PLATE CXXIII. 



THUNBERGIA FRAGRANS. 



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Twining Thimhergia. 



.CLASS 



XIV. 



ORDER 



II. 



DTDYNJMIA JNGIOSPERMIJ. Two Chives longer. Seeds covered 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



CalYx. Penanthium duplex; exieriuSy diphyl- 

 lunij foliolis ovatis, concavis, longitudine 

 fere tub! 3 htcrius, monophyllum, multi- 

 partitum, laciniis circiter duodecim, fub- 

 ulatis, perianthio exteriori triplo breviori- 

 bus. 



Corolla monopetala} tubus fenfim ampUatus^ 

 limbus qulnquefidusj laciniis sequalibus, 



ovatis, obtufiflimis, tubo triplo brevlori- 



bus. 



Stamina. Filamenta quatuor, tubo fupra ba- 

 fin inferta, inocqualia; duobus inferioribus 

 brevioribusj duobus fuperioribus tubo bre- 



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Antherae ovataej adnatae. 



PisTiLLUM. German fuperura. Stylus filifor- 

 nils, tubo paullo brevior^ erectus. Stigma 

 bilobum. 



PfiKiCAKnuM. Capfula globofa, roftrata, gla- 

 bra, bilocularis, longitudinaliter dehlfcens; 

 roftrum coinprelTum, fulcatum, lineare, ob- 

 tulum; diflepimentum obovatum, emargi- 

 iiatum, fub apicc foramine perforatum, la- 

 teribus membranaceum, perfittens. 



Semina In fnigulo loculamento bina, reniformiaj 

 rugofa, hinc convexa, inde concava fulco 



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Empalement. Cup double; the ow/^r ow two- 

 leaved ; leaflets cgg-fliapcd and concave, 

 nearly the length of the tube; the inner 

 one-leaved, many divifions, the fegments 

 about twelve, awl-fhaped, thrice as short 

 as the outer cup. 



Blossom, one petal; tube widening gradually j 

 border five -cleft; fegments equal, egg. 

 fliaped, very blunt, three times as fliort ag 

 the tube. 



Chives. Four threads^ fixed Into the lower 

 part of the tube, unequal; the two lower- 

 moft the fhorteft; the two uppermoft fliortcr 

 than the tube. Tips egg-ll^ape, preffed to 

 the threads. 



PoiNTAL. Seed-bud above. Shaft thread fliape, 

 a little fhorter than the tube, and upright. 



Summit two lobed. 

 Seed-vessel globular, beaked, fmooth, two 

 celled, and fplits longitudinally; beak flat- 

 tened, awl-fhaped, linear, and blunt; par- 

 tition inverfely egg-fliaped, notched at 



longitudinal!. 



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the end, pierced with a hole at the top, 

 Ikinny at the edges, and remaining, 

 s two In each cell, kidney-lhaped, rough, 

 convex on one fide, and concave on the 

 other by a longitudinal furrow. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Thunbergia folHs ovato-acumlnatis, fub-denta. 

 tis; corolla alba, hypocrateriformis, tubo 

 compreflb; caule volubili/ 





Thunbergia with egg-fhaped, tapering leavf^,^ 

 little toothed; bloObm white, falver-ihaped, 

 the tube flattened; ftem twining. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The outer cup of the Empalement. 



2. The inner cup of the fame, magnified. 



3. A Rlofibm cut open, to fhew the fituation of the Chives. 



4. The Shaft and Summit, natural fize. 



5. The Seed-bud, magnified. 



6. A ripe Capfule. 

 7' A ripe Seed. 



Thunbergia, here figured, is a n^itive of thp F.nfl- Tnr!i>c from thp rnrnmnndel coali; was intro- 



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Vim r^U^^^ '*u -.. /• -^ ^^.^^ V.A >juuu iiuuc; anu wc nave our uouuis, wuciuti 1*1*^ ^.^-- ^ 



iL^lu a- ' f-^r^'though it accords in the cflential character, of a dauble cup. the only 

 t S«7 f^' ^^ Ljnnaeus. to divide it from Barleria ; yet, from the Dumber of part* in w 

 lTt\2 .nTn '' ^T"*" '^'^^'-a^er, fuch as the Ihape of the bloffbm, the length of the poifltal, 

 ou"h n h" ^'T, °^.*^' '^'^^' '^' ^'^^ different flmpe of the feeds, &c. we are led to tbjnk. K 

 &n:dDr^^LtlTin^^J?-? ^-- But in folLing fuch good authority as the ab^ ^^ 



^d, we fliall Hand excufed in continumg the fame name uv 



if not without comment. 



