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PLUMBAGO ROSEA. ROSE-COLOURED
| LEAD WORT.
Oafs and Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
Generic Charafter.
T Corolla infundibuliformis: Stamina fquamis bafin corollas clau-
, dentibus inferta. Stigma 5-fidum. Sem. i. oblongum tu-
nicatum.
Specific Charafler and Synonyms.
PLUMBAGO rofea foliis petiolatis ovatis glabris, fubdenticulatis
caule geniculis gibbofis. Linn. Syfl.
Vegetal, ed. 1 4. Murr. p. 1 99. Sp. PI. ed.%.
p. 2 15. Ait. Kew. -v. i . p. 205.
PLUMBAGO zeylanica, folio fplendento ocymaftri, flore rubro.
Burm. Zeyl. 1 95.
RADIX veficatoria. Rumph. Amloin. 5. p. 453. /. 168.
The Plumbago rofea, one of the moft ornamental plants which
we keep in our ftoves, is a native of India, from whence it
was introduced to this country by the late Dr. FOTHERGILL,
in the year 1777, pofterior to the publication of the laft edi
tion of Mr. MILLER'S Dictionary.
It is a fhrubbv plant, which frequently grows to the height
of four or five feet, and is perpetually putting forth flowering
fpikes; thefe continue a long while in blofiom, and hence,
with proper management, it may be had to flower during moft
of the year, a very defirable circumftance in a plant of fuch
fingular beauty.
The ufual mode of increafing it is by cuttings, which ftrike
ireely.
Its parts of fructification, whether we regard their colour or
itruaure, are highly defending of notice.
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