Tar. 5082. 
THUNBERGIA NATALENSIS. 
Natal Thunbergia. 
Nat. Ord. AcantHacka®.—DIpYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Taz. 4119.) 
THuNBERGtA Natalensis ; erecta basi frutescens glabriuscula, foliis subapproxi- 
matis ovatis acutis sessilibus 3—5-nerviis margine sinuato-dentato, peduneulis 
axillaribus solitariis unifloris folio subbrevioribus, bracteis ovatis subacumi- 
natis 3-nerviis reticulatis, corolla tubo flavo bracteas superante, limbo czruleo, 
calycis dentibus 5 latis triangularibus obtusis incurvis, antheris_bicornibus, 
stylo superne dilatato glanduloso in stigmate concavo triangulari expanso. 
Native of Natal, whence the Messrs. Veitch, of the Exeter 
and Chelsea Nurseries, received seeds through Mr. Cuming, and 
reared plants which flowered in the greenhouse in July, 1858. 
Its nearest affinity is doubtless with Zhunbergia atriplicifolia of 
E. Meyer ; like that, having sessile and angulately-toothed leaves : 
but these leaves in our plant are almost quite glabrous and much 
larger and broader ; and there is a peculiar character in the five 
broad teeth or segments of the calyx, and very different from the 
humerous spine-like segments of that of £. atriplicifolia,—a 
native however of the same country, where it appears to be ex- 
tremely plentiful, for we have received specimens from various 
correspondents,—whereas our only acquaintance with the present 
Species is through Messrs. Veitch’s cultivated specimens. Pro- 
bably Mr. Bentham’s Meyenia erecta, from tropical W. Africa, 
figured at our Tab. 5013, may be safely referred to Thunbergia. 
[t has not a few points in common with the present plant, but 
the anthers (supposing them to be correct as represented by our 
artist) and the calyx are very different, as well as the stigma : 
and the corolla is very inferior in point of colour. 
Descr. Sfem erect, two feet or more high, somewhat shrubby 
below, above herbaceous, green, quadrangular, glabrous except 
NOVEMBER Ist, 1858. 
