1 62 BOTANICAL NAMES 



bot. name of one of the Carums. It is often used 



with other names, as Fool's Parsley, Hedge 



Parsley, Milk Parsley and Parsley Piert. 

 Parsnip. A corruption of and Eng. for L. " Pas- 



tinaca." 

 Parthenium (par-then-i-um). G. name applied to 



several plants. Second bot. name for Ferfew 



Chrysanthemum. 

 Parviflora (par-vi-flo-ra). L. " Parvus " (small); 



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

 Parvifolia (par-vi-fol-ia). L. "Parvus" (small); 



" folia " (leaved). Second bot. name. 

 Parvulus (par-vu-lus). L. diminutive of " parvus " 



(small). Second bot. name. 

 Pasque Flower (pask-flower). From the French word 



for Easter ; the petals of the flower give a rich 



green colour, with which Easter eggs used to be 



stained. Eng. name for Anemone Pusatilla. 

 Passerina (pas-ser-e-na). L. adj., " fit for sparrows." 



Second bot. name. 

 Pastinaca (past-in-a-ka). L. for " parsnip." Bot. 



name for Parsnip group. 

 Patens (pa-tens). L. adj., "spreading out." Second 



bot. name. 

 Patula (pa-tu-la). L. adj., standing open." Second 



bot. name. 

 Pauciflora (paw-si-flo-ra). L. " Paucus " (few) ; 



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

 Pea. Eng. name for Lathyrus group. 

 Pearlwort. Eng. name for Sagina group. 

 Pear. Eng. name for Pyrus Communis. Pear in A.S. 



is " pera." 



