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English Names of Cultivated, Native, 



" Persicaria," or Persicary. Polygonum 



I'crsicaria 

 Persimmon-tree. Diospi/ros virginlana 



Mexican. JJiuspyros 'Tcxana 

 Peru, Halsam-of. Myroxyloii {Myrosper- 



■m um) Perui/irum 

 Peruvian-bark Tree. Various species of 

 Cinchoiui, tlie best of wliich are C. offici- 

 nulls, C. Calisaya, and C. succiruhra 

 Peruvian-Glory-bush. See Glory-bush 

 Peter's (St.)-wort. The genus Symphorl- 

 eurj/us, llyjjirieiou quadraiigulum, Ascy- 

 rum stans, and Primula veris 

 Mountain. Symphoricarims montana 

 Peter's-sperm. A corruption of Pittos- 



porum 

 Pe-tsai. See Cabbage, Chinese 

 Pettigree, or I'ettigrue. Ruscus aculcatus 

 Petty-Whin, See Whin 

 Petunia, Common white. Pettmia nycta- 



ginijlora 

 Pet-wood. Berry a mollis 

 Pewter-wort. Pquisetum hyemale 

 Pharaoh's-Corn. See Corn 

 Pheasant-wood. Another name for Par- 

 tridge-wood 

 Pheasant's-eye. Adonis auhwnialis 



Summer. Adonis cestivalis 

 Phlox, Carolina. Phlox Carolina 

 Cleft-petalled. Phlox bifida 

 Creeping. Phlox reptans {P. verna, P. 



stoloniferd) 

 Cross-leaved. Phlox decussata 

 Gray-leaved. Phlox canescens 

 Hairy. Phlox pilosa 

 Leafy. Phlox frondosa 

 Long-flowered. Phlox longiflora 

 Mossy. Phlox subulata, P. muscoides, and 



P. bryoides 

 Nelson's. Phlox Nclsoni 

 Ovate-leaved. Phlox ovata 

 Panicled. Ph lox paniculata 

 Procumbent. Phlox procumhens 

 Straggling. Phlox divaricata (P. ca7ia- 



dcnsis) 

 Tall Garden. Varieties of Phlox panicu- 

 lata 

 Tufted. Phlox ceespitosa 

 Very smooth. Phlox glaberrima 

 "VVliitc-flowered Dwarf. Phlox nivalis 

 Physic-nut-tree. Curcas {Jatropha) pur- 



gans 

 Pi-plant, of the Sandwich Islands. Tacca 



piniuitifida 

 Pickerel-weed. The genus Pontederia 

 Bladder-stalked. Pontederia crassipes 

 Heart-leaved. Pontederia cordata 

 Sky-blue. Pontederia azurea 

 Pick-purse. Capsclla Jhorsa-pastoris 

 Pick-tooth. I)au€us Visnaga 

 Picotee. A variety of Bianthns Caryo- 

 phyllus, which has the flowers coloured 

 only on the edges of the petals 

 Picra;na-wood. See Qua.ssia 

 Pie-plant, Californian. Ilumex hyvieiw- 



srpalus 

 Pig-root. The genus Sisyrijichiwii 

 Pigeon-berry. Phytolacca decandra 

 Pigeon-pea. See Poa 



Pigeon-wood. G-uettarda speciosa, Diphilos 

 salicifolia, and Diospyros tetrasperma 

 Long-leaved. Coccoloba diversifolia 

 Small-leaved. Coccoloba p>unctata and C. 

 leoyanensis 

 Pigeon's-foot. Geranium cohtmibimt/ni 

 Pigeon's-grass. See Grass 

 Pig-nut. Pmiium fiexuosum and P. 

 ( Cartim) Bulbocasta7mm 

 American. Carya porcina 

 Pig-weed. Chennpodium album 



Winged. Cycloloma platyphyllum (^Salsola 

 platyphylla) 

 Pig-wood. Jledwigia balsamifera 

 Pig's-face. Mesembryanthemum cequilate- 



rale and M. australe 

 Pile-wort. Panuriculus Ficaria 



Great. Ficaria grandifiora {Ranunculus 

 calthcpf alius). Also an old name for 

 Scrophularia nodosa 

 Pill-corn, or Pil-corn. Avena nuda 

 Pill-wort. Pilularia globulifera 

 Pilot- weed. Silphium laciniatum 

 Pimento-bush. Eugenia Pimenta and E. 



acris 

 Pimpernel. Pimpinella Saxifraga. For- 

 merly applied to Poterium Sanguisorba 

 and Prunella vulgaris 

 Bastard, or False. Ce7itunculus minimus 



and Ilysanthis gratioloides 

 Bog. A^iagallis tenella 

 Indian. AnagaUis indica 

 Italian. AnagaUis Moiielli 

 Large-flowered. AnagaUis gra7idiJlora {A. 



colU7ia, A . /rut icosa) 

 Red. A7iagaUis arveyisis 

 Sea-side. Honkenya peploides 

 Water. Samolus Valera7idi. Also applied 

 to Veronica BeccaMcnga and V. A7iagallis 

 Water, of Tasmania. Samolus littoralis 

 Yellow. Lysimachia nemorum 

 Pincushion-flow^er. The genera Scabiosa 

 and Asterocephalus 

 Starry. Asteroc/phalus steUatns 

 Pin-grass, or Pin-clover, of California. 



Frodium cic7itari7im 

 Pine-apple. Ana>uissa sativa 



Wild. Jiromelia Pinguin 

 Pine-apple - flow^er. Fiwomis punctata 



and otlier species 

 Pine-barren Beauty. Pyxida7ithera bur- 



bultifa 

 Pine-drops. Pferospora AndroTtiedea 

 Pine-knots. An American name for the 



cones of Pine-trees 

 Pine-sap. sMonotropa Ilypopifys 



Sweet. Sch/reinit:iu odoruta 

 Pine-tree. The genus J'inu.t 



Adventure Bay. Phyllocladus rhomboi- 



dalis 

 Aleppo, or Jerusalem. Pimis Ilalepensis 

 Amboyna. Dammara orientalis 

 Austrian. Pinus austriaca 

 Awned-conod. Pinus aristata 

 Bhotan. Pinus excrlsa 

 Bishop's. Pinus 7nuricata 

 Black. Pimis austriaca 

 Black, New Zealand. Podocarpus ferru- 

 ginca and P. spicata 



