342 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Physorrhynchos Brahuicus, J. Hooker. 



Persia, Scinde, Afghanistan, Punjab. A perennial herb, fond of 

 somewhat saline soil. On careful cultivation it may form a new 

 sort of kitchen- vegetable, as Dr. J. E. Stocks found the leaves, when 

 boiled, a fair substitute for cabbage. 



Pilocarpus pinnatifolius, Lemaire.* 



The principal Jaborandi-plant of tropical and sub-tropical 

 Brazil. The leaves and bark of this shrub, which contain essential 

 oil and a peculiar alkaloid, are famed as an agreeable, powerful and 

 quickly acting 1 sudorific ; recommended as a specific in diphtheria, 

 as well as typhoid fever, and supposed to be also reliable in hydro- 

 phobia. [Continho, Baillon, Hardy, Griiebler]. This bush is likely 

 to endure the clime of milder temperate forest-regions. Like P. 

 simplex, also an active sialagogue. Pilocarpin contracts the pupil. 

 P. Selloanus has similar properties. Other Jaborandi-plants, 

 all from Southern Brazil, are Piper Jaborandi ( Vellozo), Bramia 

 Monniera, B. gratioloides, B. colubrina, also Monniera trifoliata. 



Pimenta officinalis, Lindley. 



The Allspice. West Indies. A middle-sized tree. Flowers 

 freely at Port Jackson, but does not ripen its fruit readily there 

 [C. Moore]. In Ceylon it can be grown to about 3,000 feet 

 elevation advantageously [Dr. TrimenJ. Cultivated in Jamaica up 

 to 4,000 feet [W. Fawcett]. Succeeds in Natal [J. M. Wood]. For 

 the stick- and umbrella-trade large lots of the young saplings are 

 exported [J. R. Jackson]. Requires soil rich in lime. 



Pimpinella Anisum, Linne. 



The Anise-plant. Greece, Egypt, Persia. An annual. The 

 seed-like fruits enter into various medicines and condiments, and 

 are required for the distillation of oil, rich in aiiethol. The 

 herbage left after obtaining the seeds serves for fodder. The plant 

 will bear seeds in Norway up to lat. 68 40' [Schuebeler]. The 

 seeds retain their power of germination for three years [VilmorinJ. 



Pimpinella saxifrag'a, Liune. 



Europe, Northern and Middle Asia. A perennial herb ; its root 

 used in medicine ; a peculiar volatile oil can be distilled from the 

 root. P. magna, L., is a closely allied species, and P. iiigra. W., 

 is a variety. The root of the last is particularly powerful. 



Pimpinella Sisarum, Bentham. (Slum Sisarum, Linne.) 



Middle and Eastern Asia, extending to Persia [Maximo wicz], 



Valkjmia and Podolia [Rostatinski]. A perennial herb. The 

 bunches of small tubers afford an excellent culinary vegetable. 

 The taste is sweet and somewhat celery-like. The roots endure 

 frost. The plant is cultivated up to lat. 63 26' in Norway 

 [Schuebeler]. 



