Thunbergia.] cix. ACANTHACE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) 393 



Resembling altogether T. grandiflora, but leaves narrower. Seeds very rugose, 

 hardly scaly. T. Anderson refers here "partly" Hexacentris acuminata^ees, which 

 is founded on Wall. Cat. 7140, collected in Silhet or Khasia, and described as having 

 the leaves distinctly 5-nerved. 



8. T. coccinea, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. 49, 58, t. 37, and Cat. 766 ; 



nearly glabrous, leaves elliptic acuminate toothed palmately 3-5-nerved, 

 racemes elongate pendent, bracts subpersistent lower subsessile lanceolate, 

 corolla red. Don Prodr. 120 ; Hook. JSa-ot. FL t. 195; Sot. Mag. t. 5124; 

 T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 448. T. pendula, Hassk. Cat. Hort. 

 Bogor. 147. Hexacentris acuminata, Nees; Wall. Cat. 7140. H. coccinea, 

 dentata & acuminata, Nees in Wall. PL As. Rar. iii. 78, r and in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 61. 



HIMALAYA, alt. 2-7000 ft., from Kumaon to Bhotan, frequent; Wallich, &c. 

 ASSAM; Griffith. KHASIA MTS., alt. 1-4000 ft., frequent; S.f. 8f T., &c. TENAS- 

 8EEIM ; Beddome. (Ceylon, &c., cultivated.) 



A large climber ; pendent branches often 10-25 ft., terminated by racemes. 

 Leaves 5-8 in., lower ovate, upper oblong, obtuse cordate or angular at the base ; 

 petiole ^2 in., or of the uppermost leaves 0. Racemes 6-18 in., lax, pendent ; bracts 

 -1 in. ; pedicels -! m -> opposite or fascicled; bracteoles -1 in., broadly oblong or 

 ovate, subacute, often coherent on one side, blackish or purple. Calyx a minute rim. 

 Corolla-tube \ in., lobes \ in. round, from red to orange-rose. Filaments glabrous, 

 linear, a tuft of hairs at the base ; anther-cells parallel ; anthers of the longer fila- 

 ments have 1 cell long-spurred at base,. 1 short-spurred or spurless ; anthers of the 

 shorter filaments muticous or with 1 cell shortly spurred. Style-arms linear ; 

 stigmas subcapitate. Capsule 1-H i n - minutely pubescent or nearly glabrous. 

 Seeds nearly in. diam., subhemispheric (or at least thicker than those of T. 

 grandiflora), rugose not scaly ; base plane. Nees' description is very erroneous. 



9. T. mysorensis, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 448 ; nearly 

 glabrous, leaves elliptic acuminate toothed palmately 3-iierved, racemes 

 elongate pendent, bracts small deciduous, corolla yellow. Hexacentris 

 mysorensis, Wight Ic. t. 871 ; Sot. Mag. t. 4786; Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 183.. 



NILGHERRIES and MYSORE ; Wight, &c. 



An extensive climber; branches pendent. Leaves 6- by 1-3^ in., base cuneate or 

 rounded, strongly 3-nerved, a slender outer pair of nerves sometimes added; petiole 

 -! in. Racemes elongate, lax, long- or short-peduncled ; "bracts ^ in., linear- 

 lanceolate, inconspicuous ; pedicels -! in.; bracteoles 1 in., falcate-elliptic, subacute, 

 often coherent on one side, purplish -green. Corolla 1 in., mouth 2 in. diam. ; tube 

 purplish, limb yellow ; in cultivation sometimes with a red border (Paxt. Fl. Oard. 

 iii. t. 88). Anthers subsimilar; cells parallel, hairy, all spurred at base. Stigma 

 funnel-shaped, margin somewhat 2-lipped. Capsule 1 in., glabrous. Seeds \ in. 

 diain., rugose. 



10. T. Wig-htiana, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 448; nearly 

 glabrous, leaves ovate acuminate toothed palmately 3-5-nerved> bract 

 inconspicuous, bracteoles large cordate-orbicular nerved, corolla light blue. 

 Schmidia bicolor, Wight Ic. t. 1848. 



NiLGHBRRiES; Sisparah, Wight, Beddome. 



An extensive climber. Leaves 5 by 3 in., base rhomboid or rounded ; pet 

 1-2 in. Racemes axillary or from nodes of the old wood, 6-12 in.; Bracts -3 in., 

 linear-lanceolate, deciduous ; pedicels opposite, 1 in., 2-ranked, curved ; . bracteoles 

 1 by 1J in., obtuse with a mucro, purple and cream-coloured (Wight). Corolla 

 H-lf in., somewhat narrowly tubular, mouth 1* in. diam. Anthers subsimilar ; 

 cells parallel, glabrous, spurred at the base. Ovary and style glabrous; stigma 

 funnel-shaped,, hardly 2-lobed. Fruit not seen. 



