Puya
in botany, a synonym of Pouretia, a genus of Bromeliaceæ (Lindley). P. chinensis yields an extract used in healing broken bones, and the spike of P. lanuginosa is a transparent gum.
PYÆMIA, or PYEMIA, a diseased condition in which the blood is poisoned by pus or by some of its constituents; blood poisoning; septicæmia.
PUY-DE-DÔME, a central department of France, containing an area of 3,090 square miles and a pop. of about 525,000 The W. side of the department is an ele vated volcanic region. (See FRANCE).
The highest cones are Puy-de-Sancy (6,188 feet) and Puy-de-Dôme (4,806); on the E. side the Forez Mountains (5,380) march with the frontier. Agriculture and cattle breeding are the chief occupations. The principal minerals are coal and lead. Hot and cold mineral springs are abundant.