DESCKIPTIVK CATALOGUE. H4y 



iiii: tlic petiole; lirart8 round, peltate, subsessile at the center, perianth lacking; 

 stamens 1', short; ovary compressed-ovate, stigma o])li(iuely insert(>d, brnsh-like; 

 ovule 1, erect; fruit minute, indehisceut; seed with membranous testa. 

 Type species in the Berlin herbarium, collected by Gaudichaud^n Guam. 

 Grows on the l)anks of streams. 

 Kefekences: 



reperomia iii<(ri(iiiitciisin G. DC in DC. Prod. 16'; 442. 1869. 



Pepitio (Tahiti). Hee Alrrim (ihnix. 



Pepper, (ienerai name lor the species of Piper. 



Pepper, bail. See Capsicum ((iniKiiin (jrossam. 



Pepper, betel. Pijicr belle. 



Pepper, black. See Piper ni<jrnm. 



Pepper, Cayenne. General name for the species of Capsicum. 



Pepper, cherry. See Cnpnicwn annuuin cerasiforme. 



Pepper, Guam. See Pij>cr gualutmense. 



Pepper, Indian wild. See Vitex trifolin. 



Pepper, red. See Capsicum aimimm and other species. 



Pepper, spur. See Capsicum frutescens. 



Peppermint, Chinese. See Mentha arrensis. 



Perg-ularia odoratissima. Same as Telosma odoratissima. 



Periwinkle, Madagascar, See Lochnera rosea. 



Peronia (Porto Kico). See Alirm^ ahrus. 



Petroselinum petroselinum. Paksley. 



Family Ai)iaceae. 

 Parsley is cultivated by the natives. It does not grow very well. The natives 

 often have one or two plants growing in a i>ot, taking off a leaf or two when required 

 for seasoning certain dishes. 



Referenx'es: 



Petroselinum petroselinu I II (L. ) Karst. Deutsch. Fl. 831. 1880-83. 

 Ajyium petroselinum L. Sp. PI. 1: 2H4. 1753. 

 Pharbitis congesta. Same as T/iuinoea cungesla. 

 Pharbitis hederacea. Ivy-leaved .MoRXiNCi-GLORY. 



Local names. — Fofgu (Guam). 

 X twining plant with azure blue or pink flowers. Stems twining, slender hirsute 

 with deflexed hairs; leaves 5 to 12.5 cm. long, usually broader than long, cordate at 

 the base, palmately 3-lobed, the lobes deep, acute, middle one the largest, slightly 

 hairy on both sides, especially on the veins beneath, petiole a little shorter than the 

 hlade; flowers large, on short stout peduncles, either solitary or in threes; bracts 

 linear, ])ersistent; peduncle usually shorter than the petiole; sepals ecpial in length, 18 

 mm. long, lineai-, dilated below, acute, hairy; corolla tul)ular, funnel-shaped, limb 5 

 cm. in diameter; ovary 3-celled; capsule 12 mm. long, surrounde<l by the much longer 

 enlarged sepals, globose, 3-valved; seeds usually 6, 6 nun. long, ovoid-triangular, 

 glal)rous, dull l)lack. 



The seeds are strongly purgative and in India are used as a drug under the name 

 of kaladana. " The plant is probably of American origin. 



References: 



Pharhitis hederacea (L. ) Choisy, Mem. Soc. Phys. Genev. 6: 440. 1833. 

 Convolvulus hederacens L. Sp. PI. 1: 154. 1753. 

 Ipomoea hederacea Jacq. Coll. 1 : 124. 1786. 



a Trimen, Handbook Flora of Ceylon, vol. 3, pp. 212, 213, 1895. 



