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It flowers in February and March and ripens its fruit in July or 

 August. Young shoots and suckers not required should be re- 

 moved from the plant as soon as they make their appearance. 

 The proper season for planting, as will be understood from the 

 above, is in August. Situation must be well exposed to the sun, 

 they should be placed in rows at a distance of three feet at least, 

 and two feet from each other. They are propagated readily 

 during the rains by striking suckers or the green crowns from 

 the fruit in sand. The stumps should not be thrown away but 

 placed in a damp pit when a crop of young plants be the result. 



PINUS LONGIFOLIA. Coniferce. NAT. CHIR. The long-leaved 

 pine. A tall erect growing shrub, with subverticelled branches 

 and linear lanceolated leaves. Introduced from the Cape. 



PISONIA GRANDIS. Nyctaginacece. NAT. BAG-ACHERA. A stag- 

 gling shrub, armed with strong axillary recurved thorns ; flowers 

 small in axillary terminal panicles. Forms an excellent hedge 

 plant. 



PISONIA INERMIS. NAT. KONGI-PUTRI. Without thorns. 



PLANTAIN. Vide Musa Sapientum. 



PLANTAIN LEAFED PALM. Vide Urania Speciosa. 



PLUMIEEU ACUMINATA. Apocynacece. NAT. G-OBU-CHUMPA. A 

 small elegant tree, common : flowers white and yellow, tinged 

 with red, very fragrant. A pure white caoutchouc is obtained 

 from this tree. 



PLUMIERIA ALBA. NAT. GULACHIN. The White Chumpa. 



POINSETTIA PULCHERRIMA. NAT. KRISHNA-CHOORA. This IS a 



beautiful plant, growing to the height of five or six feet, the 

 leaves during the rains are green, and afterwards become of a 

 bright scarlet having a most showy appearance, easily propa- 

 gated by cuttings, both leaves and bark contain a milky juice 

 which when dried and boiled possesses some of the properties of 

 gutta-percha. 



POMEGRANITE. Vide Punica Granatum. 



PONGAMIA GLABRA. Leguminosce. NAT. KARUNJ. A tree with 

 foliage resembling the Bacts ; flowers in April and May : oil is 

 made from the seed. 



