. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . 1804. Allspice—Piminta officinalis (X /:, characters: calyx-tube top-shaped; petals 4—5; stamensnumerous: drupe 1-2-seeded. Allspice is the unripe berry of P. officinalis, which isgathered and dried in the sun. Its name comes from theidea that Allspice combines the flavors of clove
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . 1804. Allspice—Piminta officinalis (X /:, characters: calyx-tube top-shaped; petals 4—5; stamensnumerous: drupe 1-2-seeded. Allspice is the unripe berry of P. officinalis, which isgathered and dried in the sun. Its name comes from theidea that Allspice combines the flavors of clove, cinna-mon and nutmeg. Allspice is common in the wild inJamaica, inhabiting limestone soil. It is more exten-sively cult, in Jamaica than anywhere else. It is to 4,000 ft. The plant is not offered in the American 1340 PIMENTA PINE trade, but there seems no reason why it could not becult, in Porto Rico. officin^is, Lindl. {P. vulgaris, Lindl.). Figs. 1804, 1805. Distinguished from the other. 1805. Flowers of Allspice (X J). species by the oblong Ivs., 4-lobed calyx and globosedrupe. Tree, 30^0 ft. high: Ivs. 2-6 in. long; petiole}4 in. long: fls. 3 lines long: drupe 3 lines thick. Themale Pimento is a form with the female organs less de-veloped. 123(5 (as Miirtus Pimenta, var. tongi-folia). P. acris, Kostel, called Bayherry, Black Cinnamon and WildClove, where cult, in the Orient, is distinguished by the 5-lobed calyx, ovoid drupe and I he veins of the Ivs. rather promi-nent above. 3153 (as Myreia acris). Yields oil of myrcia,the basis of bay rum.—P. Pinieiitn, Griseb., is distinguishedby the obovate Ivs , .ilobed calyx, ovate-oblong drupe and Ivs.,with veins obsolete above. PIMPERNEL!. Properly Anagallis. PIMPINELLA (possibly from Latin bipinnnla, bi-piiiuatei. Untbellifenv. About 70 species of herbs, oneof which has been described under Anise. Lately , Gray, has been offered by one dealer inhardy native plants. It differs
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