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SELECT PLANTS. 
Panicum semialatum, B. Brown. 
Warmer regions of Asia, Africa and Australia. A superior, tall 
pasture-grass, of easy dispersion in warm, humid localities. 
Paspalum notatum, Eluegge*. 
Brazil and Argentina. This is one of the best of fodder-grasses 
there, forming a dense, soft, carpet-like sward on meadows, and 
becoming particularly luxuriant and nutritious on somewhat 
saline soil (Lorentz). 
PeltopLorum Linnsei, Bentham. (Ccesalpinia Brasili- 
ensis, Linne). 
A small tree, which provides the orange-coloured Brasiletto-wood. 
This species likes dry calcareous soil (Grisebach). Endures the 
climate of Carolina. 
Peziza macropus, Persoon. 
Europe. Mentioned by Goeppert among the edible mushrooms 
sold in Silesia, also P. repanda (Wahlenberg). 
Pbalaris aquatica, Linne. 
South Europe and North Africa. Important as a perennial 
fodder-grass, fit for wet ground. 
Phaseolus aconitifolius, Jacquin. 
India, up to 4000 feet. A dwarf species. Dr. Forbes Watson 
admits it among the culinary beans of India. It will bear on arid 
soil. P. trilobus (Aiton) is a variety. 
Pilocarpus pinnatifolius, Lemaire. 
One of the Jaborandi-plants of tropical and sub-tropical Brazil. 
The leaves and bark of this shrub, which contain essential oil and 
a peculiar alkaloid, are famed as an agreeable, powerful and 
quickly-acting sudorific. This bush is likely to endure the clime 
of our milder forest regions (Coutinho, Baillon, Hardy, Guebler). 
Like P. simplex, also an active sialogogue. 
Pinus Parryana, Engelmann. 
California. One of the pines with edible nuts. 
Piptadenia rigida, Bentham. 
Sub-tropic and extra-tropic South America. This acacia-like tree 
furnishes the Angico-gum, similar to Gum Arabic. The wood, 
according to Saldauha da Gama, serves for naval constructions. 
