AN ENCYCLOPADIA 
OF HORTICULTURE. 
Pimelea— continued. 
P. spectabilis (remarkable).* , white, more or less tinged with 
pink, in usually large, globular heads, surrounded by four to six 
bracts, which are often coloured on the margins. May. l. mostly 
opposite, rather crowded, linear-oblong or lanceolate, flat or 
with slightly recurved margins, zin. to 1 in. long; the upper one 
often broader and shorter. A. 3ft. to Aft. 1840. Syn. P. Ver- 
schafeltit, (B. M. 3950.) 
P. suaveolens (sweet-smelling).* fl. yellow when fresh, in 
globular heads; involucral bracts four to eight, usually ciliated. 
April. J. opposite, from ovate-lanceolate to oblong-linear, more 
or less concave, mostly zin. to lin. long. h. lft. to 3ft. 1848. 
Syn. P. macrocephala (B. M. 4543; L. J. F. 76). 
— 
Fic. 154. PIMELEA LIGUSTRINA HYPERICINA. — 
tris (sylvan). fl. blush-colour, in globular heads; invo- 
four to six bracts. June. Z. opposite, oblong or lanceo- 
stly zin. to zin. long, more or less concave. h. Zit. to ft. 
(B. M. 3276; B. R. 1582; L. B. C. 1965.) P. graciliflora 
88) is a form with broader leaves. 
affeltii (Verschaffelt’s). A synonym of P. 
spectabilis. | seeds, 
PIMENTA (from Pimento, the Spanish name). All- 
spice-tree. ORD. Myrtacew. A genus containing five species 
of very fragrant, stove trees, natives of tropical America, 
one being also frequently found in the East Indies. 
Flowers small, disposed in trichotomous, many-flowered 
cymes in the upper axils; calyx tube turbinate or campanu- 
late, the limb of four or five spreading lobes or segments ; 
petals four or five, spreading; stamens many-seriate. 
Fruit baccate, crowned with the calyx limb. Leaves 
ample, coriaceous, penniveined. The under-mentioned 
species require culture similar to Myrtus (which see). 
ilk r ̃ — VA 
five-cleft; uncles axillary and trichoto. 
mous, cor compressed, longer than the leaves. 
May to July. rries as 
aromatic smell and taste. J. ellipti 
40ft. West Indies, 
coriaceous, 
fine, p 
1759. The berries of this tree are useful for culinary 
sl tage the leaves also, 8 sweet, aromatic 
smell, and on account of their as N 888 often 
used in sauces. SYN, Myrcia acris (B. M. 
P. officinalis (officinal). Pimento-bush. jl. white, in 
compound, corymb-like cymes; calyx four-lobed, the 
tube as long as the ovary. May to July. ruit 
globose. t. oblong or lanceolate-oblong, glabrous ; 
veins obsolete above, primary distant and slightly pro- 
minent beneath. Branchlets onp , Sub-tetra- 
gonal, glabrate. h. 2ft. Jamaica, 1793. SYNS. P. vul- 
garis, Eugenia Pimenta, Myrtus Pimenta (B. M. 1236; 
). 
P. vulgaris (common), A synonym of P. oficinalis. 
PIMENTO-BUSH. See Pimenta ofii- 
cin a lis * 
PIMPERNEL. See The same 
name is occasionally used for Poteriwm Sanguis- 
orba and Prunella vulgaris. 
PIMPINELLA (said to be altered from 
bipinnula, twice pinnate; in allusion to the shape 
of the leaves). Burnet Saxifrage. Including Sisa- 
rum. ORD. Umbellifere. A genus comprising 
about seventy species of herbs, broadly dis- 
persed over the Northern hemisphere and South 
Africa, a few being also found in extra-tropi- 
cal South America. Flowers white or yellow, 
in compound umbels; involucral bracts none, 
or rarely one or two. Leaves pinnate, or ter- 
nately or pinnately decomponnd, rarely undivided 
and toothed. The species are of no horticultural 
value. P. magna and P. Savifraga (Burnet 
Saxifrage) are British plants. P. Anisum is the 
Aniseed-plant of commerce. 
PINACEÆ. Included under Conifere. 
PINALIA. A synonym of Eria. 
PINANGA (a local Malayan name). ORD. 
Palme. A genus comprising about twenty-five 
species of stove palms, usually low and slender- 
stemmed, natives of India and the Malayan 
Archipelago (one is found in the Deccan). Flowers 
in straight lines, in whorls, or in spirals com- 
posed of few turns, the male flowers having 
their sepals connected at the base, and scarcely 
overlapping, and containing a short, rndimentary 
pistil, or none at all; complete spathe solitary, 
twined or complicate-compressed, and two-winged; 
spadix usually small, sometimes very simple ; pe- 
duncle short. Fruit usually yellow or blood- 
colour, ovoid or ellipsoid, the albumen of the 
seeds marked like a nutmeg. Leaves terminal, 
unequally cut or pinnatisect, or simply bifid at 
the apex, not thickened at margins, recurved at 
base; sheaths elongated. The species known to cultiva- 
| tion are described below. A compost of one part loam, 
| two of peat, and a little sand, is most suitable; and an 
abundant supply of water is essential. Propagated by 
