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Pimpinella saxifraga L. Parsley family ( Apiaceae ). 



Burnet-saxifrage; bennet; pimpernel. 

 Erect, perennial herb, 1 to 2 feet high, adventive from Europe, and found in 



waste places in eastern Pennsylvania, at several localities in the valley of the 



Delaware, and in Ohio. 



Part used. — Root (nonofficial). 



Pine, northern. See Piniis sirobus. 



Pine, prairie-. See Lacmaria spicata. 



Pine, prince' s-. See Chimapkila umbellaia 



Pine, "Weymouth. See Pinus strobus. 



Pine, white. See Pinus strobus. 



Pink, rose-. See Sabbatia angularis. 



Pinkroot. See Spigelia mcmlandica. 



Pinkroot, Indian. See Spigelia marilandica. 



Pinkroot, Maryland. See Spigelia manlandica. 



Pinus strobus L. Pine family (Pinaceae). 



White pine; northern pine; Weymouth pine. 



Large, indigenous forest tree, sometimes 175 feet in height, growing in woods 

 from Canada south to Georgia and Iowa. 



Part used. — Bark (nonofficial). 

 Pipe-plant. See Monotropa uniflora. 

 Pipsissewa. See Chimaphila umbellata. 

 Pitcher-plant. See Sarracenia purjiurea. 



Plantago major L. Plantain family (Plantaginaceae). 



Gommon plantain; dooryard-plantain; greater plantain. 



Perennial herb, 1 to 3 feet high, naturalized from Europe; common in fields and 



waste places and along roadsides nearly throughout North America. 

 Parts used. — Root and leaves (nonofficial). 



Plantain, common. See Plantago major. 



Plantain, dooryard-. See Plantago major. 



Plantain, downy rattlesnake-. See Peramiimn pubescens. 



Plantain, greater. See Plantago major. 



Plantain, lesser rattlesnake-. See Peramium repens. 



Plantain, net leaf-. See Peramium pubescens. 



Plantain, smaller netleaf-. See Peramium repens. 



Plantain, white. See Peramium repens. 



Pleurisy-root. See Asdepias tuberosa. 



Podophyllum. See Podophyllum peltatum. 



Podophyllum peltatum L. Barberry family (Berberidaceae). 



Podophyllum; May-apple; wild mandrake; American mandrake; wild lemon. 



Native, perennial herb, 1 to lo feet high, found in low, rich woods from Canada 

 to Minnesota, south to Florida and Texas. 



Part used. — Rhizome (official). 

 Poison-hemlock. See Conium maculatum. 

 Poison-ivy. See Rhus radicans and R. toxicodendron. 

 Poison-oak. See Rhus radicans and R. toxicodendron. 

 Poison-vine. See Rhus radicans. 

 Poke. See Phgtolacca decandra. 



