202 GLOSSARY OF SPECIFIC NAMES AND BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Pinnatifida, Pinnatifid, deeply lobed in a 



pinnate manner. 

 Piperita, pepper-like. 

 Pisocarpa, pea-pod. 

 Placenta, the place where ovules grow. 

 Plantago, generic name. 

 Plattensis, Platt River. 

 Platycarpa, broad-podded. 

 Platycaule, broad -stemmed. 

 Platyloba, broad-lobed. 

 Platyphylla. broad-leaved. 

 Platysperma (2), broad-seeded. 

 Plebeia, low. 

 Plummerae, Mrs. J. G. Lemmon (nee 



Plummer), an accomplished botanist. 

 Plumosa, Plumose, plume-like. 

 Pluriflora, many-flowered. 

 Portulacastrum, generic name. 

 Polycarpum (2), many-podded. 

 Polygaloides, polygala-like. 

 Polyphyllus (2), many-leaved. 

 Polysepalum, many-sepaled. 

 Polystachya (2); many-spiked. 

 Pome, a fruit like an apple. 

 Pomeridianum, afternoon. 

 Porrifolia, leek-leaved. 

 Posterior, away from the observer and 



next to the stem, upper. 

 Prsemorsa, bitten into, eaten off. 

 Prenanthoides prenanthus-like. 

 Primuloides, primula-like. 

 Prinrjlei (2), C. G. Pringle. 

 Procera (2), tall. 

 Procumbens, Procumbent, trailing on 



the ground. 

 Prolifera (2), Proliferous, new branches or 



cl u sters of flowers arising from old ones. 

 Prostrata (4), Prostrate, lying flat on the 



ground 



Propinquus, much like another species. 

 Pruinosus, frost-like, with a white 



powder. 



Pseudo-Capsicum, false-pepper. 

 Pubens, juicy, rapid growing. 

 Puberulus, Puberuient, covered with 



very fine short hairs. 

 Pubescent, covered with soft rather short 



hairs. 

 Pubescens (3), pubescent, becoming soft 



hairy. 



Pudica, modest. 



Pulchella (5), beautiful. 



Pulegium, generic name. 



Pulsiferae (2), .Mrs. Pulsifer Ames. 



Pulverulenta, dusty, powdery. 



Pumilla (6), diminutive, little. 



Punctata, Punctate, dotted. 



Pungens (3), Pungent, sharp. 



Purpurascens (6), purple-growing. 



Purpurea (4), purple. 



Purshiana, Purshii, Frederick Pursh, 



(1800-20). 



Pusilla (7) very small. 

 Pycnostachya, close-spiked. 

 Pycnanth.a, close-flowered. 

 Pygmaea (2), pygmy, dwarf. 

 Pyrolsefolia, pyrola-leaved. 



Quadrangularis, four-angled. 

 Quadripetalum, four-petaled. 

 Quadrivales, four-valved. 

 Q,uadrivulnera, four-wounds ; i. e., with 



four red spots. 

 Quercetorum, of the oaks, growing among 



oaks. 

 Q,uercifolia, oak-leaved. 



Raceme, a cluster of pedicillate flowers 



born along the main peduncle. 

 Racemosa (8), Racemose, flowers in 



racemes. 

 Rachi*, the axis of a raceme or spike ; or 



of a pinnate leaf. 



Radians, Radiata, radiating, radiate. 

 Radical, growing from a rootstock. 

 Ramosior, very Ramose, full of branches. 

 Ramosissimus (4), most ramose. 

 Ranunculifolia, ranunculus-leaved. 

 Raphanistrum, old generic name. 

 Rartflorum, rarely -flowering, few flowers. 

 Rattani (6), the compiler of this book. 

 Rawsoniana, Mrs. L. A. Peckenpah 



(nee Rawson). 

 Receptacle, the end of the peduncle upon 



which the organs of the flower grow. 

 Recurva, recurved. 

 Rediviva, living again, reviving after 



apparent death. 

 Reflexa, reflexed. 

 Reniformis, Reniform, kidney-shaped. 



