16 XCVIII, ACANTHACE® (BURKILL). | Thunbergia. 
20, T. alata, Boj. ex Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 2591. Stem moderately 
thin, climbing, pilose. Leaves ovate, sagittate or hastate, shortly 
acuminate, pubescent below, and to a less extent above, 24 in. long, — 
1-1] in. broad, entire or with a few small teeth on the margin; pet 
ni in. long, winged in the type. Flowers on peduncles 2 in. lon 
bracteoles ovate, subcordate below, obtuse, sometimes apiculate, pul 
cent on both sides, keeled, at flowering 8-12 lin. long. Calyx-tee 
narrow, hairy. Corolla-tube }-1} lin. long, with scattered white hai 
in the deep claret-coloured throat; lobes 6-8 lin. long, usually 
more rarely orange, buff or white; occasionally the throat is of the 
same colour as the lobes of the corolla. Anthers obtuse above, those of 
the upper pair each with one spur at the base; those of the lower with 
two spurs; lobes fringed with moniliform hairs. Stigma 2-lipped, the 
upper lip narrower and exceeding the lower. Capsule } in. long, pubes- 
cent.— Hook. Fl. Exot. 177; Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 58; Lodd. Bot. 
Cab. t. 1045; Klotzsch in Peters’ Reise Mossamb. 196; Oliv. in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. xxix. 124; Lindau in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 366; Héhnel, 
zum Rudolf-See u. Stefanie-See, Sonderabdr. 6; Engl. in Gétzen, 
Durch Afrikas, Sep.-abdr. 4; Henriques in Bolet. Soc. Brot. x. 145; 
Dewevre in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxiii. 104; 7. aurantiaca, 
Paxt. Mag. Bot. vi. 269; 7. albiflora, Gord. in Gard. Chron. 1845, 169; 
Bot. Mag. t. 5512; Paxt. Mag. Bot. iii. 23; 7. Doddsii, Hort. ex Paxt. 
Mag. Bot. xv. 221; Fl. Serres, iv. 415; 7. Fryeri, Hort. ex Vilmorin, 
Fl. Pl. Terre, ed. 1, 876; 7. Backerii, Hort. ex Vilmorin, F1. Pl. Terre, 
ed. 2, 919: 7. reticulata, A. Rich. Tent. FI. Abyss. ii. 139 (partly); 
T. manganjensis, T. Anders. ex Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 92; Endo- 
melas alata, Rafin. Fl. Tellur. iv. 67. 
Upper Guinea, Sierra Leone: Regent, Scott-Elliot, 41414! near Freetown, 
Welwitsch, 5207! Johnston, 59! 
Wile Gand. Abdyssinia: Shire District, Quartin-Dillon d- Petit, 176! British 
East Africa : Niamniam : at Nabambisso River, Schweinfurth, 2985! Unyoro, Speke 
& Grant, 5341 Ukamba; Kitui, Hildebrandt, 2734! Taveta, 2500 ft., Héhnel. 
Lower Guinea, [sland of St. Thomas: Rio da Ouro Roca, 800 ft., Moller (ex 
Henriques). German South-west Africa: Damaraland (ex Lindau). 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Bojer! Kavala Island in Lake Tanganyika, Carson, 
31! German East Africa: Kirunga, 6500 ft., Gotzen, 53, 61 (ex Engler). Portnguese 
Fast Africa: Mozambique, Air’ Quilimane, Kirk! British Central Africa: Nyasa. 
land ; Nyika Plateau, 6000-7000 ft, Whyte, 123! Masuka Platean, 6500-7000 ft., 
Whyte! Nyika mountains, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte! Fort Hill, Whyte! Zomba, Whyte! 
Manganja Hills, 3000 ft., Airk? between Shibisa (Chikwawa) and Tshinmuze, 2000- 
4000 ft., Airk! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 1093! Ngamiland; Kwebe. 
Lugard, V4! 
Var. riralate, Barkill, Leaves, stems and bracteoles softly pubescent. Petioles not 
or scarcely winged.— J. fuseata, T. Anders, ex Lindau in Engl Jahrb. xvii. Beibl. 41, 
40: Oliv in Trans. Linn. Soe. ser. 2, ii. 345; Engl. Hochgebirgsf. Trop. Afr. 386. 
T. anquiate, R. Br. (not of Hilsenb. & Boj.) in Salt, Abyss. App. 65 (name only); 7. 
soltiana, Stend. Nom, ed. 2, ii. 683 (name only); T. alata, S. Moore in Trans. Linn. 
Soc, ser. 2, iv. 30, 
Wile Band. Abyssinia, So/t! British East Africa: Ruwenzori, Scott-Elliot, 
7795! Kikuyu: Kapte Plateau, 5000-6000 ft.. Thomson ! 
Moxzamb. Dist. (German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; Marangu, 3300-8000 (?) ft., 
Meyer, 52, 103° ex Engler), Volkens, 436! Kilema, 3800-4200 ft., Kersten (ex 
