366 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Persea Teneriffse, F. v. Mueller. (P. Indica, Sprengel.) ,. 



Madeira, Azores, and Canary Islands. This magnificent tree 

 produces a beautiful, hard, mahogany-like wood, especially sought 

 for superior furniture and turners' work. One of the most hardy 

 trees of the large order of Laurinae. 



Peucedanum graveolens, Bentham. (Anethum graveolens, Linne.) 



The "Dill." South-Europe, North- Africa, Orient. Annual. 

 The well-known aromatic fruitlets used as a condiment. In India 

 known as Sowa. Distilled dill-oil is in use also for scented soaps. 



Peucedanum officinale, Linne. 



The Sulphur-Root. Middle and Southern Europe, Northern 

 Africa, Middle Asia. Perennial. The root is used in veterinary 

 medicine ; it contains, like that of the following species, the 

 crystalline peucedanin. 



Peucedanum Ostruthium, Koch. (Imperatoria Ostruthium, Linne.) 



Mountains of Middle Europe. A perennial herb, which could be 

 grown in alpine regions. The acrid aromatic root is used in medicine, 

 particularly in veterinary practice; required also for the preparation 

 of some kinds of Swiss Cheese. P. Cervaria (Cusson) and. P. 

 Oreoselinum (Moench) are also occasionally drawn into medicinal 

 use. 



Peucedanum sativum, Bentham.* (Pastmaca sativa, Linne.) 



The " Parsnip." Europe, North and Middle Asia. Biennial. 

 The root palatable and nutritious. The wild root is somewhat 

 acrid, and poisonous effects have occasionally resulted from its use. 

 In a raw state it is deleterious even to a fatal extent, according to 

 Professor Meehan. A variety is cultivated in the Channel-Islands, 

 with roots 3 or 4 feet long [Chambers]. A somewhat calcareous 

 soil is favorable to the best development of this plant. It is very 

 hardy, having been grown in Norway to lat. 70 22'; it matured 

 seeds as far north as lat. 67 56' [Schuebeler]. Ripens it seeds well, 

 even in the hot and dry Central-Australian regions [H. Kempe], 

 where the Parsnip yields crops throughout the year. The culture 

 is that of the carrot; for fodder the root surpasses that of the latter 

 in augmenting milk [Langethal]. A decoction of parsnip-roots 

 ferments with sugar and yeast into a sparkling beverage, but requires 

 casking for about a year [Baudinet]. 



Peucedanum Sekakul, F. v. Mueller. (Pastmaca Sekakul, Russell; 

 Malabaila pumila, Boissier ; Malabaila Sekakul, Boissier.) 



From Greece to Persia and Egypt. The root of this perennial 

 herb was brought already under medical notice by Dr. Rauwolf ; 

 in a boiled state it affords a palatable esculent. 



