350 Acanthacce. 
Lhunbhergia alata isa very handsome perennial from India 
and Africa, which is ordinarily treated as annual. It is a 
twininy: plant with hastate petiolate leaves, the petioles winged, 
Fie, 196, Acanthus spinosus. (} nat. size.) 
and solitary axillary pedunculate nearly regular flowers 
with a broad spreading limb. They are variously coloured: 
cither white, buff, pale yellow or orange, with a purplish-black 
centre, or uniformly orange or white. 
