842 xcvr. ACAXinACEiE. 



minutely tubercled. Disk annular or cusliion-shapod. Ovnrv 2-celled ; 

 ovules 2 in each cell, collateral ; style long; stigma funnel-like, 2-l()bed 

 or entire, or style 2-fid with capitate stigmas. Fruit a capsule, globose 

 below, suddenly narrowed into a barren sword-shaped beak. Seeds 2 in 

 each cell, ovoid or dorsally compressed, glabrous, base plane or exca- 

 vated ; funicle minute or conic. — Distriu. S.E. Asia, Tropical and 

 S. Africa, Mascarene Islands ; species 96. 



Flowers white, solitary or 2 together; calyx dpoi)ly 12-15- 



toothed 1. T.fragrans. 



Flowers yellow in long pendent racemes ; calyx with obscurely 



crenulatb margin 2. T. mysorcnsis. 



1. Thunbergia fragrans, llo.rh. Cor. PI. v. 1 (1795) p. 47, t. 07. 

 A twining perennial ; stems long, slender, dilated at the nodes, sparsely 

 retrorsely hairy or glabrous. Leaves 2-3i by f-l^ i"-, deltoid-ovate, 

 acute or obtuse, apiculate, entire, or sometimes with a few large angular 

 apiculate lobes at the base, base rounded, cordate or hastate ; petioles 

 ■^1-^ in. long. Flowers axillary, solitary, or 2 together ; pedicels 1-2 in. 

 long; bracteoles I by 5 in., oblong-lanceolate, acute. Calyx ^-^ in. long, 

 deeply divided, pubescent ; teeth 12-15, linear-lanceolate, acute. Corolla 

 1-1- in. long, pure white, not fragrant, pubescent outside ; tube |-1 in. 

 long, slightly contracted below the limb ; limb with 5 obovate truncate, 

 coarsely toothed, spreading lobes. Capsules glabrous, 1 in. long or more 

 (including the beak), the basal part globose, the beak ^ in. long, empty, 

 dagger-shaped. Seeds 4 or (by suppression) fewer, i in. in diam., 

 hemispheric, excavated on the plane face, reticulato-rugose. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 4, p. 390 ; Grab. Cat. p. 103; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 183; Trim. Fl. Cevl. 

 V. 3, p. 288 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 354.— 

 Flowers : Oct.-Nov. Vern. Chimine. . 



XoNKAN : Dalzell Sc Gih.<on \ Kanlieri jungles, Graham; Panchgani, abundant, 

 Cooke'., Woorlrow\. H. M. Birdwoocl. — Disthib. Throughout India in elevated dis- 

 tricts; Ceylon, Malaya, Philippines, N. Australia. 



The specific name is a misnomer if applied to indicate fragrant (lowers. In fact, 

 R<;xburgli himself (Cor. PI. 1. c.) says " The plant possesses an agreeable fragrance, 

 and the beauty of its flowers, tliongh not fragrant, entitles it to a plaee in tiip flower- 

 garden." I am well acquainted with the plant, which grows in profusion about 

 Panchgani, but liave never delected any fragrance therefrom. J. Graliam (Cat. ]?o. 

 PL), Dalzell & Gibson (Bo. Fl.), Trimen (Fl. Ceyl.), T. Anderson (Tliw. Enum. 

 p. 224), all agree that the flowers ar.> 110/ fragvatit, wiiile Ridley [Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 8fr. 2, V. 3 (lAri.'i) p. 3.'5'2] remarks that the plant is no more fragrant in the Malay 

 Peninsula tiian in Ceylon. 



2. Thunbergia mysorensis, 7". Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 9 

 (18()7) p. 4 IS. An extensive ghdirous climber w ith long slender branches. 

 Leaves opposite, 3-5 by 1-1 5 in., elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, 

 entire, subcrenate or toothed, base rounded, acute or subcortlate ; nerves 

 3 from the base with reticulate venation between them ; petioles |-1 in. 

 long. Flowers in lone lax pendent racemes ; bracts beneath the pedicels 

 -^-| in. long, linear-lanceolate, very acute; bracteoles 2 beneath the 

 calyx, 1 in. long, ovnte-oblong, acuniinafe, parallel-nerved, with reticulate 

 venation between the nerves, purplish-green, closed in bud, afterwards 

 opening at first down one side. Calyx about J^- in. long, salver-shaped, 

 with an obscurely crenulatc margin, glabrous. Corolla 2-lipped, 



