cvi. acanthace^:. 
557 
Thunbergia .] 
towards Jor; Kwala Kangsa; Sungkei and Goping (Kunstler); 
Lankawi, Kwah. Perlis, Kanga (a slender form in hedges; flowers 
deeper blue than usual); Kelantan, Kampong Kota (Gimlette); 
Kota Bharu and Chaning. Distrib. Burma. Native name : Akar 
Ketuah. Use : Leaves a medicine for boils (Gimlette). 
( 2 ) T. grandiflora Roxb. Hort. Bang. 45 ; Clarke, l.c. 631 . 
Tall climber with triangular cordate toothed leaves shortly 
hairy on both sides, larger than in T. laurifolia and light green; 
racemes hanging down several feet long, the bracts much 
broader and split to the base, all pubescent, the flowers larger, 
pale blue or white. It has run wild in Singapore, especially along 
Grange and Orchard roads. A native of India. 
(3) T. fragrans Roxb. Cor. PL i. 47, t. 67; Clarke, l.c. 632. 
Twiner. Leaves oblong or elliptic, base round or hastate, 
glabrous or nearly so, 3 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles *25 to 
-5 in. long. Peduncles axillary, 1, rarely 2, x to 3 in. long. Flowers 
solitary, white. Calyx of 12 teeth; corolla, tube *5 to 75 in. long, 
limb 1 in. across, lobes obovate emarginate. Capsule sub-globose, 
•4 in. through, beak -8 in. long. Seeds 4. Hab. Singapore. Hedges, 
an escape from cultivation. Perlis, perhaps wild here. Distrib. India. 
var. javanica King and Gamble, l.c, 632. Leaves beneath 
petioles and peduncles pubescent. Flowers slightly larger. Hab. 
Not rare near limestone rocks and in villages, certainly wild on 
the limestone, Selangor, Batu Caves. Pahang River at Kalang 
Kasai. Perak, Kwala Temengoh; Ulu Kenering (Wray), a very 
villous form. Lankawi (Curtis). Perlis. Kanga Kelantan, Chaning. 
Distrib. Java to Australia. 
(4) T. similis Craib, Kew Bulletin, 1911, p. 434; var. hirta 
Ridley. 
Slender twiner, rough hairy. Leaves rather thick, oblong to 
lanceolate, minutely apiculate, blunt, rounded at top, base cuneate, 
scabrid hairy; nerves 3, prominent from base; 2 in. long, 75 in. 
wide; petioles -3 in. long. Peduncles 2 in. long, slender hairy. 
Bracts lanceolate-acute hairy, -25 in. long. Corolla white; tube 
•25 in. long; limb -5 in. or more across. Hab. Very rare in open 
country, Setul heath (Ridley). Distrib. Siam. 
The original plant is much larger in all parts with broad oblong leaves 
below and lanceolate acuminate narrow ones above, the flowers much larger 
and the whole plant nearly glabrous, the stem only sparsely hairy. 
(5) T. alata Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 2591; Clarke, l.c. 632. 
Habit of T. fragrans, but the leaves thicker ovate cordate; 
petioles thick winged, 2 in. long, all hairy. Corolla 1-25 in. across, 
orange with the mouth black, or orange yellow, mouth white, 
tube thicker than in fragrans. Hab. Hedges in Singapore, a 
common hedge plant now, native of Africa. 
