Thunbergia.] xcvm. acanthace^ (burkill). 17 



Engler) ; without special locality, Smith ! and at 6000 ft., Johnston, 185 ! British 

 Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Mangauja Hills, Meller! Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 

 150 I Mount Mlanje, Whyte. 



Var. reticulata, Burkill. Leaves not softly pubescent, but with 8cattere<l baira ; 

 petiole not winged. Bracteoles bpcomin:; quire glabrous during the ripening of tho 

 fruit. — T. reticulata, Hochst. in pi. Schimp. Abyss, sect. ii. 758 ; Nees in DC. Prod, 

 xi. 58 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 139 (in part) ; Martelli, Fl. Bngos. 64. 



Wile Iiand. Eritrea : Keren, Beccari, 225 (ex Martelli) ; Daraas VHlley,. 

 1700 ft., Schweinfurth (0 Miva, 640 I Abyssinia : Samnn ; Gapdia, in grassy places 

 among shrubs, Schimper, 758 I Tigre ; Shahagenni, 5000 ft., iSchimper, 228 ! 



Vai'. retinervia, Burkill. Leaves with the veins on the lower face very prominent 

 and scabrid ; bracteoles apiculate. 



IVIozamb. Dlst. Biitish Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Nyika Plateau, 6000- 

 7000 ft., Whyte ! between Mpata and the commencement of the Tanganyika Plateau^ 

 Whyte ! Zambesi Land, Kirk! 



The type is widely introduced into all the warmer parts of the world ; native in 

 Tropical Africa and Natal. Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3b. 292, 

 figures a very diflferent plant as T. reticulata. 



21. T. Erythrsese, Schweinf. ex Lindau in Engl. Jahrh. xvii. Beihl, 

 41, 40, and xx. 3. Stem thin, climbing, hirsute, with rough hairs. 

 Leaves, as in T. alata, ovate-hastate, acuminate, hispidulous, with a 

 few teeth on the margin, 1| in. long, 1;^ in. broad; petiole narrowly 

 winged, hairy. Flowers on long hairy peduncles about 2 J in. long ; 

 bracteoles ovate, nearly 1 J in. long, keeled. Calyx irregularly toothed, 

 finely hairy. Corolla-tube If in. long; lobes | in. long and broad. 

 Anthers acute above, spurred and hairy as in T. alata, the upper 

 with one spur, the lower with two. Stigma 2-lipped, the lower lip 

 twice as broad as the upper, deltoid. — Lindau in Ann. Istit. bot. Roma, 

 vi. 67. 



irile I.and. Eritrea: Mount Kube, 6000 fr., Schweinfurth & Rival Damas 

 Valley 2000-3000 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva! Ginda, 3000 ft., Schweinfurth, 201, 

 Somaliland : Jaribule, in shade, 6800 ft., Biva, 89. 



It is closely allied to T. alata, and in its larger flower resembles T. Gihsoni. 



22. T. Gregorii, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1894, 130. Stem mode- 

 rately slender, climbing, covered with tawny, bristly hairs. Leaves 

 broadly ovate, cordate and 5-7-lobed, or hastate, pilose on both surfaces, 

 1J-1-| in. long and 1-1 J broad; petiole f in. long, winged. Flowers 

 on long peduncles, which are pilose like the stem and may be 5 in. 

 long ; bracteoles broadly ovate, cordate at the base, covered with stiff, 

 tawny hairs outside, glabrous within. Calyx-teeth acute, pubescent. 

 Corolla-tube 2 in. long ; lobes truncate. Anthers obtuse above, with 

 a spur at the base of each lobe, pubescent. Stigma with two broad 

 lips. Ovary 1 in. long, pubescent. 



DTile Iiand. British East Africa: Ukani')a ; Kilungu, Gregory I and without 

 special locality, at 5000-6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6413. 



Mozaml). Bist. German East Africa : Ubena Downs, in grass pasture-, 

 Johnson 1 



23. T. Cycnium, S. Moore in Joum. Bot. 1880, 194. An erect 

 plant, the stem sprinkled with weak hairs. Leaves sessile, ovate, 

 rounded below, rather obtuse above, 5-7-nerved, irregularly crenate, 



