* Tas. 4985. 
THUNBERGIA tavrirotia. 
Laurel-leaved Thunbergia. 
Nat. Ord. ACANTHACE#.—DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx brevis, cupuleformis, truncatus, v. pluridentatus, dentibus 
tam pluribus quam decem. Bracteole due ad basin calycis, calyce majores 
floremque ante anthesin valvatim tegentes. Corolla campanulato-infundibuli- 
formis, fauce inflata, limbo quinquefido patente subsequali. Stamina 4, didynama. 
Anthere erecte, adnate, loculis parallelis margine ciliato-barbatis, altero basi 
paulo breviori iidemque in calcar aristeeforme producto. Stigma infundibuli- 
forme, transversim emarginatum, subbilabiatum. Annulus nectariferus crassus, 
lobatus, ovarium cingens. Capsula ad basin globosa, bilocellata, di-tetra- 
sperma, superiora versus rostrato-attenuata, depressa, commissura plana contigua. 
Dissepimentum membranaceum, in centro coheerens, a valvis solubile. Retinacula 
nulla, quorum loco annulus cartilagineus basin seminum cingens, qui ex ambitu 
funiculi umbilicalis oritur. Semina globosa, basi callosa, perforata, funiculo um- 
bilicali per foramen intrante. Cavum interius a parte hili convexum, post solu- 
tam partem callosam et fere osseam retinaculi vices gerentem extrinsecus mar- 
ginatum. Membrana tenuis foraminis umbilicalis investit—TFrutices vel herbee 
scandentes, plereque Indie orientali insulisque Indie orientalis, alie Africe 
Australi insulisque Mascarenis indigene. Folia plerisque angulata, sepe sicuti et 
bracteole hirta. Flores azillares, pedunculati, solitarii vel in racemum dispositi. 
Corolle speciose, lutee vel caerulea, fauce plerumque saturatiori. Nees. 
THUNBERGIA laurifolia ; scandens, glabra, foliis longe petiolatis oblongo-ovatis 
acuminatis trinerviis petiolis basi (longe) apiceque incrassatis, racemis termi- 
nalibus axillaribusque nunc foliosis, pedicellis subverticillatis, bracteis amplis 
spatheeformibus marginibus superioribus coherentibus, corolla ampla, limbi 
lobis profunde emarginatis fere bilobis. 
TuunBerata laurifolia. Lindl. in Gardeners’ Chron. 1856, p. 260. 
Two very striking new kinds of Zhunbergia (of the same 
group with Zh. grandifiora, Roxb.) have lately appeared in our 
gardens, both having a certain affinity, especially in the size and 
colouring of the corolla. The one we have now the pleasure of 
figuring: the other, much more beautiful than the present, will 
shortly form the subject of another plate. That now before us 
was first raised at Frogmore Gardens from seeds presented to 
Mr. Ingram by an officer, who brought or procured it from the 
MAY Ist, 1857. 
