240 ACANTHACER. [ Thunbergia. 
within 2 large bractlets. Corolla campanulate-funnel-shaped with 
the throat inflated, the 5 lobes nearly equal, twisted in bud. Sta- 
mens 4, didynamous; anthers adnate, erect, the cells parallel with 
ciliate-bearded margins. Ovary 2-celled, the cells 2-ovuled ; stigma 
infundibuliform-2-lobed. Disk thick, lobed, surrounding the ovary. 
Capsule globular, long-beaked, at the base 2-4-seeded. Seeds glo- 
bular.—Scandent, shrubs or twiners. Flowers conspicuous, axillary 
and solitary, or in terminal racemes. 
* Calyz-limb truncate ; corolla bell-shaped. 
adly ovate, angular-lobed, more or less hairy | . T. grandiflora. 
Leaves ovate-oblong, obsoletely or repand-toothed, glabrous, not 
ltate ° . T. laurifolia. 
. T. smilacifolia. 
Leaves ovate-oblong, remotely toothed, glabrous, peltate at base 
* * Calyx many-toothed ; corolla funnel-shaped. 
Petioles terete . ‘ . . ‘ : 
: . T. fragrans. 
Petioles more or less winged , . T. alata. 
longer or shorter pedicels, solitary in the axils of the leaves and 
forming longer or shorter shortly pubescent racemes at the end of 
the branches; bractlets large, nearly falcate-oblong, scabrously 
tomentose ; calyx truncate; corolla-lobes obovate ; capsules abou 
1} in. long, with : long flat woody beak, glabrous; seeds globular, 
echinate-tubercled. 
Has.—Chittagong.—Fl. & Fr. o. 
_ 2. T. laurifolia, Ldl—Nway-cho.—An evergreen lofty woody 
climber up to 100-150 ft. long, all parts glabrous; stems cylind- 2 
blunt or acute ; calyx-limb entire, puberulous ; lla-lobes 1 
: : , puberulous; coro D 
te, slightly emarginate ; capsules glabrous, globose, with aoe 
| woody beak, Pog 
