THUNBERGIA AURANTIACA DODDSII. 
(Variegated Orange-flowered Thunbergia.) 
Class. Order. 
DIDYNAMIA. ANGIOSPERMI A . 
Natural Order. ? 
ACANTHACEiE. 
(Acanthads, Veg. King.) 
Generic Character. — Calyx double, outer one con- 
sisting of two heart-shaped leaflets, each having three 
nerves, inner one smaller and toothed. Corolla con- 
sisting of one petal, somewhat bell-shaped, with a 
limb divided into five equal lobes. 
Specific Character. — Plant herbaceous, hairy. 
Stems numerous, twining. Leaves partially hastate, 
acuminate, hairy, with winged petioles, which fre- 
quently have irregularly indented margins. Calyx 
with two large, persistent, exterior envelopes, pale 
green. Corolla monopetalous ; limb five-parted, divi- 
sions nearly equal, rounded, bright orange; throat 
hairy in the inside, very dark purple. Stamens in- 
serted in the tube of the corolla, scarcely half so long, 
beautifully bearded. Style nearly twice the length of 
the stamens. Stigma concave, with a protuberant 
horn. Capsule almost globular, but having a con- 
spicuous beak arising from its centre. 
Doddsii — Leaves edged with white. 
Authorities and Synonymes. — Thunbergia, Linn. ; 
Flemingia, Hamilton ; Diplocalymna, Spreng. ; Thun- 
bergia aurantiaca, Lindl. ; Thunbergia Doddsii of the 
nurseries. 
This very beautiful variegated variety was raised in 1847, by Mr. Dodds, 
gardener to Colonel Barker, of Salisbury, from seeds of T. aurantiaca superba ; and 
with exception of the variegated leaves, it agrees in every respect with the parent, 
both in the size of the flowers and in the richness of their colour. The most expres- 
sive name would have been Thunbergia aurantiaca variegata, but as the plant has 
become known in nurseries by the name of T. Doddsii, and we are unwilling to 
deprive a persevering man of any portion of the honour he has acquired, we willingly 
adopt the popular appellation. 
Thunbergias, in addition to their beauty, are of great value as winter flowerers, 
if grown where they can receive a moderate supply of moist heat ; they are very 
easily managed, and will grow freely either in a stove, an intermediate house, a 
greenhouse, and even during the warm months of summer, in the open air. In 
whatever situation they are grown, the foliage requires to be subjected to a consider- 
able portion of moisture ; in the stove and intermediate houses let the atmosphere 
be very humid, and the plants often syringed overhead ; and it is also advisable not 
to allow them to be very much exposed to the direct rays of the sun, otherwise they 
usually become much infested with the Red Spider. 
