Plumbago. 727 
Local name: zeyteh; zeyty (Forsk.); hatab-widny (Ascherson); 
adjiram-el-holtis (Ascherson). 
Also known from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Spain, Arabia Petraea. 
414, (3.) Plumbago Linn. 
Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, more or less clothed with prominent 
stipitate glands. Corolla hypocrateriform. Stamens hypogynous. 
Ovary narrowed into the slender style which divides above into 
5 longitudinally stigmatose branches. Capsule membranous, included 
in the persistent calyx. — Perennial herbs or shrubby occasionally 
scandent, with alternate membranous entire leaves and beautiful 
white, rose or blue flowers in terminal spikes. 
A wide-spread genus in warm countries. 
1032. Plumbago zeylanica L. Spec. Plant. I (1753), p. 215. 
— Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p. 875. — Boiss. in DC. Prodrom. XII, p. 692. 
—- Plumbago auriculata Hochst in Hb. Kotzsch and in Herb. Schimp. 
Abyss. — Shrubby, with ascending or somewhat scandent terete longi- 
tudinally striate branches. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, 
base rounded or more or less cuneately narrowed into the petiole, 
the larger varying from 21/,—8 cm in length; petiole narrow but 
amplexicaul at the base and occasionally auricled. Bracts ovate acu- 
minate, 1/4—14/, length of the calyx; lateral bracteoles narrower. 
Calyx 1 cm long or thereabout, strongly glandular-setose. Corolla 
white; tube considerably exceeding the calyx. — Flow. March to 
April. 
M. ma. N. d. N.f. N. v. Cultivated in gardens and often sub- 
spontaneous. 
Also known from Tropical Africa, Asia, Australia and America. 
Contortae. 
Herbs shrubs or trees, sometimes vines, rarly saprophytes. 
Leaves opposite or alternate: blades simple, typically entire. In- 
florescence various, sometimes cymose, sometimes umbellate. Calyx 
of usually 5 partially united sepals or sometimes fewer. Corolla 
of usually 5 partially united petals or fewer. Androecium of as 
many stamens as there are corolla-lobes, or of 5 distinct or mona- 
delphous stamens, partially adnate to the corolla in Asclepiadaceae 
and accompanied by a 5-lobed crown. Anthers erect or versatile, 
often the pollen granular or in waxy masses. Gynoecium of 2 more 
or less united carpels, or rarely of more, sometimes only united 
at the apex. Styles distinct or united. Stigma terminal. Ovules 
numerous. Fruit capsular, baccate, drupaceous or a pair of follicles. 
