1340 



1S03. Flowers of Allspice (> 



ispeoies by tlir ■•lil"ii-- h--^.. I-1o1»m1 c:ih 

 ■drupe. Tree, '.''" I" m !' jm . '• - ' '■ m 

 % in. long: ll^. : : , - 



male Piment" \- 



veloped. B.M. ]:,;•; ;:.■ )/:,,'- /' -. 



folia). 



P. Acris. Kostel, called Bnyberry, Black Cin 

 Clove, where cult, in the Orient, is distingaiished by the 5- 

 lobed calyx, ovoid dmpe and tije veins of the Ivs. rather promi- 

 nent above. B.M. 3153 (as Myrcia acris). Yields oil of myrcia, 

 the basis of bay rum.— P. Pimento. Griseb.,is distinguished 

 by the nhovate Ivs.. 5-lobed calyx, ovate-oblong drupe and Ivs., 

 with veins obsolete above. 



PIMPEENELL. Properly .1 nagaUis. 



PIMPINfiLLA (possibly from Latin bipimiula, bi- 

 pititiato . r mix Uit'i-ii . About 70 species of herbs, one 

 of wliieb has bec-u <leseribed under Anise. Lately P. 

 inteqerrimn , Gray, has been offered by one dealer in 

 tardy native plants. It differs from Anise in being a 

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

 tire. B.B. 2;52G. 



X and globose 

 long; petiole 

 s thick. The 

 'i-j^ans less de- 

 'it. var. longi- 



lamon and Wild 



PINK 



acuminate, the upper confluent, the margins not thick- 

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

 below; petiole convex above; sheath elongated: spadix 

 usually small, very simple: peduncle short: branches in 

 groups; spathe 1, symmetrical, swollen or compressed 

 iind 2-winged: fls. rather small: fr. ovoid or elliptical, 

 orange or red. For culture, see Palms. 



KWilii, Blume. Fig. 1806. Stems tufted, 20-30 ft. 

 high, slender: Ivs. 3-4 ft.; Ifts. many, 1-2 ft., falcate- 

 linear to linear-lanceolate, finely acuminate, strongly 

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

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



gr&cilis, 



e {Areca gracilis, Rosb.). Stems 6- 

 lines iu diam., thickening upwards, 

 ii-n:,lly l; n u'iui.Mis : Ivs. 3-i ft. long, sparingly pinnate; 

 prth.i.. ,11, .1 sh, :itlis scurfy; Ifts. inserted by a very 

 br.iad l..i,<-. 1 ft. or more long, the lower ones 2-.'i- 

 ribljeil. liiiely acuminate, the upper 3-5 in. wide, many- 

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

 ing to the tip. Himalayas, Burma, j^ked G. Smith. 



PINCENECTlTIA. See Suliin:. 



PINANGA (Malay name). P(ilmdce(r. 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 bifld at the 

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



en.l oftbr .\ll„lir;,l, 1;,, I . , I I , I I, M i , . /,•„/„. ,r,„. Tilis JU- 



clude.s the l-VvLT True or liuoryiii Dark, a lull shrub or 

 small tree with fls. in large terminal cymes. luitive to 

 the marshy banks of streams in the pine barn us from 

 'S. C. to Fla. Its showy flower-cluster attains a br.a.ltli 

 of 4 in. and depth of 3 in., with as many as 20 Hs., lar'h 



1 in. long, tubular, white-, s|i.-.-li|i'.l r.-.i. witli 't revolute 

 lobes. But the distimm,' i.;,iin.> •■( th- Fcvt-r Tree, 

 both botanically iiiid In.ii i. nli oi all\ . is tin- ].n'sence of 

 5 or more large, sIioh y ,-..l,,rr.l tloml i, .iv.s. These are 



2 in. long. 1-1% in. wide, oval or roundish, acute, nar- 

 rowed at the base, and peach-yellow margined with rosy 

 red. The interesting feature of these floral lvs. is that 

 they are not bracts, but modifications of one of the 

 cnlvy-lolx's ^vbich are normally small and awl-shaped. 



iiiiiv ..1 iinr .|„-.-i,.s of this genus is known, P. 



' I I ..|..iiiliia. The Fever Tree has been 



. I. 1 I'lS r u'lass, but it is rarely successfully 



piibens, -■Micli.\. Georgia Bakk. FeverTree. Bitter 

 HAiiK. .\ttanis 2.') ft.: lvs. oval or oblong, acute, 4x IJ-a 

 in.: iiiidrili rosy : calyx 5-lobed; lobes deciduous or one 

 of them in the outer fls. often transformed into a showy 

 floral If. ; corolla hairy; stamens 5, exserted, stigma ob- 

 tuse: capsule -globose, papery, 2-celled; seeds numer- 

 ous, in 2 rows, horizontal, winged. F.S. 19:1937. S.S. 

 5:227-S. — Piiirkiii-i/ii piihi'tis grows in low marshy woods 

 ill hi in li.i.l, 1 - ,,r u :iiii|i~. It thrives best when shaded 

 'i ' - . :! - require very rich moist soil 



u i"\vn under shade. They are 



111 I . „ . r v|i.ised to direct sunlight until 



.4 oi J i.ii 01, ii, iliiu e;ne partial shade. 



P. J. Berckmaxs aud W. M. 



FINE. What the apple is among the fruits, what 

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

 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 biiil-lin;; 11,. .t rn ilization and 

 no other, it may be predict. <l , 'i Imger to till 



the important place in thi- In : ilized man; 



for not only do they in a niimli. r "t -|i. ■ i. s lurnish 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 



