red shades, V. Thunbergii is particularly suitable for 
gardens in the western parts of the British Islands, and 
in that of Canon Ellacombe, at Bitton, near Bristol, to 
whose kindness we are indebted for the material for our 
plate, this species is a very pleasing object. At Kew it 
is hardy but is not of very vigorous growth, and never 
forms stems more than eight feet long. The present 
figure, it is hoped, may assist in the removal of an 
almost inexplicable confusion which has crept into 
English collections as regards the incidence of the name 
V. Thunhergii, which at present is rather persistently, 
but quite improperly, applied to a very fine form of 
V. Cvignetiae, Pulliat, originally introduced from the 
Kast into Mr. A. Waterer’s nursery. This latter plant, so 
often grown as V. Thunbergii, is remarkable for the size 
and the wonderfully rich autumnal colouring of its leaves. 
The true V. Thunbergii, now figured, is very distinct in 
its much smaller, deeply lobed leaves. It grows well in 
rich loam and can be increased by “eyes” in the manner 
usual for vines. 
DeEscription.—Shrub, climbing; branches somewhat 
angular, ribbed when dry. Leaves alternate, two in 
Succession opposite a tendril or an inflorescence, the 
third subtending an axillary branch, palmatifid to 
beyond the middle, 4-6 in. across, glabrous above with 
the nerves sunk, tomentose or pubescent with the nerves 
raised beneath; lobes 3-5, narrowed to the base, their 
margins coarsely toothed, the end-lobe rhomboid-elliptic ; 
petioles 1}-2 in. long. Inflorescences leaf-opposed, the 
lowest branch modified as a tendril.  Flumers small, 
green, fascicled at the tips of the twigs of the rhachis. 
Calyx shortly cup-shaped, repand-toothed. = Corolla 
depressed-truncate in bud; petals 5, valvate, united in 
a deciduous calyptra. Stamens 5, opposite the petals; 
anthers introrse; interstaminal glands 5, small, hypo- 
gynous, Ovary subglobose, 2-celled ; style short; stigma 
slightly 2-fid; ovules 2 to each cell, erect. Berry ovoid 
or ellipsoid, over 1 in. long, purplish-black. Seeds 1-3. 
Fig. 1, flower-bud; 2, the same, corolla removed ; 3, pistil and interstaminal 
glands; 4 and 5, anthers i—all enlarged, 
