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Ebibrto. — ^' In axis of the endosperm " (Trimen). 

 Eadicle. — Superior. 



Cotyledons. — Flat. 



Plumule. — Slightly rough. 



This description is mainly based on Trimen's and Clarke's in works 

 cited in the foregoing foot-notes, coupled with my own observations of 

 the plant as grown in my Thana garden from year to year for over 

 fifteen years. 



EEMARKS. 



Much of what I should have liked to note under this head has 

 already appeared in the previous pages of this Journal (vide pp. 

 349 — 357, Vol. IX, No. 4) in my description of Plumbago rosea— & 

 congener of the plant I am now describingc My work, therefore, 

 under this head is much curtailed. 



The plant has the following synonyms : — 



1. Plumbago auriculata. — BlumCj Bijd. 736. 



2. PL Jiaccida — Moench, Meth. 429. {Keio Index — 2nd column, 

 p. 569, Vol. Ill, 1894.) 



3. PI. viscosa — Blanco, Fl. Filip. Ed. I, p. 78. (Kew Index^ — ■ 

 Volume and page cited as above.) 



4. PI. sarmentosa — Lam. Illustr. I, 470, Scandens. (Keto Index. — 

 Volume and page cited as above.) 



5. Thela alba, Lour. Fl. Cochinch 119. — Rheede Hort. MaL, X, 

 t. 8. (Hookers " Flora, Br. Ind.," Vol. Ill, p. 480.) 



As noted above, Lamarck gives the plant the name Plumbago 

 sarmentosa, which is a scandent variety of the plant. Under suitable 

 circumstances, such as a rich soil or proper manuring of leaf-mould, 

 I have knovra the plant to deviate from its suffrnticose habit, and 

 assume the scandent form. 



The leaves, according to Roxburgh*, are " ovate, suddenly narrowed 

 into the petiole ; rachis of the spike pubescent, or glandular." 



The bracts are " threefold," says Roxburgh, and " one-flowered ; 

 the outer bract is ten times larger than the Literal one ; they are 

 covered with the same gluten as the peduncle of the raceme ; some- 

 times there is a fourth linear bract pressing the calyx." 



With regard to the special characters of the glandular bodies found 

 on the various parts of the plant under description, I must refer the 

 * <' Flora Iiidica," Vol. I, p. 4G2. 



