Pentapetes. Sterculiaceæ.

Propagated by seeds; by cuttings of half-ripened shoots.

Pentas. Rubiaceæ.

Propagated, with difficulty, by seeds or cuttings of half-ripened wood.

Pentstemon (Beard-tongue). Scrophularineæ.

Seeds, sown in pans and placed under a frame; or they are sometimes sown in the border where the plants are to stand. Also by division, and rarely by cuttings in summer.

Peperomia, including Micropiper. Piperaceæ.

Seeds. Cuttings of single joints of firm stems root easily in a peaty soil. Water sparingly.

Pepper, Black. See [Piper].

Pepperidge. See [Nyssa].