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SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE 



Passiflora lutea, Linne. 



North America from Pennsylvania and Illinois southward. 

 Berries small. 



Passiflora macrocarpa, Masters. 



Brazil and Peru. Mr. Walter Hill reports having obtained 

 fruits of eight pounds weight at the Brisbane Botanic Garden. 



Passiflora maliformis, Linne. 

 From West India to Brazil. 



Passiflora quadrangularis, Linne. 



Brazil. One of the most commonly cultivated Granadillas. 



Passiflora serrata, Linne. 

 From West India to Brazil. 



Passiflora suberosa, Linn^. (F. 2)cillida, Linne.) 



From Florida to Brazil. A careful investigator, Dr. Maxw. 

 Masters, has recently defined about 200 species of Passion- 

 flowers. 



Peireskia aculeata. Miller. 



West India. The Barbadoes Gooseberry. A tall shrub, 

 adapted for hedges in localities free of frost. The Cochineal 

 insect can be reared also on this plant. The berries are 

 edible. Several other species exist in tropical America, 

 among which P. Bleo (Humb.) is particularly handsome, but 

 they may not all be sufficiently hardy for utilitarian purposes 

 in our clime. Otherwise the Bleo is used for salad. 



Peireskia portulacifolia, Haworth. 



West India. This attains the size of a fair tree. 



Pelargonium odoratissimum, Aiton. 



South Asia. A perennial trailing herb, from the leaves of 

 which a fragrant oil can be distilled. The same remark 

 applies to the shrubby P. Badula and P. capitatum (Dr. 

 Rosenthal). 



Pennisetum thy phoideum,' Richard.* {Fenicillaria spicata, 

 Willdenow; Panicum coeruleum, Miller.) 

 Tropical Asia, Nubia and Egypt. The Bajree. An annual, 

 ripening its millet crop in about three months in warm 

 countries. The stems are thick and reach a height of six 

 feet. This grass requires a rich and loose soil, and on such it 

 will yield upwards of a hundred fold. It furnishes also a 

 good hay, and is also valuable as green-fodder. Some of the 

 many other species of Pennisetum are doubtless of pastoral 

 value. A plant allied to P. thyphoideum occurs in China : 

 namely, P. cereale (Trin.). This affords also millet or corn 

 for cakes. 



