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PEPINO. A Spanish name for Cue amis 

 sativus. 



PBPLAMOOR. An Indian name for the 

 Long Pepper. 

 PEPLIDE. (Fr.) Euphorbia Cliamazsyce. 



PEPLIS. An unpretending 1 herbaceous 

 aquatic belonging to the Lythracece, com- 

 mon in brooks and watery places on a 

 gravelly or sandy soil in many parts of 

 England. The stems, which are of a red- 

 dish hue, are prostrate, branched at the 

 base, and only a few inches long ; bearing 

 in the axils of the upper leaves, which are 

 smooth and obovate, inconspicuous flowers. 

 P. Portula, or Water Purslane, occurs over 

 the greater part of Europe. There are no 

 other species worthy of notice. French, 

 Peplide ; German, Zipfelblume. [C. A. J.] 



PEPO, PEPONIDA, PEPOMUM. A 

 one-celled many-seeded inferior fruit, with 

 parietal placenta?, and a pulpy interior, such 

 as a Gourd. 



PEPON. An Italian name for the Water 

 Melon. 



PEPPER.. Piper. —.AFRICAN. Hab- 

 zelia aromatica. — , ANISE. Xantlioxylon 

 mantchuricum. — , BELL. Capsicum gros- 

 sum. —, BETEL. Chavica Betle. — , BIRD. 

 Capsicum baccatum. —, BITTER. Xan- 

 tlioxylon Daniellii. — , BLACK. Piper ni- 

 grum. — , BONNET. Capsicum tetragonum. 

 — , BOULON. Habzelia aithiopica. — , CA- 

 YENNE. A condiment prepared from the 

 dried powdered fruits of several species of 

 Capsicum, as baccatum, frutescens, annuum. 

 — , CHINESE. Xantlioxylon piperitum. — , 

 CUBBB. Cubeba officinalis. —, ETHIO- 

 PIAN. Habzelia aithiopica. — , GOAT. Cap- 

 sicum frutescens. — , GUINEA. Habzelia 

 ceihiopica; also Capsicum annuum, and a 

 name for Cayenne Pepper. — , JAMAICA. 

 Eugenia Pimenta. — , JAPANESE. Xan- 

 tlioxylon piperitum. — , JAVA. Cubeba 

 officinalis. — , LONG. The fruit-spikes 

 of Chavica officinarum and C. Roxburqhii. 

 — , MALAGHATTA. Habzelia ceihiopica. 

 — , MALAGUETTA or MELEGUETA. 

 Amomum Melegueta. —.MONKEY. Hab- 

 zelia aithiopica. — , MOUNTAIN. The seeds 

 of Capparis sinaica. — , NATIVE, of New 

 Holland. Tasmannia aromatica. — , 

 NEGRO, Habzelia ceihiopica. — , POOR 

 MAN'S. The provincial name of Lepidiiim 

 latifolium. -, STAR. Xanthoxylon Da- 

 niellii. —.WALL. Sedum acre. —.WATER. 

 Polygonum Hi/dropiper, and Elatine Hydro- 

 piper. — , WHITE. The seeds of Piper 

 nigrum deprived of their skins. — , WILD. 

 An Indian name for the fruits of Vitex 

 irifolia. 



PEPPER-BRAND. The same as Bunt. 



PEPPERBUSH, SWEET. An American 

 name for Clethra. 



PEPPERCORN. Vibrio. 

 PEPPER-CROP. Sedum acre. 

 PEPPER-DULSE. The common name 

 of Laurencia pinnatifida, sometimes eaten 



in salads, but very inferior in point of qua- 

 lity to some other kinds of esculent sea- 

 weeds. [M. J. BJ 



PEPPER-ELDER. A West Indian name 

 for Peperomia, Enckea, and Artanthe. 



PEPPERMINT. Mentha piperita. — , 

 AUSTRALIAN. Mentha australis. — , 

 SMALL. Thymus Piper ella. — , TASMA- 

 NIAN. Eucalyptus amygdalina. 



PEPPERMINT-TREE. Eucalyptus amyg- 

 dalina, and E. piperita. 



PEPPER-POT. The man-dram, a West 

 Indian appetizing preparation of capsicum, 

 ochro, and other ingredients. 



PEPPER-ROD. Croton humilis. 



PEPPER-ROOT. Dentaria diphylla. 



PEPPER-SHRUB. Schinus Molle. 



PEPPER-TREE, AUSTRALIAN. Dri- 



mys aromatica. 



PEPPERWORT. Lepidium ; also Denta- 

 ria diphylla. 



PEPPERWORTS. Lindley's name for 

 the Piperacew. 



PER. When prefixed to Latin terms in- 

 creases their force, as persimilis = very 

 like. 



PERAGU. (Fr.) Clerodendron. — A 

 FEUILLES EN CCEUR. Clerodendron in- 

 fortunatam. 



PERAMA. A genus of tropical Ameri- 

 can annual plants belonging to the Cin- 

 chonacece. The steins are simple or branch- 

 ed, covered with straggling hairs, and hav- 

 ing opposite or ternate sessile leaves, united 

 at the base. The flowers are in terminal 

 heads or spikes, with or without bracts ; 

 calyx-limb with only two leafy segments 

 in front, the hinder ones being wanting , 

 corolla funnel-shaped, hairy within, pro- 

 vided with three small scales, the limb 

 divided into three or four ovate acute seg- 

 ments ; stamens slightly protruding from 

 the tube, the anthers bearded.at the base ; 

 ovary with three compartments, each con- 

 taining a single ovule, the style slender, 

 and the stigma divided into two teeth. 

 Fruit capsular, surmounted by the persist- 

 ent segments of the calyx and opening by 

 a transverse slit, so as to detach the upper 

 portion of the capsule from the lower, like 

 a lid from a box. [M. T. M.J 



PERAMAN. A resin obtained from a 

 species of Moronobcea by the Orinoco In- 

 dians. 



PERANEMA. A genus of polypodiaceous 

 ferns typical of the Peranemeaz, and some- 

 times known by the name of Sphairopteris. 

 The only species is a large tripinnate Indian 

 fern, with stout roundish rhizomes, and 

 herbaceous fronds bearing globose involu- 

 crate sori, but distinguished from all the 

 other genera with sori of this character 

 by having the involucres distinctly stalked. 

 It has the veins free. [T. M.] 



