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ble as green-fodder. Some of the many other species 
of Pennisetum are doubtless of pastoral value. A plant 
allied to P. thyphoideum occurs in China: namely P. 
cereale, Trin. This affords, also, millet or corn for 
cakes. 
Pentzia virgata, Lessing.—South Africa. A small 
bush, recommended to be established in our deserts 
for sheep-fodder. Several other species occur in South 
Africa. 
Perilla arguta, Benth.—Japan. An annual herb. | 
An infusion of this plant is used to impart to table- 
vegetables and other substances a deep red color. P. 
ocimoides, L., of Upper India, serves, probably, simi- 
lar purposes. 
Persea gratissima, Gertner.—From Mexico to Pe- 
ru and Brazil, in forest- tracts near the coast. The 
Avocado Pear. Suggestively mentioned here as like- 
ly available for Hast Gipps Land, French Island, and 
other mild localities of our country, inasmuch as it 
has become naturalized in Maderia, the Azores, and 
Canary Islands. A noble, evergreen, spreading tree. 
The pulp of the large, pear - shaped fruit is of deli- 
cious taste and flavor. Persea Teneriffée (P. Indica, 
Spreng.), indigenous to Maderia, the Canary Islands, 
and Azores, is a tree with hard and remarkably beau- 
tiful wood. 
Peucedanum graveolens, Benth. (Anethum grave- 
olens, L.) —The Dill. South Europe, North Africa, 
Orient. Annual. The well-known aromatic fruitlets 
used as a condiment. P. Sowa, Benth, (Anethum 
Sowa, Roxb.), is a closely-allied, Indian, annual herb, 
Peucedanum officinale, L.—The Sulphur - root. 
Middle and South Europe, North Africa, Middle Asia, 
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