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2. P Capensis, Spr. syst. 1, p 637 ; Bot. Mag. Reg. ^. 417 ; 

 Bot. Mag. 21 ]0. — Blue-flowered Leadwort. Native of the Cape ; 

 common in gardens. All these Plumbagos have strong, acrid 

 properties, and may be used in cases of necessity vi^here 

 immediate blistering is required. 



LXXIII.--NYCTAGINE^, Sweet. Hort Brit, p 334. 



MIRABILIS, Pentandria Monogynia, Lam. t. 105 ; Gaert. 2, 

 t. 127. 



1. M Jalapa, Spr. syst. \, p 537; Rheed. Mai. 10, t. 75 

 Rumph. Amb. 5, ^ 89 ; Black well t. 404; Bot. Mag. t. 371 

 Ainslie Mat. Ind. 2, p 284.— " Gool Abass," Marvel of Peru 

 common in evey garden. 



2. BouGAiNViLLEA Spectabilis. — Native of Brazil; an exten- 

 sive thorny climber, with broad-lanceolate pubescent leaves; 

 having a few small yellow flowers enclosed in the large and showy 

 pink involucre. This plant was introduced from Bengal by Sir 

 E. Perry, late Chief Justice. It is now most common as a cover- 

 ing to trellises, archways, &c. 



PISONIA, Heptandria Monogynia. Named by Plumier in 

 honour of PisOy a Physician of Amsterdam. 



3. P MoEiNDiFOLiA. — Native of the Eastern Islands. China 

 Lettuce ; a shrub, with long smooth leaves, and minute inconspicu- 

 ous, olive-coloured flowers in terminal cymes. The leaves of this 

 plant have the remarkable peculiarity of becoming darker in 

 the shade unlike most other plants, which become pale under 

 similar circumstances. As a pot plant around bungalows 

 most common. ■'■ 



LXX IV.— AM ARANTHACE^. 



GOMPHRENA, Pentandria Monogynia, Gaert. 2, /. 128; 

 Lam. t. 180. 



1. G Globosa, Roxb. Fl. 2, p63; Rumph. Amb. 5, it. 100, 

 f. 2; Rheed. MaL 10, «. 37; Bot. Mag. 2315.— Jafferee Goondee, 

 Hindoostanee, Globe Amaranth. Annual, common in every garden. 

 The flowers are in heads, and look much like Red Clover. The 

 native women wear them in their hair. They are also used for 

 decorating churches and the images in Hindoo temples. 



