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with facility by cuttings and suckers. The 

 well-known pepper of the shops is principally 

 produced by P. nigrum. P. Bitle furnishes the 

 Betle-leaf of the Southern Asiatics, in which 

 they inclose a few slices of the Areca-nut, and 

 a little shell lime ; this they chew to sweeten 

 the breath, and to keep off the pangs of hun- 

 ger, and such is the immense consumption of 

 this luxury in the East, that it nearly forms 

 as extensive an article of commerce as that of 

 tobacco in the West. See Peperornia. 

 acutifdlium . Apetal . 6, S. Ev. S. 3 Peru . . 1823 

 adtincum . Apetal . 6, S. Ev. S. 4 Jamaica . 1748 

 Anialago . . Apetal . 7, S. Ev. S. 6 Jamaica . 1759 

 Betle . . . Apetal . 7, S. Ev. S. 6 E. Indies. 1804 

 colubiinum . Apetal . 6, S. Ev. S. 3 Brazil . . 1820 

 decumanum. Apetal . 8, S. Ev. S. 6 Carthage . 1768 

 discolor . . Apetal . 7, 8. Ev. 8. 4 W. Indies 1821 

 geniculatum. Apetal . 8, S. Ev. S. 2 Jamaica . 1823 

 glibrum . . Apetal . 8, S. Ev. S. 8 Campeac. 1768 

 glaucescens . Apetal . 7, S. Ev. S. '8 Peru . . 1822 

 hirsiltum . Apetal . 6, S. Ev. S. 3 W. Indies 1793 

 hispidum . Apetal . 7, S. Ev. S. 6 S. Amer. . 1793 

 laurifdlium . Apetal . 7, S. Ev. S. 8 W. Indies 1768 

 ldngum . . Apetal . 6, S. Ev. S. 6 E. Indies. 1788 



Tm 01 ** 1 : } A P etal • 7 > S - Ev - s - 10 ""• Indi <* "Of 



marginatum. Apetal . 8, S. Ev. 8. 3 8. Amer. . 1811 



medium . . Apetal . 8, S. Ev. 8. 3 W. Indies 1820 



nigrum . . Apetal . 7, S. Ev. CI. 6 E. Indies. 1790 



nltidum . . Apetal . 5, S. Ev. 8. 3 Jamaica . 1793 



peitatum . . Apetal . 6, S. Ev. 3. 2 W. Indies 1748 



racemdsum . Apetal . 5, S. Ev. 8. 8 Campeac. 1768 



reticulatum . Apetal . 8, S. Ev. S. 6 W. Indies 1748 



Biribba . . Apetal . 8, 8. Ev. 8. 6 E. Indies. 1768 



tomentdsum. Apetal . 8, 8. Ev. 8. 12 W. Indies 1788 



triolcum . . Apetal . 8, S. Ev. 8. 6 E. Indies. 1818 



tuberculatum Apetal . 7, 8. Ev. S. 6 S. Amer. . 1816 



umbellatum. Apetal . 6, 8. Ev. S. 3 W. Indies 1748 



PiPEB.ACE.as, or Pepper-worts, are shrubs and 

 herbaceous plants of no beauty, but are inte- 

 resting on account of furnishing the peppers of 

 the shops and other products useful in medi- 

 cine. 



Piperella. See Thymus Piperilla, 



Piperitos, hot, pungent. 



Pipewort. See Eriocaulon. 



Pippol. See Piper. 



PiFTANTHUS, Sweet. From pipto, to fall, and 

 anthos, a flower ; the flowers are very fuga- 

 cious. Linn. 10, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Fab&cece. 

 A very handsome and ornamental shrub when 

 in flower, and sufficiently hardy to thrive in 

 the open ground without any protection ; it 

 grows well in a rich loamy soil, and is in- 

 creased by layers, or cuttings of the nearly 

 ripened wood, planted in sand, under a glass. 

 Syntmyme: 1, Andgyris Indica. 

 nepalensis 1 . Yellow . 5 H. De. 8. 10 Nepal . 1821 



Piptathertjm, Beavmois. From pipto, to fall, 

 and at/ier, an awn. Linn. 3, Or. 2, Nat. Or. 

 Gramin&cece. Curious species of grass, re- 

 quiring the same treatment as Milium. Sy- 

 natygw.es : 1, Milium caruliscens ; 2, M . multi- 

 flarum, arundinaceum ; 3, M. paraddxwm, 

 Ardchne viriseens ; 4, Eri6Moa pwnctdta. 

 caerulescens 1 Apetal . 6, H. Grass 2 Barbary . 1819 

 multitidrum 2 Apetal . 6, H. Grass 3 8. Eur. . 1778 

 paradoxum 3 Apetal . 6, H. Grass 3 France . 1771 

 punctatum 4 Apetal . 6, H. Grass 3 8. Eur. . 



Piptoclatna, Von. From pipto, to fall, and 

 lclaina, a cloak ; the calyx is deciduous. Linn. 

 5, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Ehretiacem. The seeds 



of this annual should be sown on a hotbed, 

 and in May or June the plants should be 

 planted out in the open border. Synonyme: 1, 

 Beliotrbpium supinum. 

 supma 1 . . Tel. wht. 6, H. A. J S. Eur. . 1640 



PlQUERlA, Oavanilles. After Andreas Piqueria, 

 a Spanish botanist. Linn. 19, Or. 1, Nat. Or. 

 Asteracece. P. trin&rvia is a pretty herbaceous 

 plant ; all the species are of easy culture, and 

 are multiplied by divisions. 



trinervia . . White . 7, H. Her. P. 2 Mexico . 1798 

 artemisioides, ovata, pildsa. 



Piri-Jiri. See Halor&gis citriodbra. 



PlRlQUETA, De Candolle. Meaning not ex- 

 plained by Aublet. Linn. 5, Or. 3, Nat. Or. 

 Turneriacece. For culture, &c, see Turne'ra. 

 villdsa . . . Yellow . 7, 8. A. 2 Guiana . 1826 



PiscfDiA, Linn. The leaves, bark, and twigs 

 are used for the purpose of stupifying fish ; 

 whence the name from piscis, a fish, and coedo, 

 to kill. Linn. 16, Or. 6, Nat. Or. Fabacecs. 



-, This genus, the Jamaica Dogwood, consists of 

 two ornamental timber-trees, with spreading 

 branches and pinnate leaves. Sandy loam 

 suits them best, and cuttings may be rooted in 

 sand, under a glass, in heat. Synonyme: 1, 

 Erythrina. See Daubentonia. 



earthaginensis 1 Dirty wt. 8. Ev. T. 25 Carthage 1690 

 Erythrina . . Dirty wt. 8. Ev. T. 25 W. Indies 1690 



PiscfmuM. See Lepidium Pisoldium. 



Pisif6rme, formed like a pea. 



Pis6nia, Linn. In honour of M. Piso, an emi- 

 nent physician of Amsterdam. Linn. 7, Or. 2, 

 Nat. Or. Nyctagin&cece. Stove shrubs, of not 

 much merit. P. aeuleata is remarkable for 

 its spiny branches, and for its glutinous and 

 burry seeds, which fasten to wkatever touches 

 them. A mixture of peat and loam suits them 

 best, aTld they are easily propagated by cut- 

 tings iu the same sort of soil. 



aeuleata . . Green . 8, S. Ev. T. 10 Jamaica . 1739 



fragrans . . Grn. wt. 4, S. Ev. 8. 3 W. Indies. 1823 



grandis . . Green . 3, 8. Ev. T. 10 N. Hoi. . 1806 



hirtella . . Green . 4, 8. Ev. 8. 4 Mexico . 1825 



macroph^lla. Green . 4, 8. Ev. 8. 3 W. Indies. 1823 



mexicana . Grn. wt. 3, S. Ev. B. 4 Mexico . 1824 



nigricans . . Grn. wt. 4, 8. Ev. 8. 3 "W. Indies. 1806 



nitida . . . Grn. wt. 3, S. Ev. 8. 3 Madagaso. 1821 



obovata . . Green . 5, 8. Ev. 8. 3 W. Indies. 1823 



obtusata . . Green . 4, 8. Ev. 8. 4 W. Indies. 1824 



Olfersiana . Pink gn. 6, G. Ev. 8. 4 Brazil . . 1824 



subcordata . Green . 3, 8. Ev. 8. 20 Jamaica . 1821 



Pita plant. See Agime americ&na. 



Pistachia-tree. See Pistacia. 



PistAcia, Linn. Altered from Foutfaq, its 

 Arabic name. Limm. 22, Or. 5, Nat. Or. 

 Terebinth&cece. Ornamental plants. The green- 

 house kinds thrive in loam and peat, and cut- 

 tings of the ripened wood root in sand, under 

 a glass. The hardy species do best planted 

 against a wall, as they are rather tender ; 

 common garden soil suits them, and they may 

 be increased by layers, or cuttings in sandy 

 soil under a glass. Synonymes: 1, P. Lenlis- 

 cus massiliensis ; 1, P. officinarum; 3, P. re- 

 ticulata. 



atlantica . . Apetal 5, P. De. T. 10 Barbary . 1790 

 Lentiscus . . Apetal 5, G. Ev. T. 15 8. Europe 1654 



