No. 280. 
DURANTA PLUMIERI. 
Class. Order. p 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
This plant is a native of the VVest In- 
dies: it vvas discovered by Plumier, the 
celebrated French botanist, who found it 
in Hispaniola. The leaves vary consider- 
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ably in form, some being entire, 
while others are deeply notched. It forms 
a pretty shrub of - 
of the summer. It is not difficult to in- 
crease by cuttings, and grows well in 
loamy ground. In winter it requires the 
stove, but in the summer may be hardened 
so as to support the open air with great 
advantage. 
