Plumbago. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 463 
hP- sje Willd. sp. i. 837. 
Shrubby. Leaves ovate-oblong, smooth, Raviniy aie: 
sprinkled with glutinous hair.. Bractes three, unequal. 
Tomba-codivelli. Rheed. Mal. 10. 15. t. 8. 
Chitraca. Asiat. Res, iv. 255. 
- Sans. Pathin, Chitruka; also Vuhni, and all the other 
names of fire, eink? 
Beng. Chitra, Chita, | 
A perennial shrubby plant, a native of India. 
Stems many, jointed, smooth, somewhat declining, ramous, 
flexuous, from two to four feet long, and about the thickness 
of a large quill. Branches nearly bifarious.. Leaves alter- 
nate, short-petioled, ovate, waved, smooth, entire, from two 
to three inches long, and one and a half, or two broad. Peti- 
oles short, stem-clasping, channelled, or sub-winged.. Sti- 
pules none, Racemes axillary,and also terminal, covered with 
much short glutinous hair, - Flowers pure white. Bractes 
three-fold, one-flowered, the outer one is ten times larger than 
the lateral one; they are covered with the same gluten as the 
peduncle of the raceme, sometimes: _ is a fourth linear 
—_ ene the — 2 
Reasinieees Willd. sp. i. 838. Asiat, Res. xi. 175. 
“Shrubby. Leaves ovate-oblong, smooth. Racemes smooth ; 
bractes three, smooth. 
~ Radix vesicatoria. Rumph. Amb, v. 453. t. 168. 
Schetti codiveli. Rheed. Mal. xii. 17. t. 9. 
Beng. Rukta-chitra, Lall-chita, erie: Bim 
+ Native of Coromandel, and other parts of _ + ee 
» Perennial, , shrubby ; stems, branches, leaves, and petioles ax 
in the preceding. Racemes axillary, and also terminal, smooth. 
Flowers large, of a bright beautiful red. Bractes three-fold, 
red, equal, smooth; a en 
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