78 PRONUNCIATION AND DERIVATION. 
Pen tat’-rop-is .. penta, trépis (Greek), five, keel ; (all :) coronal scales (Ch.) ; 
per-en’-nis_... »+ (Latin), lasting for several years ; 
Per-esk’-I-a ... (com.) Nicholas F'. Peiresk [(pr:) Nee-ko-lar Pay-resk ], French 
Senator who collected a considerable library and herbarium 
(N. 3/78) ; 
per-fol-i-a’-ta .. (Latin), perfoliate, where the base of a leaf passes right round 
the stem, which appears to pass through the leaf-blade ; 
per-grac’-il-e ... (Latin), exceedingly slender, or graceful ; 
per-gul-a/-na ... (Latin), forming an arbour ; 
Per-cul-a’=r-ia ... pergila (Latin), an arbour; (all:) twining character 
(N. 3/76); 
per-ig’- yn-us ... (Greek), perigynous, growing upon some body that surround 
the ovary ; 
per-it’-rop-us ... (Gresk), peritroyal, directed from the axis to the horizon; 
Per-off-sky-a’-na_ ..._ (com.) of Feroffsky [or Perowski], Russian botanist ; 
pe-ron-a’-ta ... ... (Latin), peronate, thickiy overlaid with a woolly substance 
ending in a sort of meal | pero (Latin), am untanned leather 
boot | ; 
per-pen-dic-ul-d’-ris... (Latin), perpendicular, at right angles to some other body ; 
per-pet’-t-a ... eos (Latin), perpetual, continnous ; 
Per-rot-te’ -ti-a’-na 
ORE specimens in Senegambia for Oliver’s ‘‘ Flora of Tropical 
Per-rot-te’-ti-i = 
Africa.”’ 
Per-se’-a ae .. persea (Greek), name given by Theophrastus to an Egyptian 
tree, which this is supposed to resemble (N. 3/82) 
{ S of Perrottet (pr: Pair-o-tay], French botanist collected 
per’ -sic-a mS ae (loc.) of Persia : 
per’-sic-a-fol’-i-a ... (Latin), with leaves like a Peach (Prumnu persica) ; 
per-sis’-tens ... ... (Latin), persistent, not falling off, but remaining green, until 
the part, which it bears is matured; of leaves, evergreen ; 
per-son-a’-a ... ... (Latin), personate, applied in a way similar to ringent (q.v-) 5 
per: tii-sa eA ... (Latin), pierced with holes ; 
per-u-vi-a’-na ... (com.) pertaining to Peru, in South America; 
pés-ti’-grid-is ... (Latin), resembling a tiger’s foot ; 
Pet/-al-id’-i-um .. petadrion, dliminitive of petdlon (Greek), a petal ; (all :) petal- 
like bracteoles (N, 3/83) ; 
pet’ -al-0-1’-aé-a ... (Greek), having the appearance of petals ; 
pet’-i-ol-a’-re ... ... (Latin), having a petiole {i.e., leaf stalk), or a conspicuou 
petiole or inserted upon the petiole; 
Pet’-ree-a ie ... (com,) Robert James, Lord Petre, famous patron of botany, died 
1742 (N. 8/84) ; 
Phee-an’-thus ... ... phaios, anthos, Greek, greyish brown flower ; (all:) colour of the 
flowers ; 
phze’-os ah ... (Greek), brown tinged with grey or black, 2.e., fuscous (q.v.); 
Phas’-e-ol-us ... ... phdsedlos [from phase lds (Greek), a little boat] (Greek), name of 
the plant used by Dioscorides (N. 2/94) ; 
Phil-ad-el’-phus ... philidelphos {from philds, addelphos (Greek), fond, brother] 
(Greek), name used by Atheneeus for a different plant, which 
is supposed to resemble ; 
phil-ip’-pin-en’-sis ... (loc.) of the Philippine Islands, in the Indian Archipelago 
north-east of Borneo ; Z 
Phil-od-en’-dron .. philéo, dendron (Greek), to love, tree; (all:) according to 
Nicholson, arborescent habit of some species (N. 3/96), but 
more probabl; because most species grow on trees : 
phley-ma’-ri-a .. philegma (Greek) flame; (all :) powder from spores protects the 
hands from fire : 
Phlom’-is ae .. phlimis (Greek), name cf the plant used by Dioscorides 
(N. 3/99) ; 
phlom-6-i’-dés ... (Greek), resembling Phlomis ; 
Phee-be a ... (Clas.) sister of Phoebus Apollo, goddess of the moon; (all :) 
beautiful plants with a six starred hardened perianth at the 
base of the fruit (see also Apollonias) ; 
