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PERISTROPHE LANCEOLARIA. Acanthacece. PERISTROPHE SPE- 

 CIOSA. Vide Justicia. 



PERSOONIA. Proteacece. The Dele, the Embothrium, the 

 Hakea, Banksia and Persoonia, are interesting plants introduced 

 from the Cape and New South Wales, the species being chiefly 

 confined to the southern hemisphere. They are handsome green 

 shrubs, and prized by gardeners for the neatness of their appear- 

 ance and beauty. 



PHARBITIS HISPIDA. Convolvulacece, The pale blue large 

 flowered Pharbitis. 



PHILADELPHUS CORONARIUS. Philadelphacece. A handsome 

 shrub, producing white blossoms, having the appearance and 

 smell of orange flowers ; propagated by seed or layers. 



PHILLYREA PANIC UL AT A. Oleince. A small tree with oblong 

 ovate leaves ; flowers in terminal panicles, pure white, bending 

 down the branches, and giving the tree a graceful appearance. 

 Introduced from China. 



PHCENIX DACTYLIFERA. Palmacece. Is a fine lofty-growing 

 tree, with a rugged trunk, and leaves from six to eight feet long. 

 The inhabitants of Arabia, Upper Egypt, &c., chiefly live upon 

 the fruit of it, the hard stones are even ground up as food for 

 their camels, and of the leaves they make bags and baskets. In 

 Barbary, the midribs are used as fences for their gardens, and 

 they sometimes make use of the trunks in small buildings. The 

 threads of the integuments between the fronds are made into 

 ropes, and the rigging of smaller vessels ; a juice is sometimes 

 extracted from the tree by incisions, or scooping holes at the 

 top, which is afterwards made into an agreeable wine. 



PH<ENIX FARINIFERA. Palmce. Is a dwarf species. The fruit 

 ripens in May, and a species of sago is procured, from the trunk, 

 which is split and dried, and then beat in wooden mortars until 

 the farinaceous parts are detached. 



PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA. Euphorbiacece. NAT. AWLA OR AUNLEB. 

 This grows to a pretty large tree and is cultivated throughout 

 most parts of India, and is found wild throughout the Concan 

 and Deccan ; the fruit resembles the gooseberry having a sharp 



