Crossword-Solution: THUNBERGIA 10 letters, 5 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 16

From casual inspection, it appeared to me that the opposite leaves of _Thunbergia alata_ were arranged in lines up the sticks round which they had twined; accordingly, I raised a dozen plants, and gave them sticks of various thicknesses, as well as string, to twine round; and in this case one alone out of the dozen had its leaves arranged in a perpendicular line: I conclude, therefore, Palm’s statement is not quite accurate.

March 17, 1st circle was made in 6 30 19, 2nd 7 0 22, 3rd 8 30 (very cold day) 24, 4th 6 45 _Thunbergia alata_ (Acanthaceæ) moves against sun.

The white or lilac blossoms of the convolvuluslike _Thunbergia,_ and other _Acanthaceae_ were the predominant features of the shrubby vegetation, and very handsome.

The skirts of the forest were adorned with numerous jungle flowers, rice crops, blue _Acanthaceae_ and _Pavetta,_ wild cherry-trees covered with scarlet blossoms, and trees of the purple and lilac _Bauhinia_; while _Thunbergia, Convolvulus,_ and other climbers, hung in graceful festoons from the boughs, and on the dry micaceous rocks the _Luculia gratissima,_ one of our common hot-house ornaments, grew in profusion, its gorgeous heads of blossoms scenting the air.

The white or lilac blossoms of the convolvuluslike _Thunbergia,_ and other _Acanthaceæ_ were the predominant features of the shrubby vegetation, and very handsome.