TORENIA FOURNIERI 
Toreni j — after Olaf Toren, a traveller in China in the eighteenth 
century; Farnieri — after E. P, N. Fournier, a French 
physician and botanist 
English name: 
To re nia 
Family : 
Scrophulariaceae 
Country of origin : Tropical Asia 
Colour : 
Violet and pale blue, with 
yellow patch on lip; also a 
white variety. 
Garden use: 
a popular, free-flowering pot 
plant ; may be used also in beds 
where a plant of low stature is 
required. 
Propagation: from seed or cuttings, 
A, calyx. 
B, a flower from the front showing the two 
long stamens. 
C, a corolla split open to show the two unequal 
pairs of stamens. 
