'200 NAMES 01" PLANTS. 



pimpinelloi'des ; pimpinel-like. Hybrid name; see mus- 



coides. 

 piperi'ta ; (piper, pepper) peppery. Alluding to a species 



of Mentha — Pepper- mint, 

 planicul'mis ; flat-stemmed, 

 plantagin'eus ; like Plantago, or Plantain (as to the 



leaves). 

 *plat3^phyl'la ; broad-leaved, 

 plica'tus ; plicate, i. e. folded like a fan. From plicOf to 



fold, 

 poet'icus ; poetical, one of many senseless names : Narcissus 



poeticus, "poet's" (or more correctly poetical) Nar- 

 cissus. Though it has little to recommend it, the 



name was given by Linneus. 

 polifo'lia ; polished-leaf. 

 *polyrhi'za; many-rooted. 

 *polysper'mum ; many-seeded, 

 porrifolius ; leek-leaved {porrum, leek), 

 portulacoi'des ; purslane-like, 

 prse'cox; precocious, or early ripe, 

 prselong'us ; very long. 



praten'sis ; pertaining to a meadow (pratiim). 

 *prenanthoi'des ; prenanthes-like. 

 procum'bens ; procumbent. As a botanical term, lying on 



the ground, 

 pro'lifer ; proliferous, i. e. that produces abnormal buds. 



Ex. Dianthus prolifer, childing or proliferous pink, 

 pubes'cens ; pubescent, i. e. covered with short and soft 



hairs, 

 pulcheria, pronounced pulkella ; pretty, 

 purcher, pul'chra, purchrum ; beautiful, 

 pulica'ris; pertaining to, or resembling, a flea. Flea- 



carex, a name given by Linneus in reference to the 



seed. 



