Thunbergia. | ACANTHACEE (Clarke). 7 
7. T. cordibracteolata (C. B. Clarke) ; rather sparsely hispid ; 
leaves 2 by 8 in., elliptic, entire, base cordate or truncate ; petioles 
0-1 in. long; bracteoles 3-1 by } in., broad and cordate at the base ; 
calyx-teeth 12, linear, + in. long; anther-cells (some of them) 
spurred at the base, glabrous except for a basal tuft of hairs ; style 
glabrous ; two stigma-lobes but little separated in the young flower 
(alone seen) ; capsule % in., glabrous. 
9 oe aa Reeion: Orange River Colony; withoat precise locality, Cooper, 
8. T. hirtistyla (C. B. Clarke); hairy; leaves 1} by } in, 
elliptic-oblong, entire, softly hairy ; petioles 0-3, in. long; braeteoles 
2 in. long, elliptic; corolla-tube slightly exceeding the bracteoles ; 
limb 14 in. in diam.; anther-cells (some of them) spurred at the 
base ; style densely brown-hispid towards the top; one stigma-lobe 
much below the other. 
Eastern Recion: Natal; without precise locality, Gerrard, 1274! 
9. T. atriplicifolia (E. Mey. in Drige, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. 
Documente, 144, 226); patently hispid; stems decumbent from a 
woody root; ascending branches 6-12 in. long; leaves ovate, 11 by 
1 in. (in Drége’s type), up to 22 by 1} in, (in form megalantha, 
C. B. Clarke), sparingly toothed and obscurely angular, or frequently 
subentire (occasionally much toothed, as the leaf of Atriplex), base 
rounded, 3-5 digitate basal nerves usually distinct beneath ; petiole 
(even of the lower stem leaves) 0-3} in.; bracteoles }—§ in. long 
(in form megalantha, % in. long and upwards), elliptic, not cordate 
at the base; calyx-teeth about 12, linear, } in. long ; corolla eream- 
coloured ; tube % in. long; limb 1 in. in diam.; or (in form 
megaiantha) tube 14 in. long; limb 2 in. (occasionally more) 
in diam. ; anther-cells (usually 6 of the 8) with a strong curved 
spur at the base, also a tuft of beaded hairs at the base and usually 
with beaded hairs to the summit; pollen most minutely and 
sparsely tubercled; style with one lobe far below the other ; 
capsule 2—2 in. long, glabrous. Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 56 partly ; T. 
Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 20 partly. T. flavohirta, Lindau in 
Engl. Jahrb. xxiv. 311. 
Var. 6, Kraussii (C. B. Clarke), smaller, more densely hairy ; leaves (largest) 
8 by 1 in.; anthers glabrous except for a tuft of hairs at the base of each cell 
where is also a strong curved spur, T. atriplicifolia, Krauss in Flora, 1345, 
72; Nees in DO. Prod. xi. 56. 
Coast Recion : Komgha Div. ; Kei River, 1000 ft., Drege? 
KALAHARI ReGion: Transvaal; Sabia River, Mudd! Apies River, near 
Pretoria, Nelson, 277! Houtbosch, Rehmann, 6183! Lydenberg, Wilms, 1209! 
Eastern REGION: Tembuland ; Bazeia, 200J ft., Baur, 58! Griqualand Rast ; 
near Clydesdale, 2500 ft., Tyson, 1206! Mount Currie, 5000 ft., Schlechter, 6561! 
Natal; Inanda, 1800 ft., Wood, 42! 90! near Durban, Wood, 1! and without 
precise locality, Grant! Gerrard, 220! Gerrard § McKen! Zululand, Mrs. 
McKenzie! Van. 8B: Natal; in grassy places throughout Naial, Krauss, 405! 
