Streptocarpus.| XCY. GESNERACEA (BAKER AND CLARKE). 507 
6. S. montana, Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 344. 
Stem hardly any. Leaves 3-5; blade 6 by1-3 in., lanceolate or obovate ; 
attenuate into a petiole 4—} in. long, serrate-crenate, hairy on both 
surfaces ; nerves 18 pairs; peduncles several, ‘4—8 in. long, several- 
flowered or many-flowered ; bracts at the divisions of cyme 4—} in. long, 
lanceolate, or more often wanting; pedicels } in. long, hairy, many of 
the hairs gland-tipped. Calyx-lobes 4-;1, in. long, oblong, hairy, with- 
out a gland at the tip. Corolla 3 in. long, mauve; tube } in. long, 
broad, dilated from the base. Filaments glabrous, not dilated. Ovary 
very hairy ; upper half of style glabrous. Capsule 1 by ,'; in.—Engl. 
Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 386, and Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 363; Fritsch in Engl. 
& Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B., 151. 
Nile Land ? East Tropical Africa: Taylor! 
Mozamb. Dist. (German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 6300-7000. ft., Johnston, 
157! Volkens, 1295! 
7. S. hirtinervis, (. B. Clarke. Stem hardly any. Leaves 3-9 ; 
blade 4-5 by 2 in., narrowed at the base into a short petiole or some 
rounded and subsessile, toothed on margin, hairy on both surfaces ; 
nerves 15 pairs, those of the lower surface conspicuously shaggy with 
glistening white or brownish hair. Peduncles 3-4 in. long, hairy, many 
of the hairs gland-tipped ; cyme compound rather dense; bracts very 
small; pedicels in flower } in. long. Calyx-lobes 4-} in. long, oblong- 
linear, hairy; tip eglandular. Corolla 3-1 in. long, violet-blue (from 
the dried example); tube} in. long, cylindric, curved, slightly dilated 
at the top. Filaments glabrous, not dilated, Ovary very hairy ; style 
hairy nearly to the top. Capsule seen very immature. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Mlanji, 7000-- 
9000 ft., Purves, 91! Mount Malosa, 6000-10,000 ft., Whyte ! 
This species is closely allied to the South African S. parviflora, E. Meyer. 
8. S. caulescens, Vatke in Linnea, xliii. 323, Stem 8-12 im: 
long. Leaves (blade) 24 by 1} in.; base rounded, narrowed or unequal ; 
tip triangular, obtuse; margin subentire; nerves 10 pairs; both sur- 
faces hairy; petiole 1 in. long. Peduncles axillary, 33 in. long, carrying 
@ panicled ebracteolate loose cyme; pedicels nearly glabrous, in fruit 
4-4 in. long. Calyx scarcely } in. long, purplish in the dried plant ; 
lobes elliptic-oblong, subobtuse, sparsely hairy, without a gland at the 
tip. Corolla 2 in. in total length, deep purple-blue in the dried plant ; 
tube } in. long, cylindric; two lobes of limb very unequal. Filaments 
hardly dilated, glabrous. Ovary and style glabrous or very nearly so. 
Capsule 1} by !; in.—Engl. in Engl. Pil. Ost-Afr. C 363; not of C. B. 
Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. nor of Hook. f. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Teita, ex Engler. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara, Holst, 3387 ! Buchwald, 
878! British Central Africa: Shire Valley, ex. Engler. 
was the first species known of this group, collected in 
S. caulescens, Vatke, of 1 
istinguish it among the numerous 
Teita ; and Vatke’s description is insufficient to d 
