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DIDYIVAMJA ANOIOSPERMIA. 



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THUMCERGIA. 



Acanthi. Juss, — Acaiitliacciic. Brown. 



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gulato-dentatis, caule scandonte. JVilkL 

 Sp. PL 3. p. 388. , Hart. Kew. i.p, G6. 

 Rowh. Cor. 1. p. 47. /. 67. Bid, Mag: 

 t, 1881. Bid, Rcpos. L 123. i> 



Twining Thumbergia. Alton.. 



* *^ The flowers are quite scentless, nor have we observed 

 any fragrance In any part of the plant." /'Perhaps the heat of 

 a tropical 'sun is necessary to brin^' forth its odoin:^— Sims in 

 the Bot, Mag, The odour is certainly not elicited by tlic 

 great heat sometimes prevailing- in Barbados, and the stem is not 

 simply scandcntj but twining*. For these reasons the specific 

 appellation should be changed from/ragran^' to vokibilU: 



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