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PLUMBAGO Rosea. RoseE-COLOURED 
: LEADWORT. ) 
Sei eee aeteae 
Clafs and Order. 
PENTANDRIA MonocyNIA,. 
Generic Charaéfer. 
Corolla infundibuliformis: Stamina fquamis bafin corolle clau- 
- dentibus inferta. Stigma 5-fidum, Sem. 1. oblongum tu- 
nicatum, : : 
Specific Charaé&er and Synonyms. 
PLUMBAGO 1o/ea foliis petiolatis ovatis glabris, fubdenti- 
culatis caule geniculis gibbofis. Linn. Sy. 
Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 199. Sp. Pl. ed. 3. 
p. 215. dit. Kew. v. 1. p. 205. e 
_ PLUMBAGO zeylanica, folio {plendento ocymaftri, flore ru- 
_ bro. Burm. Zeyl. 195. — oe 
RADIX veficatoria. Rumph. Amboin, 5. p. 453. t. 168. 
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The Plumbago rofea, one of the moft ornamental plants which _ 
we keep in our ftoves, is a native of India, from whence it — 
was introduced to this country by the late Dr. FoTHERGILI, — 
in the year 1777, pofterior to the publication of the laft edi- — 
_ tion of Mr. Mixers Diétionary. ~ g- 
It is a fhrubby plant, which frequently grows to the height — 
of four or five feet, and is perpetually putting forth flowering — 
{pikes ; thefe continue a long while in bloffom, and hence, — 
with proper management, it may be had to flower during moft_ 
of the year, a very defirable circumftance in a plant of fuch 
fingular beauty, Seon See ee 
The ufual mode: of incyeafing it is by cuttinge; whic 
freely. : oe 
Its parts of fru@tification,. whether we regard their “di ” t ‘or 
- ftruéture, are highly deferving of notice, << © 
