INDEX 



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Polyalthia fiava: 



Description and distribution, i, 376. 



Local name, i, 376. 



Rope, i, 376. 

 Polygalaceae : 



Soap substitutes, iii, 56. 

 Polygonaceae : 



Medicinal, iii, 183. 

 Polygonum barbatUTn: 



Distribution, iii, 183. 



Local names, iii, 183. 



Medicinal, iii, 183. 

 Polynesian ivory-nut palm, see Coelococcus 



amicarutn, 

 Polypodiaceae : 



Fiber plants, i, 323. 



Food plants, ii, 241. 



Medicinal plants, iii, 167. 



Mangrove swamps, i, 32. 



Ornamental plants, ii, 11. 

 Polypodium sinuatum: 



Description and distribution, i, 24. 



Figure, i, 27. 

 Polyporaceae : 



Edible fungi, iii, 116. 

 Pomade : 



Acacia farnesiana, ii, 204. 

 Pomelo, see Citrus maxima. 

 Pongamia pinnata: 



Description and distribution, i, 379 ; ii» 

 111, 112. 



Figure, ii, 113. 



LocaJ names, i, 379 ; ii. 111. 



Fiber, i, 379. 



Medicinal, iii, 192. 



Pongam oil, ii. 111. 

 Pongam oil: 



Pongamia pinnata, ii. 111. 

 Pongpong, see Embelia philippiTiensis. 

 Poot-si-nuang, see XJrena lohata. 

 P6ro, see Fatoua pUosa. 

 Porong, see Grewia stylocarpa. 

 Portulacaceae : 



Food plants, ii, 276. 



Medicinal plants, iii, 186. 

 Portulaca oleracea: 



Description and distribution, ii, 276. 



Distribution, iii, 185. 



Local names, ii, 276. 



Food, ii, 276. 



Medicinal, iii, 185. 

 , Pothoidium lobbianuTn: 



Description and distribution, i, 364. 



Local names, i, 354. 



Fiber, i, 353, 354. 

 Pothos spp. : 



Description and distribution, i, 854. 



Figure, i, 365. 



Loc^ names, i, 354. 



Fiber, i, 353, 354. 

 F6totan, see Bruguiera conjugata. 

 Pototan, see Bruguiera cylindrica. 

 Pototan, see Bruguiera parvifiarti. 

 Pot6tan, see Bruguiera sexamgiUa, 

 Pot6tan-babde, see Bruguiera aexangvla. 



Fot6tan-lal&ki, see Bruguiera cylindrica. 

 Pouzolzia zeyla/nica : 



Distribution, iii, 182. 



Medicinal, iii, 182. 

 Prayer-bean, see Abrus precatorius. 

 Premna cumingia/na: 



Distribution, iii, 231. 



Local names, iii, 231. 



Medicinal, iii, 231. 

 Prem,na nauseosa: 



Description and distribution, ii, S73. 



Distribution, iii, 231. 



Local names, ii, 373 ; iii, 231. 



Medicinal, iii, 231. 



Piper betle substitute, ii, 373. 

 Premna odorata: 



Distribution, iii, 231. 



Local names, iii, 231. 



Medicinal, iii, 231. 

 Preservative, leather : 



Ricinus communis, ii, 143. 

 Preservative, wood : 



Aleurites moluccana^ ii, 126. 



Anacardium, occidentale, ii, 146. 

 Pritchardia gaudichaudii : 



Recently introduced palm, i, 243. 

 Pritchardia pacifica: 



Recently introduced palm, i, 243. 

 Paeuderam.tkemum' pulcheUum, : 



Distribution, iii, 238. 



Ix)cal names, iii, 238. 



Medicinal, iii, 238. 

 Psidium guajava: 



Description and distribution, ii, 360. 



Figure, ii, 363. 



Local names, ii, 360. 



Food, ii, 360. 



Medicinal, iii, 69, 216. 

 Psychotria luzoniensis : 



Distribution, iii, 241. 



Local names, iii, 241. 



Medicinal, iii, 241. 

 Psychotria mindorensis: 



Distribution, iii, 241. 



Local name, iii, 241. 



Medicinal, iii, 241. 

 Pterocarpus blancoi: 



Distribution, iii, 192. 



Figure, ii, 397. 



Local names, iii, 192. 



Medicinal, iii, 192. 

 Pterocarpus indicus: 



FigTire, ii, 395, 397. 

 Pterocarpus spp. : 



Local names, ii, 396. 



Dye, ii, 396. 

 Pterocarpus vidaliana : 



Figure, ii, 397. 

 Pterocavlon redolens: 



Distribution, iii, 245. 



Local names, iii, 245. 



Medicinal, iii, 246. 

 Pterocymbium tinctorium : 



Description and distribution^ i, 898. 



Figure, i, 399. 



