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-  "PFHUNBERGIA anata. 
Wing-petioled Thunbergia. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.—Nar. Onp. ACANTHACEZ. 
Gen. Cuar.—Cal. duplex: ext. diphyllus ; int. subduodecim-dentatus. Cor. 
campanulata. Caps. bilocularis rostrata. 
-Thunbergia alata; pubescenti-sericea, foliis cordatis acutis angulatis, 
petiolis alatis, caule volubili. 
Thunbergia alata, Boszr, MSS. 
Stem long, slender, twining, clothed as well as the leaves and calyx, with a 
yellowish, silky, pubescence. Leaves cordate, or cordato-hastate, acute, 
angular at the margin, particularly near the base, with five principal 
and several smaller nerves, dark green above, paler beneath ; petioles as 
long as, or longer than, the leaves, winged on both sides from the base 
to the extremity. 
Peduncles solitary, axillary, opposite, somewhat shorter than the leaves. 
Ext. calyx of 2 large ovato-cordate, opposite, pubescent leaves 5 inner 
one small, embracing the base of the germen with several short irregu- 
lar teeth or segments. Corolla large; tube subcylindrical, broader up- 
wards, not much longer than the outer calyx, deep purple, especially 
within ; limb of 5 obcordate, large spreading, yellowish-buff coloured 
segments. Stamens included within the tube *. 
This is a second new species of Thunbergia, which has 
been discovered by Messrs Hetsrnpore and Bosrr, and 
communicated by CHarLes TELFAIR, Esq. of the Mauritius, 
* Mr Barctay having, along with Th. alata, one : me asa of Th. angulata, 
a species given at t. 166. of this work, I here figure and describe it: : 
Capsule ssineéis with a long acuminated beak, surrounded at the base by the persistent 
inner calyx, opening elastically, and with a considerable report, into two equal 
valves $ 2.celled partition of the cells contrary to the valves, membranaceous, easily 
separating from the valves, and supporting 4 seeds, which are laterally attached, 
two on each side. Seeds half-oval, brown, convex, and wrinkled without: the inner 
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