160 BOTANICAL NAMES 



Fallens (pal-lens). L. adj., " pale coloured." Second 



bot. name. 

 Pallescens (pal-les-sens). L. adj., " growing pale." 



Second bot. name. 

 Pallidus (pal-li-dus). L. adj., " pale." Second bot. 



name. 

 Pallidiflora (pal-li-de-flo-ra). L. " PaJlidus " (pale); 



" flora " (flowers). Second bot. name. 

 Palmata (pal-ma-ta). L. adj., " marked like a hand " ; 



i.e., when the lobes or veins of the leaf are spread 



out like fingers of the hand. Second bot. name. 

 Paludosa (pal-u-do-sa). L. adj., " boggy." Second 



bot. name. 

 Palustris (pal-us-tris). L. adj., " pertaining to a 



marsh." A very common second bot. name applied 



to plants of all families. 

 Pampinous (pam-pin-ous). L. adj., " full of leaves." 



Second bot. name. 

 Pampas Grass. Means the " grass of the plains," 



Pampa being the Peruvian word for a plain. 

 Panicea (pan-ik-e-a). L. adj., from " panicum " (which 



see). Second bot. name for Carnation Grass. 

 Panicle (pan-i-kl). A botanical term describing the 



way some flowers grow on plants as seen in oats 



and grasses. 

 Paniculata (pan-ik-u-la-ta). L. diminutive of " panus " 



(a tuft or panicle). Second bot. name. 

 Panicum (pan-ik-um). L. name of a millet used for 



breadmaking*. Bot. name for a group. 

 Pansy. Eng. name for a well-known flower, Violet 



group; from the French " pensee " (thought). 

 Pantothryx (pan-to-thriks). G. " Pante " (in every 



way); " thryx " (three-fold). Second bot. name. 



