INDEX 



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Polyalfhia flava: 



Description and distribution, i, 376. 



Local name, i, 376. 



Rope, i, 376. 

 PolygaXaceae : 



Soap substitutes, iii, 56. 

 Polygonaceae : 



Medicinal, iii, 183. 

 Polygonum barbatum: 



Distribution, iii, 183. 



Local names, iii, 183. 



Medicinal, iii, 183. 

 Polynesian ivory-nut palm, see Coelococcus 



amicarnni. 

 Polypodiaceae : 



Fiber plants, i, 323. 



Food plants, ii, 241. 



Medicinal plants, iii, 167. 



Mangrove swamps, i, 32. 



Ornamental plants, ii, 11. 

 Poly podium sinuatum : 



Description and distribution, i, 24. 



Figure, i, 27. 

 Polyporaceae : 



Edible fungi, iii, 116. 

 Pomade : 



Acacia farnesiana, ii, 204. 

 Pomelo, see Citrus viaxivia. 

 Pongamia pinnata: 



Description and distribution, i, 379 ; ii, 

 111, 112. 



Figure, ii, 113. 



Local names, i, 379 ; ii. 111. 



Fiber, 1, 379. 



Medicinal, iii, 192. 



Pongam oil, ii. 111. 

 Pongam oil : 



Pongamia pinnata, ii. 111. 

 Pongpong, see Embelia philippinensis. 

 Poot-si-nuang, see Urena lobata. 

 Poro, see Fatoua pilosa. 

 Porong, see Grewia stylocarpa. 

 Partulacaceae : 



Food plants, ii, 276. 



Medicinal plants, iii, 185. 

 Portulaca oleracea: 



Description and distribution, ii, 276. 



Distribution, iii, 185. 



Local names, ii, 276. 



Food, ii, 276. 



Medicinal, iii, 185. 

 Pothoidium lobbianum: 



Description and distribution, i, 354. 



Local names, i, 354. 



Fiber, i, 353, 354. 

 Pathos spp. : 



Description and distribution, i, 354. 



Figure, i, 355. 



Local names, i, 354. 



Fiber, i, 353, 354. 

 Pototan, see Bruguiera conjugata. 

 Pototan, see Bruguiera cylindrica. 

 Pototan, see Bruguiera parviflora. 

 Pototan, see Bruguiera sexangula. 

 Pototan-babae, see Bruguiera sexangula. 



Fot6tan-lal&ki, see Bruguiera cylindrica. 

 Pouzolzia zeylanica : 



Distribution, iii, 182. 



Medicinal, iii, 182. 

 Prayer-bean, see Abru^ precatorius. 

 Premna cuniingiana: 



Distribution, iii, 231. 



Local names, iii, 231. 



Medicinal, iii, 231. 

 Premna nauseosa: 



Description and distribution, ii, 373. 



Distribution, iii, 231. 



Local names, ii, 373 ; iii, 231. 



Medicinal, iii, 231. 



Piper betle substitute, ii, 373. 

 Premna odorata: 



Distribution, iii, 231. 



Local names, iii, 231. 



Medicinal, iii, 231. 

 Preservative, leather : 



Ricinus communis, ii, 143. 

 Preservative, wood : 



Aleurites moluccana, ii, 126. 



Anacardium occidentale, ii, 146. 

 Pritchardia gaudichaudii : 



Recently introduced palm, i, 243, 

 Pritchardia pacifica: 



Recently introduced palm, i, 243. 

 Pseuderanthemu))i jndchellum : 



Distribution, iii, 238. 



Local names, iii, 238. 



Medicinal, iii, 238. 

 Psidium guajava : 



Description and distribution, ii, 360. 



Figure, ii, 363. 



Local names, ii, 360. 



Food, ii, 360. 



Medicinal, iii, 69, 216. 

 Psychotria luzoniensis : 



Distribution, iii, 241. 



Local names, iii, 241. 



Medicinal, iii, 241. 

 Psychotria mindorensis : 



Distribution, iii, 241. 



Local name, iii, 241. 



Medicinal, iii, 241. 

 Pterocarpus blancoi: 



Distribution, iii, 192. 



Figure, ii, 397. 



Local names, iii, 192. 



Medicinal, iii, 192. 

 Pterocarpus indicus: 



Figure, ii, 395, 397. 

 Pterocarpus spp. : 



Local names, ii, 396. 



Dye, ii, 396. 

 Pterocarpus vidaliana : 



Figure, ii, 397. 

 Pterocaulon redolens: 



Distribution, iii, 245. 



Local names, iii, 245. 



Medicinal, iii, 245. 

 Pterocymbium tinctorium : 



Description and distribution, i, 398. 



Figure, i, 399. 



