248 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



the sea. The tree grows to only 25 feet high. Its timber is 

 highly esteemed for superior furniture, especially by turners. 

 It is of a yellowish-brown colour. 



Pinus Webbiana, Wallich. 



King-Pine, Dye-Pine. On the Himalaya Mountains, at an 

 elevation of from 7,000 to 13,000 feet. A splendid Fir, reach- 

 ing a height of 150 feet; the stem a circumference up to 30 

 feet. In compact forests the bare trunk is very short. The 

 wood is of a pale colour, soft, coarse-grained, and very resin- 

 ous, on the testimony of Mr. Webb equalling in texture and 

 odour the Bermuda Cedar. The natives extract a splendid 

 violet dye from the cones. 



Pinus Williamson!!, Newberry. 



California and Oregon, up to 12,000 feet. Height of tree 

 150 feet. Timber very valuable (Vasey). 



Piptadenia rigida, Bentham. 



Sub-tropical and extra-tropical South America. This acacia- 

 like tree furnishes the angico-gum, similar to gum-arabic. 

 The wood, according to Saldana da Gama, serves for naval 

 constructions. 



Pipturus propinquus, Weddell. 



Insular India, South Sea Islands, and warmer parts of East 

 Australia. This bush is higher and rather more hardy than 

 Boehmeria nivea, but in fibre it is similar to that plant. P. 

 velutinus (Wedd.) is closely allied. The few other species 

 serve probably as well for fibre. 



Pircunia dioica, Moquin. 



Southern Brazil and La Plata States. A deciduous tree, for 

 shady avenues grown in South Europe, as well as in many 

 tropical countries, tested by the writer to be hardy in the 

 lowlands of Victoria. It is comparatively quick of growth. 



Pisonia aculeata, Linne. 



Tropical and sub-tropical countries of both hemispheres, ex- 

 tending as a native plant into New South Wales. This ram- 

 bling prickly bush can be chosen for hedge- copses. 



Pistacia lentiscus, Linne'. 



The Mastic Tree. Mediterranean regions. A tall evergreen 

 bush, exuding the mastic-resin, mostly through incisions into 

 its bark. In Morocco it is extensively used for hedges. 



