78 I.XXIV. PLUMBAGIXACE.E. 



1. Plumbago zeylanica, Linn. Sp. PL (175^) p. 151. A perenuial 

 herb, sometimes, in nhady places, subscandent ; stems 2-5 ft. long, some- 

 what woody, spreading, terete, striate, glabrous. Leaves thin, l|-3 bj 

 |-1^ in., ovate, subacute, entire, ghibrous, somewhat glaucous beneath, 

 reticulately veined, shortly and abruptly attenuated into a short petiole; 

 petiole narrow, nmplexicaul at the base and there often dilated into 

 stipule-like auricles. Elowers in elongate spikes ; rhachis glandular, 

 striate ; bracteoles ovate, acuminate, shorter than the calyx, glandular or 

 not. Calyx g-g in. long, narrowly tubular, persistent, densely covered 

 with stalked glands ; teeth small, with membranous margins. Corolla 

 white, slender ; tube |-1 in. long ; lobes 5 in. long, obovate-oblong, 

 acute, apiculate. Filaments as long as the corolla-tube; anthers ex- 

 serted just beyond the throat. Capsule oblong, pointed ; pericarp thin 

 below, thick and hirdened above. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 480 ; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 16G ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 220; AVight, 111. t. 179 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, 

 p. 65; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Xat. v. 12 (1898) p. 162; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 295. — Flowers: Aug.- Sept. Verx. 

 ChitraJc. 



KoNKAN : rocky places, Balzell (f- Gihson ; hills throughout the Xonkan, Graham. 

 Deccan : Khandalii, Cooke\; Bhor Ghat, Cooke\\ Ahire, west of Poena, Baojll; 

 Deccan hills, Woodrow ; Mahableshwar, H. M. Birdwood. 



The root is largely employed in medicine. Sanskrit writers state that it promotes 

 appetite and is useful in dyspepsia and other diseases. A puste made from the root is 

 employed as a vesicant and applied in leprosy and other skin-diseases as well as in 

 rheumatism. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c— Distrib. Tlirougliout India, much 

 cultivated, wild in the W. Peninsula and probably in Beugal; Ceylon, Tropics of the 

 Old World. 



Plumbago rosea, Linn. .Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) p. 215. A shrub 2-3 ft. 

 hiffh. Flowers rosy-scarlet, l|-2 in. long. A native of tSikkim and 

 Khasia, cultivated throughout India as an ornamental as well as a 

 medicinal plant. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 481 ; Grab. Cat. p. 166; Woodr. in 

 ZoxxYW. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 162; Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 369; 

 Firminger, Man. Gard. ed. 3, p. 514; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, 

 part 1, p. 294. P. cocclnea, Boiss. in DC. Prodr. v. 12, p. 693 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Suppl. p. 71. — Flowers : more or less throughout the year. A^EEJf. 

 Ldl-Chitral-. 



Plumbago capensis, Thunb. Prodr. Capen. (1794) p. 33. A small 

 shrub, a native of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves arranged in a 

 succession of whorls of 5 unequal lanceolate leaves, |-2 in. long. Bears 

 a profusion of pale-blue flowers in the hot and rainy seasons and is 

 cultivated in gardens as an ornamental plant. Grab. Cat. p. 166 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 72; Firminger, Man. Gard. ed. 3, p. 514; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 162 ; Gard. iu Ind. ed.5, 

 p. 369. — Flowers : May-Dec. Yeun. Kdld-chkral: 



3. VOGELIA, Lamk. 



Shrubs or undershrubs more or less scaly. Leaves alternate. Spikes 

 terminal, subpaniculate ; pedicels very short ; bracts and bracteoles 

 small. Calyx eglandular, deeply 5fid, 5-ribbed, and with 5 broad mem- 



