i 7 4 BOTANICAL NAMES 



Privet. Its old name was Primprint. Is the Eng. name 



for Ligustrum group. 

 Procumbens (pro-cum-bens). L. adj., " lying on the 



ground." Second hot. name. 

 Procurrens (pro-cur-rens). L. adj., " extending." 



Second hot. name. 

 Prolifer (pro-lif-er). L. " Proles " (offspring) ; " fer " 



(bearer) ; i.e., produces an unusual number of buds. 



Second bot. name. 

 Pronus (pro-nus). L. adj., " leaning forward. " Second 



bot. name. 

 Propinqua (pro-ping-kwa). L. adj., " near." Second 



bot. name. 

 Prostrata (pros-tra-ta). L. adj., " spread out." Second 



bot. name. 

 Pruinatum (pru-in-a-tum). L. " Pruina " (a hoar 



frost) ; from the look of the leaf. Second bot. name. 

 Pruinosa (pru-in-osa). L. See Pruinatum. Second 



bot. name. 



Prunella (proo-nel-la). L. Brunella was the old spell- 

 ing, but modern writers changed initial " B " into 



" P." Brunella was derived from German 



" braume " (quinsey), for which the plant was a 



cure. Bot. name for a group. 

 Prunifolia (prun-i-fol-ia). L. " Prunus " (a plum 



tree'; " folia " (leaf). Second bot. name. 

 Prunus (pru-nus). L. name for Plum tree. Bot. name 



for a group. 

 Psamma (sa-ma). G. " Psammos " (sand); because 



the plant grows on the sands of the sea-shore. Bot. 



name for group. 

 Psuedo (su-do). G. There are a number of compound 



words with this prefix, meaning " false." For the 



