come under our observation is there any difference of the 
least moment in the forms which the plant assumes in so 
many different climates. 
Its clear white flowers are pretty enough to make it worth 
cultivation among greenhouse twiners: but it is chiefly inte- 
resting on account of its medical qualities. The fresh roots, 
when bruised, act as a severe blistering application. Dr. 
Royle informs us that the natives of Northern India call it by 
“all the names of fire”; and in the West Indies Plumbago 
scandens, which is scarcely different as a species, is named in 
the French islands Herbe du Diable. 
