history, the name of a genus of perfect crystals with double pyramids, and no intermediate column, composed of 12 planes, or two hexangular pyramids joined base to base.