trade, but there seems no reason wliy it could not be 

 cult, in Porto Bico. 



officinilis, Lindl. {P. vulgaris, Lindl.). Allspice. 

 Pimento. Figs. ISO-l, 1805. Distinguished from the other 



1805. Flowers of Allspice (X 



species by the oblong Ivs., 4-lobed calyx and globose 

 drupe. Tree, 30-40 ft. high: Ivs. 2-6 in. long; petiole 

 % in. long: &s. 3 lines long: drupe 3 lines thick. The 

 male Pimento is a form with the female organs less de- 



.JI. 



ick Cinnamon and Wild 

 listingiiislied by the 5- 

 of the Ivs. rather promi- 

 ;). Yields oil of myrcia, 

 Fimento, Griseb., is distinguished 

 oblong drupe and Ivs., 



veloped 

 folia). 



P. dcris, Koste!. .■, 

 Clove, where cult i 

 lobed calyx, ovoiil .li 

 nent above. B.M. .31 

 the basis of bay rui 

 by the obovate Ivs., 5-lobed calyx 

 with veins obsolete above. 



PIMPERNELL. Properly J nnjraKis. 



PIMPINfiLLA (possibly from Latin blpinnula, bi- 

 piiiiuite). l/iiiheUlfene. About 70 species of herbs, one 

 of which has been described under Anise, Lately P. 

 iiUegerrima, Gray, has been offered by one dealer in 

 hardy native plants. It differs from Anise in being a 

 perennial plant with Ivs. 2-3-ternate and segments en- 



PINANGA (Malay name). Palm&cem. About 25 spe- 

 cies of slender, spineless, bamboo-like palms from In- 

 dia and the Malay Archipelago. Lvs. terminal, un- 

 equally lobed or pinnatisect, or simple and bifid at the 

 apex; segments plicate, many-nerved, the lower ones 



acuminate, the upper confluent, the margins not thick- 

 ened, recurving at the base; rachis acute above, convex 

 below; petiole convex above; sheath elongated : .siijhIIx 

 usually small, very simple: peduncle short: brancbis in 

 groups; spathe 1, symmetrical, swollen or comply ssid 

 and2-winged: fls. rather small: fr. ovoid or elliptical, 

 oniii;;!' or nil. For culture, see Palms. 



Kuhlii, Hliuiir. Fig. 180G. Stems tufted, 20-30 ft. 

 liiijli, >l. ml. r: Ivk. 3-4 ft.; Ifts. many, 1-2 ft., falcate- 

 line;cr to liii.:ir-lanceolate, finely acuminate, strongly 

 2-3-ribbcd, upper confluent; petiole variable in length, 

 somewhat scurfy: fr. yi in. long, shortly apiculate. Su 

 matra, Java. 



grricilis, Blurae (Areca gracilis, Roxb.). Stems G- 

 20 ft. high, 3-4 lines in diam., thickening upwards, 

 usually gregarious : lvs. 3^ ft. long, sparingly pinnate ; 

 petiole and sheaths scurfy; Ifts. inserted by a very 

 broad base, 1 ft. or more long, the lower ones 2-3- 

 ribbed. finely acuminate, the upper .3-5 in. wide, many- 

 ribbed: fr. '... in. long, scarlet or orange, smooth, taper- 

 ing to the tip. Himalayas, Burma. Jared G. Smith. 



PINCENECTlTIA. Bee NoUna. 



PINCKNfiYA (Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, of South 

 Carolina, 1740-1825, distinguished statesman and gen- 

 eral of the American Revolution). Buhl&cvif. This in- 

 cludes the Fever Tree or Georgia Bark, u tall ;-lii-ul. or 

 small tree with fls. in large terminal .Nin. v. iK.ti\i> i,, 

 the marshy banks of streams in the |iiiM li.irrriis tr..ni 

 S. C. to Pla. Its showv flowpr-clnst.r ;.ii,niis ;, l,n :„lili 



of 4 in, iUl.l d.-|.th ..f :!n,.. ,viO. r.- im:,t,. :, - 'n .U , , ;„-l, 



rowed at tin- li,'i-c. :iii.l ii-nr 

 red. The iinn-, miiil- IV;nu, 

 they are nui l.ia.ts, l,nt nnidiliiutions of one of the 

 calyx-lobes, which are normally small and awl-shaped. 

 Only one other species of tliis genus is known, P. 

 innantha from Colombia. The Fever Tree has been 

 cult, in Europe under glass, but it is rarely succcs.sfully 

 cult, in America. 



piibens, Michx. Georgia Bark. Fevek Tree. Bitter 

 Bark. Attains 25 ft. : lvs. oval or oblong, acute, 4 x 134 

 in.; midrib rosy: calyx 5-lobed; lobes drcidnons or one 

 of them in the outer fls. often transfoni"'! iiit,. n -Au^wy 

 floral If.; corolla hairy; stamens 5, ix -•''■! -•.,, in- 

 fuse: capsule globose, papery, 2-cc I! . i- 



ous, in 2 rows, horizontal, winged. l'.~- : ' i ,, - s. 



5:227-8. — Pi>icA-nc)/a ;ji(6ens grows in I.-m imhIi \v is 



and on borders of swamps. It thrives best wlicii sli;idcd 

 'jy other trees. Seedlings require very rich nioLst soil 

 md should always be grown under shade. They are 

 liflicult to keep alive if exposed to direct sunlight until 

 .4 or 5 feet high; then give partial shade. 



P. J. Bercksians and W. M. 



PINE. What the apple is among the fruits, what 

 the oak is among the broad-leaved trees of the tsmperate 

 zone, the Pines represent among the conifers, excelling 

 all other genera in this most important family in num- 

 ber of species, in fields of distribution, in extent of area 

 occupied, in usefulness and importance to the human 

 race. No other trees of the temperate zone have con- 

 tributed so much to the building up of civilization and 

 no other, it may be predicted, will continue longer to fill 

 the important place in the household of civilized man; 

 for not only do they in a number of species furnish the 

 most satisfactory qualities of wood for structural pur- 

 poses, but their frugality in regard to soil conditions 

 will preserve them a place as wood-producers in many 

 of the poor sites, when the lands fit for agricultural use 

 have all been turned over to food production. 



Among the 70 or more well-distinguished species- 

 over 600 species and varieties of Pinus have been 

 described— all inhabitants of the northern hemisphere, 

 ranging from the arctics through plains and moun- 

 tains to near the equator, occurring in the tropics 

 at least on high mountains, a variety of adaptation, of 

 form, of usefulness, may be found to satisfy every 

 requirement; and since more than half the number of 



