Dxscr. A small herb, with the habit of Streptocarpus. Root 
perennial (?), rather slender and fibrous (annual in appearance). 
Leaf solitary, radical, four inches to a span long, spreading 
on the ground, with the apex recurved, linear-oblong, cordate 
at the base, very shortly petioled, strigose with scattered hairs 
on both surfaces, but chiefly above; nerves transverse, pa- 
rallel, very numerous, upper surface lurid green, lower glau- 
cous. Panicles short, one to two inches high, sessile on the 
costa at the base of the leaf as in Streptocarpus, the peduncles 
being adnate with the costa, flowering in succession, those 
nearest the base of the leaf first ; dranches terete, spreading, and 
flowers covered with glandular hairs. Pedice/s a quarter to half 
an inch long. Mowers half to three-quarters of an inch long. 
Calyx of five equal linear oblong or lanceolate lobes, one-fourth 
to one-fifth as long as the corolla. Coro//a with a curved some- 
what inflated ¢ude, and very short spreading five-lobed limé. 
Stamens four, included, sometimes only two are perfect; fi/aments 
seated about the middle of the tube, thickened in the middle, 
the two lower pairs forked at the apex, one branch being an- 
theriferous, the other is spiniform. Az¢hers transversely oblong, 
obscurely cohering over the stigma, two-celled; the ced/s con- 
fluent ; the fifth rudimentary stamen is variable in form and 
size. Disk variable, cup-shaped and four-lobed or unilateral. 
Ovary ovoid, two-celled, with a slender pubescent style; s¢igma 
obscurely two-lobed. Placente with ovula on both surfaces. 
Capsule ? (immature) about one-third longer than the calyx, 
ovoid, acuminate, with a rather pulpy epicarp. Seeds extremely 
numerous, spreading and ascending, with fwaicles rather long 
and slender.—/. D. H. 
Vig. 1. Flower. 2. Corolla laid open. 3. One of the longer stamens. 4. 
Ovary. 5. Transverse section of ditto :—all magnified. 
