i;6 BOTANICAL NAMES 



Pulsatilla (pul-sa-til-la). L. " Pulso " (to agitate). 



Second hot. name. 

 Pulverulentum (pul-ver-u-len-tum). L. adj., " dusty "; 



from the look of the leaves. Second hot. name. 

 Pumalis (pu-ma-lis). L. adj., " dwarfish or small." 



Second hot. name. 

 Punctata (punk-ta-ta). L. adj., " dotted." Second 



hot. name. 

 Pungens (pun-gens). L. " Pungo " (to prick or sting). 



Second hot. name. 

 Purpurata (pur-pu-ra-fca). 

 Purpurea (pur-pu-re-a). 

 Purpuroscens (pur-pu-ro-sens). All three with shades 



of difference as to meaning ; from a L. word for 



" purple." Are used as second bot. names. 

 Purslane (purs-Ian). Eng. name for Portulaceae 



family. A corruption, through Italian, of L. name. 



There are two plants belonging to two different 



families ; one to Pink, the other to Goosefoot. Both 



known as Sea Purslane. 

 Pusilla (pu-sil-la). L. adj., "very little or petty." 



Second bot. name. 

 Pycanthemum (pik-an-the-mum). G. " Puknos " 



(thick); " anthos " (flower). Second bot. name. 

 Pycnocephalus (pik-no-se-fal-us). G. " Puknos " 



(thick); tl cephalus " (a head); i.e., thick-headed, 



as Composite flower-heads. Second bot. name. 

 Pygmaeus (pig-ma-us). L. from the G. name for 



Pygmies of Central Africa; i.e., dwarfish. Second 



bot. name. 



Pyramidalis (pir-a-mid-a-lis). L. adj., " pyramid- 

 shaped." Second bot. name. 



