Tap. 8521. 
STREPTOCARPUS CYANEUS. 
Transvaal. 
GESNERACEAE, Tribe DipYMOCARPEAE. 
Srreptocarrts, Lindl. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 1023. 
Streptocarpus cyaneus, 8. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1905, p. 172; species arcte 
affinis S. Hewii, Lindl., sed scapis semper bifloris, corollae tubo multo 
breviore et colore diverso facile distinguenda. 
Herba perennis, acaulis. Folia plurima, radicalia, prostrata, 6-21 cm. longa, 
1°5-5 cm. lata, subsessilia vel petiolis usque ad 5 cm. longis instructa, 
anguste elongato-oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, obtusa, basi angustata, 
crenata, subbullato-rugosa, rude pubescentia, viridia, subtus pallidiora. 
Scapi erecti, 8-16 cm. longi, biflori, cum pedicellis floribusque extra pilis 
simplicibus et glanduloso-capitatis patulis pubescentes. Pedicelli 7-17 
mm. longi. Sepala 5 mm. longa, linearia, obtusa vel subacuta. Corollae 
tubus 1-7-3 em. longus, anguste infundibuliformis, albus, intra vitta Intea 
ornatus; limbus obliquus inaequaliter 5-lobus ; lobi 7-13 mm. longi, 
10-11 mm. lati, suborbiculares vel suborbiculari-oblongi, colore variabiles 
cyanei vel coeruleo-rosei vel coeruleo-rosei disco loborum superiorum 
cyanei, lobi inferiores venis fusco-rubris ornati. Stumina inclusa; 
filamenta sursum curvata, alba, superne glandulis aureo-brunneis 
conspersa; antherae arcte contiguae, ad stylum infra stigmate adpressae. 
Discus aurantiacus. Ovarium molliter pubescens, viride: stylus albus, 
glanduloso-pubescens ; stigma album, centro excavatum.—N. E, Brown. 
The pleasing Streptocarpus which forms the subject of 
our plate is very closely allied to the well-known S. Leai, 
Lindl., but differs in having the corolla-tube absoluteiy 
much shorter and relatively more dilated at the throat. 
S. cyaneus was first met with in 1891 by Mr. E. E. Galpin 
in wooded kloofs near Barberton, but the specimens on 
which the original description was based were collected in 
1905 by Mr. J. Burtt Davy, who found them growing on 
rocks and tree-trunks in dense shade at Forbes Reef Bush 
in Swaziland. The specimen here figured is one of a 
number raised from seed collected near Barberton by Mr. 
Thorncroft and presented to Kew by Mr. W. E. Ledger 
of Wimbledon. ‘The flowers in this stock of seedlings vary 
in colour from pale lavender or blue to rose-pink or rosy 
mauve; in the latter case the two upper lobes often shade 
into blue in the central area; the three lower lobes have a 
few streaks of red, and a blotch of yellow occurs within the 
OctoseR, 1913. 
