XC'TI. AC'ANTIIACE^. 343 



reaching 2 in. long and as broad across the month ; tnbe purplish ; 

 limb bright-yellow or orange, or maroon-colored. I'ilaments with a 

 tni't of hairs at the very base ; anthers bearded and with a slender 

 subulate spur i-^ in. long at the base of each cell. Ovary sunk 

 in a deep fleshy disk ; stigma funnel-shaped. Capsules not seen, 

 ri. B. I. V. 4, p. 393; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 260; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 355. He.vacentris mysoretisis, Wight, 

 Icon. t. 871 ; Bot. Mag. (1854) t. 4786 ; Dalz. & Gibs, p." 183.— Flowers : 

 Dec. -Jan. 



Kanaha : in the evergreen forests of N. Kaiiara near the falls of Gairsoppa, Talbot. 



Dalzell (Bo. Fl. p. 183) did not beheve that the phiiit extended far enough from 

 Mysore to reach the Bombay Presidency, ahhougli found witliin tlie latitude of 

 Dliarwar. It is planted in Poona and jViahableshwar. — Distihb. Nilghiri hills and 

 Mysore. 



Thunhergia grandi flora, Rosb. Hort. Beng. (1814) p. 45. A large 

 climber a native of Eastern Bengal, with large cordate ovate or some- 

 times angular leaves and racemes of bluish flowers. The plant is pro- 

 pagated by suckers and is of easy culture. Tw^o varieties are cultivated, 

 one with smooth leaves which flowers when of small size, and another 

 with rough hairy leaves of more vigorous growth. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 392; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 163; Dalz. & Gibs. 8uppl. p. 70; Wight, Icon. t. 872; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 355 & Gard. in Ind. ed, 5, 

 p. 416. 



Thunhergia alata, Boj. ex Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 2591. A twiner very 

 similar in general appearance to Thunhergia fragrans, a nati\ e of Tropical 

 Africa, bat commonly grown in gardens and becoming naturalized. It 

 has orange-yellow, pale-yellow, or sometimes millv-white flowers ; the 

 throat of the corolla is hairy and purple-black or deep claret-colored 

 inside. From the dark-colored eye at the base of the coroUa-limh the 

 plant is often called " Bkich-eged Susan" by Anglo-Indians. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 4, p. 391 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Si'ippl. p. 71 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1899) p. 354 & Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 417. 



Thunhergia erecfa, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 7 (18G4) p. 18. 

 A hardy shrub about 6 ft. high, thriving in bright sunshine, a native of 

 Tropical Africa. It has ovate, acuminate leaves with usually a blunt 

 tooth on each margin towards the upper part. Calyx-teeth 5-9, linear. 

 Corolla purple or white, with a tube 1| in. long. Meyenia erecta, Beuth. 

 in Hook. Niger Flor. (1849) p. 476; Woodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, 

 p. 415. 



2. MEYENIA, Nees. 



A climber. Leaves opposite. Flowers axillary, large, usually solitary, 

 pedicellate ; bracteoles large, leaf-like, ovate-oblong. Calyx small, 5- 

 lobed (sometimes obscurely so). Corolla infundibuliform, the throat 

 gradually enlarged, often closed with a ring of hairs. Stamens 4, didy- 

 namous ; anthers bearded at the apex, the anther-cells of the longer 

 pair of stamens unequal, more or less divaricate, one cell almost abortive, 

 long and narrow, glabrous, the other cell hirsute and spurred at the 

 base ; anther-cells of the shorter pair of filaments subequal, not spurred 



