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Thunbergia chrysops. Golden-eyei> 

 Purple Thunbergia. 



Class and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 



( Nat. Old. — AcanthacejE. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx basi bibracteolatus, brevis, cupuliformis. trim- 

 cat us vel plnridentatus. Corolla hypogyna, campanulato- 

 m fundi buli form is, fauce inflata, limbo quinquefido, patente, 

 subae quail. Stamina 4, corollas tubo inserta, didynama ; 

 anthers bilocularesjoculisparallelis, ciliato-barbatis, altero 

 breviore basi aristato. Ovarium biloculare, loculis bi- 

 ovulatis. Stylus simplex ; stigma infundibuliforme, trans- 

 versim bilabiatum. Capsula e basi globosa, bilocularis. 

 in rostrum con i cum angustata., di-tetrasperma, Ioculicide 

 bivalvis, valvis medio septiferis. Semina globosa, umbilico 

 torato, annulo late calloso citicta. Embryonis exalbumi- 

 nosi cotyledones foliaceae, condnplicatae, radicula bre- 

 vissima, infera. — Frutices Indici et Capenses ; foliis oppo- 

 site, cordatis, angulatis ; floribus axillaribus pedunculatis, 

 solitariis vel race?nosis ; corollis speciosis, luteis vel caruleis, 

 fauce plerumque saturatioribus . Nees. 



Specific Name and Character. 



Thunbergia* chrysops; foliis cordatis angulatis, petiolo 

 nudo, pedunculis axillaribus brevibus unifloris, calyce 

 truncato, bracteis ovatis ciliatis, antheris sagittatis basi 

 glanduloso glandulis pedicellatis, stigmate foliaceo 

 bilobo, stylo apice barbato. 



J l This 



* So named in compliment to the celebrated Naturalist and Traveller of 

 that name, the successor of Rudbeck and Linnjeus in the Botanical 

 chair at Upsal. 



