BOTANICAL NAMES 165 



" Winkle " is merely a corruption of L. " vinca." 



L. name of plant Perivinca. 

 Permixt (per-miks-ta). L. adj., "confusedly mixed." 



Second hot. name. 

 Perpusillus (per-pus-il-lus). L. adj. 9 " very small." 



Second bot. name. 

 Persica (per-si-ka). L. name for the " peach." Was 



derived through the G. from the Persian name for 



the tree. Second bot. name. 

 Persicifolia (per-si-ki-fol-ia). L. " Persica " and 



" folia " (a leaf) ; i.e., leaf like that of the Peach. 



Second bot. name. 

 Persicaria (per-si-ka-ri-a). L. adj., "peach-like"; 



from the leaf of plant being like that of the Peach. 



Second bot. name. 

 Petasites (pet-as-i-tes). G. " Petasos " (a sunshade); 



from the large size of the leaf of the plant. Second 



bot. name. 

 Petraea (pet-ra-e). L. "Petra" (a rock). Second 



bot. name. 

 Petroselinum (pet-n>sel-i-num). G. " Petro " (a rock); 



" selinon " (parsley). Second bot. name. 

 Petty Whin. A second Eng. name for Needle Genista. 



Quite a different group from Ulex, the group of the 



Whin proper. 

 Peucedanum (pew-si-da-num). L. name for Hog's 



Fennel. Bot. name for a group. 

 Peucedanifolia (pew-si-da-ni-fol-ia). L. " Peucedani " 



(see above); " folia " (a leaf). Second bot. name. 

 Phaca (fa-ka). G. " Phakos " (a lentil), which was 



eaten chiefly at funerals. Group name of some 



botanists for Astragalus Danicus. 

 Phaeostachya (fa-o-sta-ke-a). G. " Phaeo " (brown) ; 



