Thunbergia. | CIX. ACANTHACEX, (C. D. Clarke.) 393 
Resembling altogether 7. grandiflora, but leaves narrower. Seeds very rugose, 
hardly scaly.— T. Anderson refers here “ partly " Hexacentris acuminata, Nees, which 
is founded on Wall. Cat. 7140, collected in Silhet or Khasia, and described as having 
the leaves distinctly 5-nerved. 
8. T. coccinea, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. 49, 58, t. 37, and Cat. 766; 
nearly glabrous, leaves elliptic acuminate toothed palmately 3—-5-nerved, 
racemes elongate pendent, bracts subpersistent lower subsessile lanceolate, 
corolla red. — Don Prodr. 120; Hook. Exot. Fl. t.195; Bot. Mag. t. 5124; 
T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 448. T. pendula, Hassk. Cut. Hort. 
Bogor, 147. Hexacentris acuminata, Nees; Wall. Cat. 7140. H. coccinea, 
dentata & acuminata, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 78,,and in DC. 
Prodr. xi. 61. 
HIMALAYA, alt. 2-7000 ft., from Kumaon to Bhotan, frequent; Wallich, &c. 
ASSAM; Griffith. KHASIA MTs., alt. 1-4000 ft., frequent; H. f. 4 T., &c. TENAS- 
SERIM ; Beddome.—(Ceylon, &c., cultivated.) 
A large climber ; ‘pendent branches often 10-25 ft., terminated by racemes. 
Leaves 5-8 in., lower ovate, upper oblong, obtuse cordate or angular at the base; 
petiole 1-2 in., or of the uppermost leaves 0. Racemes 6-18 in., lax, pendent; bracts 
2-1 in. ; pedicels 4-1} in., opposite or fascicled ; bracteoles 4-1 in., broadly oblong or 
ovate, subacute, often coherent on one side, blackish or purple. Calyx a minute rim. 
Corolla-tube 1 in., lobes 3 in. round, from red to orange-rose. Filaments glabrous, 
linear, a tuft of hairs at the base ; anther-cells parallel; anthers of the longer fila- 
ments have 1 cell long-spurred at base, 1 short-spurred or spurless; anthers of the 
shorter filaments muticous or with 1 cell shortly spurred. Style-arms linear ; 
stigmas subcapitate. Capsule 1-1} in., minutely pubescent or nearly glabrous. 
Seeds nearly À in. diam., subhemispheric (or at least thicker than those of 7. 
grandiflora), rugose not scaly ; base plane.—Nees' description is very erroneous. 
9. T. mysorensis, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 448; nearly 
glabrous, leaves elliptic acuminate toothed palmately 3-nerved, racemes 
elongate pendent, bracts small deciduous, corolla yellow. Hexacentris 
Jay orensis, Wight Ic. t. 871; Bot. Mag. t. 4786; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. FI. 
3. 
NILGHERRIES and Mysore; Wight, &c. . 
An extensive climber; branches pendent. Leaves 6 by 1-3} in., base cuneate or 
rounded, strongly 3-nerved, a slender outer pair of nerves sometimes ad ed; petiole 
4-lłin. Racemes elongate, lax, long- or short-peduncled ; bracts è in. prear- 
lanceolate, inconspicuous ; pedicels 4-14 in. ; bracteoles lin., falcate-elliptic, subacu e 
often coherent on one side, purplish-green. Corolla 13 in., mouth 2 in. diam i, tube 
purplish, limb yellow; in cultivation sometimes with a red border (Pazt. NH ard, 
lii. t, 88). Anthers sübsimilar; cells parallel, hairy, all spurred at base. igma 
fuunel-shaped, margin somewhat 2-lipped. Capsule 1} in., glabrous. Seeds } in. 
diam., rugose. 
10. T. Wightiana, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix, 448; nearly 
glabrous, leaves ovate acuminate toothed palmately 3—5-nerved, braote 
inconspicuous, bracteoles large cordate-orbicular nerved, corolla light blue. 
Schmidia bicolor, Wight Ic. t. 1848. 
Ni ; Sisparah, Wight, Beddome. . . 
An extensive climber. Leaves 5 by 3} in., base rhomboid or rounded ; petiole 
1-2 in. Racemes axillary or from nodes of the old wood, 6-12 in.; braste id 4 in., 
linear-lanceolate, deciduous; pedicels opposite, 1 in., 2-ranked, curved poe 
l by 1} in, obtuse with a mucro, purple and cream-coloured (Wig t). Nro 
11-13 in., somewhat narrowly tubular, mouth 1} in. diam. pueris ri por 
cells parallel, glabrous, spurred at the base. Ovary and style glabrous; stig 
funnel-shaped, hardly 2-lobed. Fruit not seen. 
