BOTANICAL NAMES 163 



Pecten (pek-ten). L. for " a comb." Second hot. name 

 for Venus' Comb or Shepherd's Needle. 



Pectinatus (pek-tin-a-tus). L. adj., " sloped two ways 

 as is a comb." Second bot. name. 



Pedicellata (ped-is-el-la-ta). L. dim. of " pedis " (a 

 foot); i.e., having- but a little foot-stalk. Second 

 bot. name. 



Pedicularis (pe-dik-u-la-ris). L. adj., " pertaining to 

 lice " ; because the plant was said to cause lice in 

 sheep feeding upon it. Bot. name for a group. 



Pedunculata (pe-dun-ku-la-ta). L. adj., formed from 

 the botanical term " peduncle " (the single stalk 

 of a flower), to distinguish it from " pedical " (the 

 stalk of a bunch of flowers). Second bot. name. 



PeHitori (pel-i-tor-i). A corruption of the L. " parie- 

 taria." Eng. name for that group of the Nettle 

 family. 



Peltatum (pel-ta-tum). L. adj., " armed with a cres- 

 cent-shaped shield." Second bot. name. 



Pelisseriana. After Pelisser. Second bot. name for 

 Pelisser's Linaria. 



Pencillatus (pen-sil-la-tus). L. adj., " small pencil 

 like." Second bot. name. 



Pendula (pen-du-la). L. adj., " hanging down." 

 Second bot. name. 



Pennycress. Eng. name for Thlaspi group. Gets 

 " penny " from the flat penny-like pods of the 

 plant. 



Pennyroyal. Eng. name for Mentha Pulegium. Its 

 " penny " has nothing to do with the coin of that 

 name. In days of old it was known as Puliole- 

 riall, evidently a corruption of Pulegium, its L. 

 name. 



