BOTANICAL NAMES 177 



Pyrenaica (pir-e-naika). L. adj., "belonging to the 

 Pyrenees." Second hot. name. 



Pyrethrum (pir-eth-rum). L. name for Pellitory. Also 

 used by some botanists as group name for Fever- 

 few Chrysanthemum. 



Pyrola (pi-ro-la). L. " Pyrus " (a pear tree) ; because 

 the leaf is like that of the Pear. Bot. name Winter- 

 green group. 



Pyrus (pi-rus). L. name for Pear tree. Bot. name for 

 a group. 



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Quadrangulum (kwod-rang-gu-lum). L. "Quator" 

 (four); " angulum " (angles); i.e., stalk is four- 

 sided. Second bot. name. 



Quadratum (kwod-ra-tum). L. adj., '* square." Second 

 bot. name. 



Quake Grass. Eng. name for Briza group. 



Quaternellum (kwor-ter-nel-lum). L. adj., " four each 

 or by fours." Second bot. name. 



Queen of the Meadows. Another Eng. name for 

 Meadow Sweet. 



Quercus (kwer-kus). L. name for the Oak. Bot. name 

 for Oak group. 



Quill Wort (kwil-wort). Eng. name for Isoetes group. 



Quinquefida (kwin-kwe-fi-da). L. * ' Quinque " (five) ; 

 " fida " (cleft). Second bot. name. 



Quinquevulnera (kwin-kwe-vul-ner-a). L. " Quin- 

 que " (five); " vulnera " (notches). Second bot. 

 name. 



Quitch (kwich). A.S. " Cwic " ; also called Couch. 

 Eng. name for a well-known grass of Agropyrum 

 group. 



