510 XCV. GESNERACE# (BAKER AND CLARKE). [| Streptocarpus. 
Peduncles 4 in. long; cymes trichotomous, many-flowered ; branches 
with many hairs, few gland-tipped; bracts } in. long, oblong. Calyx 
i in. long; lobes elliptic, narrow-oblong, gland-bearing at the tip, 
densely hairy with many-celled hairs, few gland-tipped. Corolla more 
than 1 in. long ; tube 2 in. long, funnel-shaped at the top, curved ; limb 
oblique, violet-blue. Filaments glabrous, winged. Ovary shaggy. 
Capsule 1? in. long, hairy. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Barombi, Preuss, 539! 
Var. 8 tenuifolia, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 363. Leaves thinner, up to 5-6 
by 24 in., acute at the base, sparsely hairy. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Johan Albrechtshéhe, 700 ft., Staudt, 456. 
17. S. Volkensii, Lngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 153. Stem 1-2 ft. 
long. Leaves (blade) 2~2} by 1 in., elliptic or ovate, rounded at the 
base, hairy on both surfaces; margin subentire; nerves 8-10 pairs; 
petiole $-2 in. long. Peduncles 3-4 in. long, 7—13-flowered, with many 
gland-tipped hairs; pedicels } in. long, glandular-hairy ; bracts at the 
divisions ;}; in. long. Calyx 4 in. long; lobes oblong, subacute, gland- 
tipped, and with many gland-tipped hairs. Corolla 3—3 in. long, blue; 
tube = in. long, subcylindric ; lobes of the limb very unequal. Filaments 
hardly dilated, glandular near the top. Ovary hairy; style glabrous. 
Capsule 2 in. Jong.—Engl. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 363. Streptocarpr 
sp., Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 344. 
Nile Land. Kilimanjaro, 6000 ft., Johnston, 104! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Marangu, 4800 ft., 
Volkens, 589 ! 
18. S. ruwenzoriensis, Baker. Stem 8-15 in. long. Upper 
leaves 2~24 in. long, elliptic, hairy on both surfaces ; lower leaves 4 1n. 
long, cordate-ovate. Peduncles 3-5 in. long, softly hairy but with few 
gland-tipped hairs. Calyx 3 in. long; lobes oblong with a linear tp 
ending in a gland, with many soft hairs but hardly any gland-tipped. 
Corolla } in. long, violet-blue. Capsule 2 in. long. Otherwise as S. 
Volkensii. 
Wile Land. Uganda: Ruwenzori, 6000-7000 {t., Scott-Elliot, 7936! 7968 ! 
British East Africa: Taylor! Doggett ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Umba Valley, Smith! 
This species is closely allied to S. Volkensii, but is remarkable for the linear-tip 
to the calyx-lobes. The corolla also appears to have a longer tube, and a shorter 
limb, than that of S. Volkensii. 
19. ©. Buchanani, (. B. Clarke. Stems stout. Upper stem- 
leaves (blade) 4-5 in. long, broadly-lanceolate narrowed at both ends ; 
nerves 12-15 pairs. Peduncles 5-6 in. long. Calyx-lobes not oF 
obscurely gland-tipped. Corolla a lovely blue (Buchanan). Ovary 
shaggy ; capsule very hairy, otherwise as S. Volkensit, Engl.—‘. 
caulescens, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. v. 154, not of Vatke. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Atrica: mountains East of Lake Nyasa, 
Johnson! British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 410! 
