Thuribergia.] oix. ACANTHACBiE. (C. B. Clarke.) 393 



Resembling altogether T. grandijlora, but leaves narrower. Seeds very rugose, 

 hardly scaly. — T. Anderson refers here "partly" Bexacentris acuminata,'Sees, which 

 is founded on Wall. Cat. 7140, collected in Silhet or Khasia, and described as having 

 the leaves distinctly 5-nerved. 



8. T. coccfnea, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. 49, 68, t. 37, and Cat. 766 ; 

 nearly glabrous, leaves elliptic acuminate toothed palmately 3-5-nerved, 

 racemes elongate pendent, bracts subpersistent lower subsessile lanceolate, 

 corolla red. Bon Prodr. 120 ; Hook. Exot. Fl. 1. 195; Bot. Mag. t. 5124; 

 T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 448. T. pendula, Jlasik. Cat. Sort. 

 Sogor. 147. Hexacentris acuminata, Nees ; Wall. Cat. 7140. H. ooccinea, 

 dentata & acuminata, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 78,^and in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 61. 



Himalaya, alt. 2-7000 ft., from Kumaon to Bhotan, frequent; WalUch, &c. 

 Assam ; Griffith. Khasia MTS.,alt. 1-4-000 ft., frequent ; S.f. Sf T., &c. Tbnas- 

 SEEIM ; Seddome. — (Ceylon, &c., cultivated.) 



A large climber ; 'pendent branches often 10-25 ft., terminated by racemes. 

 Leaves 5-8 in., lower ovate, upper oblong, obtuse cordate or angular at the base ; 

 petiole 4-2 in., or of the uppermost leaves 0. Macemes 6-18 in., lax, pendent ; bracts 

 J-1 in. ; pedicels J-IJ in., opposite or fascicled; bracteoles \-l in., broadly oblong or 

 ovate, subacute, often coherent on one side, blackish or purple. Calyx a minute rim. 

 CoroUa-tuie 1 in., lobes J in. round, from red to orange-rose. Mlaments glabrous, 

 linear, a tuft of hairs at the base; anther-cells parallel; anthers of the longer fila- 

 ments have 1 ceU long-spurred at base, 1 short-spurred or spurless ; anthers of the 

 shorter filaments muticous or with 1 cell shortly spurred. Style-wrma linear ; 

 stigmas subcapltate. Capsule 1-li in., minutely pubescent or nearly glabrous. 

 Seeds nearly | in. diam., subhemispheric (orVt least thicker than those of T. 

 grandijlora), rugose not scaly ; base plane. — Nees' description is very erroneous. 



9. T. mysorensis, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 448 ; nearly 

 glabrous, leaves elliptic acuminate toothed palmately 3-nerved, racemes 

 elongate pendent, bracts small deciduous, corolla yellow. Hexacentris 

 mysorensis, Wight Ic. t. 871 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4786 ; Balz. &■ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 183. 



NiL&HESEiES and Mtsobe ; Wight, &c. 



An extensive climber j branches pendent. Leaves 6 by 1-3^ in., base ouneate or 

 founded, strongly 3-narved, a slender outer pair of nerves sometimes added ; petiole 

 ^li in. Racemes elongate, lax, long- or short-peduncled ; bracts ^4 in., linear- 

 lanceolate, inconspicuous ; pedicels \-i\ in. ; bracteoles 1 in., falcate-elliptic, subacute, 

 often coherent on one side, purplish -green. Corolla IJ in., mouth 2 in. diam. ;. tube 

 purplish, limb yellow; in cultivation sometimes with a red border (Paxt. Fl. Oard. 

 iii. t. 88). Anthers subsimilar; cells parallel, hairy, all spurred at base. Stigma 

 funnel-shaped, margin somewhat 2-lipped. Capsule 1^ in., glabrous. Seeds ^ in. 

 diam., rugose. 



10. T. Wlg'Ii'tlana, T. Anders, in Joum. Liim. Soc. ix. 448 ; nearly 

 glabrous, leaves ovate acuminate toothed palmately 3-5-nerved, bracts 

 inconspicuous, bracteoles large cordate -orbicular nerved, corolla light blue. 

 Schmidia bicolor, Wight Ic. t. 1848. 



NlLSHSEElES; Sisparah, Wight, Seddome.. 



An extensive climber. Leaves 5 by 3J in., base rhomboid or rounded j petiole 

 1-2 in. Racemes axillary or from nodes of the old wood, 6-12 in. ; bracts ^-^ in., 

 linear-lanceolate, deciduous ; pedicels opposite, 1 in., 2-ranked, curved ; bracteoles 

 1 by IJ in., obtuse with a mucro, purple and cream-coloured (Wight). Corolla 

 14-1| in., somewhat narrowly tubular, mouth IJ in. diam. Anthers subsimilar ; 

 cells parallel, glabrous, spurred at the base. Ovari/ and style glabrous ; stigmn 

 funnel-shaped, hardly 2-lQbed. Jlhiii not seea. 



