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STREPTOCARPUS* Rexii. 



Cape Streptocarpus . 





DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



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Nat. ord, Bignoniace^. § DidymocarpecB. 



STREPTOCARPUS, — Ca/r/a: pentaphyllus sequalis. Corolla tubu- 

 loso-infundibularis, fauce ventricos^, limbo obliquo 5-lobo, sub^quali. 

 Stamina duo anteriora fertilia, antheris glabris connatis loculis divaricatis ; 

 duo superiora sterilia tuberculiformia. Ovarium rectum, lineare, teres, 

 uniloculare. placentis duabus didyrais, lamellis in medio conniventibns dis- 

 sepimentum spurium formantibus utiinque revolutis in margine ovubferis; 

 hinc ovarium quasi 4-Ioculare. Stylus linearis compressus. Stigma bila- 

 biatum dilatatum, lobis reniformibus marginatis, iaferiore majore. Capsula 

 siliquosa, spiraliter torta, slructura ovarii, loc»licid6 dehiscens, polysperma. 



Semina numerosissima, minuta, glabra ; matura non vidi. Herba caspi- 



tosa, acaulis. Folia humifusa rugosa. Floras axillares e raceme sessih 

 petiolo adnata prodeuntes. 



Streptocarpus Rexii. 



Didymocarpus Rexii. Hooker, Exotic Flora, t. 227. 



Herba acaulis, perennis, sempervirens, c(Bspitosa, Folia rugosa, ovaio- 

 ohlonga, crenata, 6-9 uncias longa, 3-4 uncias lata, suhsessiha, villosa, vents 

 subtus crassis prominent ihus, pallidis. Pedunculi ex axillis folwrum erecti, 

 purpurei, pilosi, sex uncias alti, versHs apicem hihracteolatu Flores in initio 

 penduli, mox cemui, demiim post anthesin erecti. Calyx inferus, 5-sepa.lus, 

 pubescens. Corolla 2 uncias longa, infundibularis , recta, pubescens, Imbo 

 5~lobo obliquo, lobis rotundatis subcBqualibus, inferioribus medio ad basin 

 atropurpureo penicillatis. Stamina duo, inferiora medio tubi wserta, in- 

 clusa; filamentis linearibus, apice arcuatis; antheris reniformibus, hilocw 

 laribus, connatis. Stamina duo, superiora, tuberculiformia. Discus parvus, 

 hypogynus, annularis. Ovarium teres, subulatum, purpureum, pubescens, 

 uniloculare, placentis duabus parietalibus, didymis, conmventibus, uirinque 

 revolutis, in margine ovuliferis. Stylus linearis, pubescens, compressus. 

 Stigma reniforme, bilabiatum, cucullatum,Jimbriatum,labio wferiore majore. 

 Capsula erecta, 5 uncias longa, teres, cylindracea, spirahfer torta, structura 

 interiors omninb ovarii. Semina minuta, glabra. 



♦ From ^Pi^rl,, twisted, and x«gxW, fruit. Rexii, according to Dr. 

 Hooker, is in compliment to George Rex, Esq., a gentleman upon whose 

 lands, at the Knysna, in South Africa, it was discovered by Mr. Bowie. 



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