TABULA 3041. 
THUNBERGIA BATTISCOMBEI, Turrill. 
ACANTHACEAE. Tribus THUNBERGIEAE. 
T. Battiscombei, Twrrill; species nova T. Vogelianae, Benth., 
affinis, sed foliis coriaceis apice rotundatis vel obtusis, inflorescentiis 
axillaribus, floribus usque ad 10, calyce annulato usque ad 1-5 mm. 
longo differt. 
ad 11 cm. longa et 6 cm. lata, margine fere integra, costa et nervis 
saepissime 1-2 cm. longo. Inflorescentiae axillares, 10 cm. longae, 
post anthesin accrescentes, acutae, utrinque pubescentes, nervis 3 
ornatae, nervis transversis reticulationem prominentem formantibus. 
Calyx annulatus, circiter 8-lobus, usque ad 1:5 m 
ta, duo altera 
Discus 
annulatus, carnosus, glaber. 
diametro, glabrum ; stylus (stigmate incluso) 2-5 cm. longus ; stigma 
infundibuliforme, antice fissum, angulis tribus acutis, anticis duobus 
barbellatis. 
East Tropica, Arrica: Nyanza basin ; 1200-1500 m., E. Battis- 
combe, 667 
The genus Thunbergia is usually divided into sections which are 
primarily based on the structure of the stigma and the type of inflores- 
cence. The present plant should, from a consideration of these 
