Pelecyphora (hatchet-bearing, for a
fancied resemblance to protuberant
parts) - Pel-ee-siff-or-uh: Hatchet
cactus.
Pellaea (dark-colored, as to frond
stalks) - Pel-lee-uh: Cliff-brake.
Pellionia (for maritime officer J. A.
Pellion) - Pell-ee-oh-nee-ah.
Peltandra (shield-anther, as to shape)
-Pelt-and-run: Arrow-arum.
Peltaria (small-shield, as to pod shape)
-Pel-tay-ree-uh: Shield-wort.
Peltiphyllum (shield-leaf) - Pel-tif-/?//-
um: Umbrella-plant.
Peniocereus (penis-cereus, as to plant
form)-Pee-nee-oh-seer-ee-us.
Pennisetum (feather-bristle, as to spike-
lets)-Pen-nis-seet-um.
Penstemon (five-stamens-though only
four are fertile) - Pen-steem-on:
Beard-tongue.
Pentas (five, as to most flower parts
being in fives)-Pen-fas.
Pentstemon-See preferred Penstemon
above.
Peperomia (pepper-like, not as to ap-
pearance but as to kinship) - Pep-er-
roh-mee-uh.
Pereskia (for Provencal scientist N. C.
F. de Peiresc)-Per-resk-ee-uh.
Pereskiopsis (pereskia-like) - Per-esk-
ee-ops-iss.
Perilla-Per-rill-uh.
Periploca (a twining, as to habit) - Per-
rip-lok-uh: Silk-vine.
Peristeria (dove, as to winged flower
shape)-Pehr-iss-feer-ee-uh.
Pernettya (for A. J. Pernetty, colleague
of Bougainville)-Per-nett-ee-uh.
Perovskia (for Russian official B. A.
Perovski)-Per-roff-skee-uh.
Persea-Pur-see-uh.
Pescatoria (for French orchid collector
M. Pescatore) - Pes-kat-toh-ree-uh.
Petalostemum (petal-stamen, as to at-
tachment) - Pet-al-oh-steem-um:
Prairie-clover.
Petasites-Pet-uh-sye-teez: Butter-bur.
Petrea (for English botanical patron
Lord Petre) - Peet-ree-uh: Purple-
wreath.
Petrocallis (rock-beauty, as to moun-
tain habitat)-Pet-roh-Ła/-liss.
Petrocoptis (rock-cleft, as to habitat) -
Pet-roh-iop-tiss.
Petrophila (rock-dwelling) - Ptt-roff-il-
uh.
Petrophytum (rock-plant, as to habitat)
-Pet-roff-it-um.
Petroselinum (rock-parsley) -Pet-roh-
sel-lye-num: Parsley.
Petteria (for Dalmatian botanist Franz
Petter) -Pet-/eer-ee-uh.
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Petunia-Pet-tew-nee-uh.
Phacelia (bundle, as to crowded flower
cluster)-Fas-seel-ee-uh. Phaedranthus
(splendid-flower)-Feed-ranth-us. Phaius
(dusky, as to flower colors) -
Fay-us. Phalaenopsis (moth-like, as
to flower
form)-Fal-ee-nops-iss. Phaseolus
(from the classical name for
bean)-Fas-see-ol-us: Bean.
Phellodendron (cork-tree) - Fel-oh-
den-dron: Cork-tree. Phellosperma
(cork-seed, as to corky
seed base)-Fel-oh-sperm-uh.
Philadelphia (sweet-flowering shrub)-
Fil-ad-delf-us: Mock-orange. Philesia
(lovely)-Fil-lee-shee-uh. Phillyrea-
Fil-lihr-ee-uh. Philodendron (loving-tree,
as to its tree-climbing propensities) -
Fil-oh-den-
dron.
Phlomis-Floh-miss. Phlox (flame) -
Flox: Of the many
species, annual or Drummond phlox
is P. drummondi; summer perennial
phlox is, for the most part, P. pani-
culata. Phoenix (classical name
for date
palm)-Fee-nix. Phormium (a plaited
mat, for which its
fibers may have been used) - Form-
ee-um. Photinia (shining, as to
foliage)-Foh-
tin-ee-uh.
Phylica-Fill-ik-uh. Phyllitis (for leaf;
also a classical
name for the plant) - Fil-lye-tiss:
Hearts-tongue-fern. Phyllocactus
(leaf-cactus)-Fil-oh-kak-
tus: See preferred names Epiphyl-
lum and Disocactus. Phyllocladus
(leaf-branch, referring to
leaf-like stems)-Fil-lok-lad-us.
Phyllodoce (for mythical sea nymph)
-Fil-lod-oh-see. Physalis (bladder,
for enlarged calyx
containing its fruit) - Fye-sal-iss:
Husk-tomato, Ground-cherry.
Physocarpus (bladder-fruit, as to in-
flated capsules) - Fye-soh-karp-us:
Ninebark.
Physostegia (bladder-cover, as to fruit-
ing calyx) - Fye-sos-feej-ee-uh:
False dragonhead. Phyteuma (plant)
- Fye-tee-yew-muh:
Horned-rampion. Picea (classical
name for pitch pine)
-Pye-see-uh: Spruce. Pieris (for one
of the mythical muses)
-Pye-er-iss. Pilea (cap, as to
shape of part of
flower)-Pye-lee-uh. Pilocereus
(cap-like-cereus) - Pye-
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