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THUNBERGIA GRANDIFLORA. BLUE-FLOWERED 
THUNBERGIA. 
KEKE KEE EEE KEE REE 
Class and Order. 
Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. duplex; exterior Spatha diphylla: interior 12- 
entata, nunc deficiens. Cor. tubulosa : limbo subregulari. 
vaps. globosa, rostrata, 2-locularis, 2-valvis. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Tuunsercia grandiflora ; perennis, scandens, foliis angu- 
loso-cordatis, ealyce interiore nullo, antheris barbatis 
. calcaratis. Roxb. Fl. Ind. Or. inedita. Bot. Reg. 495. 
__ Descr. Stem climbing, shrubby. Leaves opposite pe- 
tioled, angular-cordate. Calyx a two valved spathe ; 
valves ovate, roughened with small black points, oblique, 
with the upper margins straight, and closely appli _to 
one another, sometimes slightly coherent ; lower margins 
rounded, separate. Corolla large, bright blue, streaked. 
Tube conical, contracted upwards, then largely dilated 
Into a bell-shaped faux, vaulted on the upper side, 
and convex on the lower: Limb 5-lobed : lobes rounded, 
Spreading, two upper ones erect : lower one somewhat the 
rgest. Stamens 4: longer pair much curved at the bot- 
tom: shorter pair compr , gibbous. Anthers oblong, 
rded, spurred. Germen superior, conical, seated on a_ 
lobulated annulardisk : Style the length of the stamens : 
St concave. — 
ative of Bengal, growing in uncultivated places, in 
the neighbourhood of Calcutta, and’ flowering in the rainy 
Season. Requires to be kept in the stove. May be pro- 
pagated by cuttings. 
Our drawing of this beautiful plant was taken at 
aringay House, the seat of Epwarp Gray, Esq. in whose 
Stove it grows luxuriantly, and flewers freely. 
