LAB OeD Ls 
STREPTOCARPUS Saunperstt. 
Mr. Saunders’s Streptocarpus. 
Nat. Ord. CyrTanDRACEZ.—D1anprIA MonocGynta. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 5-partitus, persistens, zequalis. Corolla tubuloso-infundibu- 
liformis, tubo calycem duplo vel multoties superante, fauce ventricosa, limbo 
obliquo 5-lobo subzequali. Stamina 5, anteriora 2 fertilia, antheris glabris 
connatis, loculis divaricatis, swperiora 3 sterilia, tubo omnino adnata, apice tuber-- 
culiformia. Ovarium teres, elongatum, rectum, 1-loculare, fere 4-loculare, pla- 
centis 2, didymis, lamellis conniventibus, dissepimentum spurium formantibus, 
utringue revolutis, margine ovuliferis. Stylus linearis. Stigma bilabiatum, 
lobis reniformibus, inferiore vix majore. Capsula siliqueeformis, teres, apice de- 
pressa, spiraliter torta, loculicide dehiscens, ovarii structuree conformis. Semina 
plurima, minuta, oblonga.—Herbe austro-Africane, acaules, cespitose vel cau- 
lescentes. Folia opposita (vel solitaria). Scapi plurimi, 1(-2- vel pluri)-flori, 
juniores circinatim involuti. Corolle pallide ceruleo-purpurascentes, intus lineis 
purpureis notata. De Cand. 
Srreprocarpus Saundersii ; foliis solitariis amplissimis radicalibus humifusis 
cordatis obtusis grosse serratis velutino-pubescentibus subtus tomentosis ele- 
vato-venosis pulcherrime purpureo-roseis, scapis folio Jongioribus e basi folii 
cost late aggregatis, cymis compositis multifloris, corolla tubo lato ree- 
tiusculo, limbo obliquo bilabiato, labio superiore duplo minore bifido, in- 
feriore 3-fido, lobis obovato-cuneatis. 
For more than two months past this very fine new species of 
Didymocarpus has been in great beauty, and a succession of 
flowers are still appearing ; it is unquestionably the finest of all 
the four species of the genus now known to our gardens. _ Its 
general affinity is with our Streptocarpus polyanthus, figured at 
Tab. 4850 of this work, but the differences are considerable: in 
polyanthus there is a compound, racemose panicle ; the corolla 
has a short, narrow, singularly flexuose tube, much shorter than 
the limb; the leaves are much smaller, of a pale-green colour 
beneath. The great charm of our present plant is in the size, 
the colour of the under side of the foliage, rich purple-rose, less 
deep, indeed, as the leaves advance in age, and the delicate 
greyish-blue colour of the copious flowers, with two purple 
blotches in the faux. Cultivated in a good-sized pot, we can 
JUNE Ist, 1861. 
