NAMES OF PLANTS. 157 



Psam'ma. G., psamme, sand ; on account of the plant grow- 

 ing in the sand on the coasts. 



Pter'is, or Pte'ris, Theophrastus. G., a fern. 



Pulica'ria. See under Inula, p. 136. 



Pulmona'ria, Gesner. From L. pulmo, a lung; because 

 the spotted leaves have somewhat the appearance of 

 lungs. Hence, according to the doctrine of signa- 

 tures, which taught that such marks on plants point 

 out their medicinal uses, the Pulmonaria was sup- 

 posed to be useful in lung diseases. 



Py'kola, Brunfels. From L. p^?'/fs, a Pear-tree ; from the 

 resemblance of the leaves to those of a Pear-tree, 

 according to Lonicerus. 



Py'rus, Pliny. L. for Pear-tree {pyrus or pyrum). 



A'ria, Theophrastus. P^tus Aria is given by Gerard as 



the Aria of Theophrastus. 

 Ma^luSj Varro. L., an Apple-tree. 



Quer'cus, Pliny. L., an Oak-tree. 

 Ilo%ur, Pliny. L., a kind of Oak. 



Rad'iola, or Eadi'ola. Diminutive of L. radius, because 

 the cells of the ripe capsule diverge like the rays of a 

 little wheel. 



Millegra'na, Gerard. L., mille, a thousand, or innumer- 

 able, grana, grains, or seeds ; we call it Allseed. 

 Eanun'culus, Pliny. Diminutive of L., rana, a frog; a 

 little frog, most of the species growing in those moist 

 situations where young frogs are to be found, and 

 they flower at about the same time as that when frogs 

 are young. 



Flca^ria, Brunfels. From L. Jicus, a fig ; on account of 

 the form of its roots. 



Flam'mula, Dodonieus. L., diminutive of Jlamma, a 



