Thunbergia. | XCVIII. ACANTHACEE (BURKILL). 17 
Engler) ; without special locality, Smith! and at 6000 ft., Johnston, 185! British 
Central Africa: Nyasaland; Manganja Hills, Meller! Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 
150! Mount Mlanje, Whyte. 
Var. reticulata, Burkill. Leaves not softly pubescent, but with scattered hairs ;. 
petiole not winged. Bracteoles becoming quite glabrous during the ripening of the 
fruit.— 7". reticulata, Hochst. in pl. Schimp. Abyss. sect. ii. 758 ; Nees in DC. Prod.. 
xi. 58; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 189 (in part) ; Martelli, Fl. Bogos. 64. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Keren, Beccari, 225 (ex Martelli); Damas Valley,. 
1700 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 640! Abyssinia: Samen ; Gapdia, in grassy places 
among shrubs, Schimper, 758! Tigre ; Shahagenni, 5000 {t., Schimper, 228 ! 
Var. retinervia, Burkill. Leaves with the veins on the lower face very prominent 
and scabrid ; bracteoles apiculate. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Nyika Plateau, 6000- 
7000 ft., Whyte! hetween Mpata and the commencement of the Tanganyika Plateau,. 
Whyte ! Zambesi Land, Kirk / 
The type is widely introduce into all the warmer parts of the world; native in 
Tropical Africa and Natal. Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pdanzenfam. iv. 38. 292, 
figures a very different plant as 7. reticulata. 
21. T. Erythrzez, Schweinf. ex Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. Beibl. 
41, 40, and xx. 3. Stem thin, climbing, hirsute, with rough hairs. 
Leaves, as in 7’. alata, ovate-hastate, acuminate, hispidulous, with a 
few teeth on the margin, 1? in. long, 1} in. broad; petiole narrowly 
winged, hairy. Flowers on long hairy peduncles about 24 in. long; 
bracteoles ovate, nearly 14 in. long, keeled. Calyx irregularly toothed, 
finely hairy. Corolla-tube 1} in. long; lobes ? in. Jong and broad. 
Anthers acute above, spurred and hairy as in 7’. alata, the upper 
with one spur, the lower with two. Stigma 2-lipped, the lower lip 
twice as broad as the upper, deltoid.— Lindau in Ann. Istit. bot. Roma, 
vi. 67, 
Wile Land. Eritrea: Mount Kube, 6000 fi., Schweinfurth d& Riva! Damas. 
Valley, 2000-3000 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva! Ginda, 3000 ft., Schweinfurth, 201. 
Somaliland: Jaribule, in shade, 6800 ft., Riva, 89. 
It is closely allied to 7. alata, and in its larger flower resembles T. Gibsoni. 
22. 'T. Gregorii, S. Moore in Journ, Bot. 1894, 130. Stem mode- 
rately slender, climbing, covered with tawny, bristly hairs. Leaves 
broadly ovate, cordate and 5-7-lobed, or hastate, pilose on both surfaces,. 
13-1} in. long and 1-1} broad; petiole ? in. long, winged. Flowers 
on long peduncles, which are pilose like the stem and may be 5 in. 
long; bracteoles broadly ovate, cordate at the base, covered with stiff, 
tawny hairs outside, glabrous within. Calyx-teeth acute, pubescent. 
Corolla-tube 2 in. long; lobes truncate. Anthers obtuse above, with. 
a spur at the base of each lobe, pubescent. Stigma with two broad 
lips. Ovary 1 in. long, pubescent. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Ukam)a; Kilungu, Gregory! and without 
special locality, at 5000-6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6413. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Ubena Downs, in grass pasture~,, 
Johnson ! 
23. T. Cyenium, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 194. An erect: 
plant, the stem sprinkled with weak hairs. Leaves sessile, ovate,: 
rounded below, rather obtuse above, 5-7-nerved, irregularly crenate, 
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