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Pea. Pisum sativum (Legum.) Eur. The cow=pea is Vigna 

 sinensis, and the Sweet-pea Lathyrus odoratus, originally 

 from Sicily. 



Pea-nut = Earth-nut. 



Peach. Prunus Persica. (Rosac). Asia Minor. 



Pear (D: Peer). Pirus communis (Rosac). Eur. 



Pelargonium v. Geranium (part I). 



Pentaste'mon (Scrophulariac). P. Wrightii. Texas. 



Pepper tree. Schinus molle (Anacardiac). C. & S. Amer. 



Perilla. P. nankinensis (Lab.). A red-coloured foliage-plant. 



China. 



Periwinkle v. part I. 



Persik (perskie) = Peach. 



Persimmon. Diospyros Kaki (Sapotac). E. Asia. 



Petu'nia. (Scrophular.). P. violacea. S. Amer. 



Phace'Iia. P. campanularia, etc. (CampanuL). California. 



Philadel'phus (Saxifrag.). P. grandiflorus. N. Amer. 



Phlox. (Polemoniac). P. Drummondii. Texas. 



Phyge'Iius (Scrophular.). P. capensis. East. Cape Prov. 



Pine V. Conifers. 



Pine apple. Ananas sativus (Bromeliac.) S. Amer. 



Pink, Chinese — . Dianthus sinensis, v. also part I. 



Pittospo'rum (Pittosporac). P. undulatum. AustraL 



Plantain (part I.). 



Platycodon. P. grandiflorum. (CampanuL). China. 



Plum. Prunus domestica (Ros.). Asia Minor. 



Poincet'tia (Euphorb.). P. pulcherrima. C. Amer. 



Polian'thes = Tuberose. 



Pomegranate. Punica granatum (Punicaceae). S.W. Asia. 



Pompelmoes v. Citrus. 



Pompoen v. Gourds. 



Poplar V. part I. The Lombardy — is P. pyramidalis 



(P. fastigiata). 



Poppy (garden). Papaver somniferum (Papav.). Asia Minor. 



Port Jackson willow v. Acacia (part I.). 



Portula'ca (Portulak) (part I.). 



Potato. Solanum tuJ)erosum. (Solanac). Andes of Peru. 



Potato creeper. Several species. Solanum jasminifolium, 

 from Brazil, with trusses of whitish flowers. S. Wendlandii 

 with large leaves and large blue flowers (flower-buds 

 eaten by fowls). 



Pride of India = Lagerstroemia. 



Primrose. Primula vulgaris, and the Cowslip P. veris. 

 (Primulac). Eur. 



