HORTUS VEITCHII 



introduced through Eichard Pearce in 1868, but previously collected 

 by Jameson, Hartweg, and others, though not introduced. The flowers 

 are brilliant red in colour, the plant almost constantly in bloom. 



THUNBEEGIA LUTE A, T. Anders. 

 Syns. Hexacentris lutea, Lindl. ; H. mysorensis, Wight, var. lutea of Fl. des Serres. 



Anders. Jour. Linn. Soc. 1867, vol. ix. p. 448 ; Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1854, p. 150 ; 

 PI. des Serres, 1854, torn. ix. p. 217. 



A stove climber from India through Thomas Lobb, with yellow 

 flowers generally resembling those of Thunbergia (Hexacentris) mysorensis, 

 but differing in important technical details. 



THUNBEEGIA MYSOEENSIS, T. Anders. 



Syns. Hexacentris mysorensis, Wight. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 4786 ; Paxt. Fl. Gdn. vol. iii. p. 88 ; Gard. Chron. 1852, pp. 307, 310. 



A shrubby stove climber with racemes of rich yellow flowers, raised 

 from seed received from Mr. M'lvor of the Botanic Gardens, Ootacamund, 

 and exhibited for the first time in flower at an Exhibition held in the 

 Chiswick Gardens of the Eoyal Horticultural Society, May 8th, 1852. 



THUNBEEGIA NATALENSIS, Hook. 



Bot. Mag. t. 5082. 



A native of Natal, from seed received from that colony through Mr. 

 Cuming, and flowered for the first time in July 1858. 



A greenhouse Acanthaceous plant with flimsy pale blue flowers, yellow 

 in the centre. 



TIBOUCHINA ELEGANS, Cogn. 



Syns. Pleroma elegans, Gardn. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 4262 ; Paxt. Bot. Mag. vol. xv. p. 27. 



First discovered by Mr. Gardner in the Organ Mountains of Brazil, 

 and later introduced to cultivation through William Lobb from the same 

 locality. 



It produced the splendid rich blue blossoms for the first time in the 

 summer of 1846. 



TIBOUCHINA GAYANUM. 



Syns. Pleroma Gayanum, Triana. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 6345. 



Pleroma Gayanum, one of the least conspicuous in the genus, a native 

 of Cuzco, in Peru, was discovered by the French botanist and traveller 

 Claude Gay, in whose honour it is named. 



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