. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. ACANTHACEyE-ACANTHUS FAMILY THUKBERGIA Thunbergia alata. A perennial climber producing abundant yellow and orange flowers. Native of southern Africa. August. 5<6W.—Climbing, square, hairy. ieove^.—Opposite, triangular-ovate, hastate, repand-toothed, rough pubescent, tomentose beneath; petioles winged. Flowers.—'^v&, yellow, or orange, solitary on axillary peduncles. Calyx.—Very small, surrounded by two large inflated bracts. Corolla.—Trumpet-shaped, with a sprea
. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. ACANTHACEyE-ACANTHUS FAMILY THUKBERGIA Thunbergia alata. A perennial climber producing abundant yellow and orange flowers. Native of southern Africa. August. 5<6W.—Climbing, square, hairy. ieove^.—Opposite, triangular-ovate, hastate, repand-toothed, rough pubescent, tomentose beneath; petioles winged. Flowers.—'^v&, yellow, or orange, solitary on axillary peduncles. Calyx.—Very small, surrounded by two large inflated bracts. Corolla.—Trumpet-shaped, with a spread- ing border; tube oblique, enlarged toward the throat; border five-lobed; lobes spread- ing, two a little smaller than the others. Interior of throat aark-purple, which, as it shows, makes a dark eye. Stamens.—Four in two pairs, inserted on corolla-tube; anthers curiously fringed. Ovary.—Two-celled, globular, tipped with a long, flattened beak; style long, slender; stigma two-lobed. Capsule.—Four-seeded. Thunbergia. Thunbergia alata Thunbergia alata is one of the plants introduced through the efforts of Thunberg, the great collector of Japanese plants in the first half of the nineteenth century. The species are mostly tropical plants which flourish with us in the greenhouse; but alata makes a good outdoor vine and is best treated as an annual as it flowers abundantly in late 420. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Keeler, Harriet L. (Harriet Louise), 1846-1921. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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