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Pimelea continued. 

 P. spectabills (remarkable).' 



JL white, more or less tinged with 



, in usually large, globular heads, surrounded by four to six 

 which are often coloured on the margins. May. I. mostly 



rather crowded, linear-oblong or lanceolate, flat or 

 slightly recurred margins, fin. to liin. long ; the upper one 

 often broader and shorter. A. 3ft. to 4ft 1840. SYS. P. Ver- 

 KtafeUu. (B.M. 3950.) 



P. snaveolens (sweet-smelling).* JL yellow when fresh, in 

 globular heads ; involncral bracts four to eight, usually ciliated. 

 April. I. opposite, from ovate-lanceolate to oblong-linear, more 

 or less concave, mostly *in. to lin. long. *. 1ft to 3ft 1848. 

 SYS. P. inacrocepnaia(B. M. 4543 ; L. J. F. 76). 



(from Pimento, the Spanish name). All- 

 spice-tree. OBD. Myrtacece. 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 turbinato 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). 



P. acrla (acrid). Baberry-tree: Black Cinnamon; 

 Wild Clove, k. white, with a slightly reddish tinge, 

 ; peduncles axillary and terminal, trichoto- 

 , longer than the leaves. 



five-clef t 



moos, 



May to July. Berries as 



FIG. 154. PlMELEA LIGCSTRINA HYPEKICISA. 



P. sylvestris (sylvan). JL blush-colour, hi globular heads ; invo- 

 lucre of four to six bracts. June. I. opposite, oblong or lanceo- 

 late, mostly iin. to Jin. long, more or less concave. A. 2ft to 3ft 

 1830. (B. M. 3276; B. B. 1582; L. B. C, 1965.) P. snuOybim 

 (B. M. 3288) is a form with broader leaves. 



P. Verschaffeltti (Verschaffelt's). A synonym of P. tpeetabilit. 



VoLIIL 



May to July. Berries as large as peas, having an 

 aromatic smell and taste. L elliptic, obtuse, convex, 

 coriaceous, glabrous, reticulate-veined above, full of 

 very fine, pellucid dots. A. 20ft to 40ft West Indies, 

 1759. The berries of this tree are useful for culinary 

 purposes ; the leaves also, having a sweet, aromatic 

 smell, and on account of their astringency, are often 

 used in sauces. SYS. Myreia aerit (B. M. 3153% 

 P. offldnalis (officinal). Pimento-bush. JL white, in 

 compound, corymb-like cymes; calyx four-lobed, the 

 tube as long as the ovary. May to July. Fruit 

 globose. I. oblong or lanceolate-oblong, glabrous ; 

 veins obsolete above, primary distant and slightly pro- 

 minent beneath. Branchleu compressed, sub-tetra- 

 gonal, glabrate. h. 2ft Jamaica, 1793. Sv.vs. P. rul- 

 garit, Eugenia Pimento, J/j/rtiw Pimenta (B. M. 1236). 

 P. vulgaris (common). A synonym of P. ojicinalis. 

 PIMENTO-BUSH. See Pimenta offi- 

 tinalis. 



PIMPERNEL. See Anagallis. The same 

 name is occasionally used for Poterium Sanguis- 

 orba and Prunella vulyari*. 



FIMFINEItltA (said to be altered from 

 bipinnula. twice pinnate : in allusion to the shape 

 of the leaves). Burnet Saxifrage. Including Sisa- 

 rum. OBD. Umbelliferoe. 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 decompound, rarely undivided 

 and toothed. The species are of no horticultural 

 value. P. magnet and P. Saxifraga (Burnet 

 Saxifrage) are British plants. P. Anisum is the 

 Aniseed-plant of commerce. 



FINACE2B. Included under Coniferae. 

 PINAIiIA. A synonym of Eria. 

 PINANGA (a local Malayan name). OBD. 

 Palma. A genus comprising about twenty-five 

 species of stove palms, usually low and Blender- 

 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, rudimentary 

 pistil, or none at all; complete spathe solitary, 

 twined or complicate-compressed. and two- winged; 

 gpadix 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 

 seeds. 



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