﻿Streptocarpus.] GESNEKACEiE (Clarke). 439 



Calyx. lobes ^ in. long, linear- 



ligulate (11) Dunaii. 



Corolla less than 1 in. long: 

 Peduncles 8-12 in. long : 



Corolla-tube f in. long, a 



little widened at the top... (12) breviflos. 

 Corolla-tube f in. long, 

 cylJndric to the top ... (13) Muddii. 



Peduncles 0-3 in. long (14) pasilla. 



Section 2. liosutAT^.— Leaves 1-4 besides the cotyledon sometimes present, 

 Dasal or nearly so ; the uppermost leaf not spread flat ou the gi-ouud. 



Peduncles 2-1 -flowered (15) Bexii. 



Peduncles 3- to many-flowered : 



Corolla-tube cylindric, nearly straight; limb 

 slightly 1-sided: 



Uppermost leaf 1 ft, long, oblong : 



Corolla-tube J in. broad (16) Fanniniae. 



Corolla-tube J in. broad (17) Woodii, 



Uppermost leaf less than 1 ft. long, elliptic 

 or ovate : 



Leaves thick, shaggy : 



Leaves not decurrent on the 



petiole (18) parvifloitti. 



Leaves attenuated into the 



petiole... (19) lnt«a. 



Leaves thin, sparsely hairy, donbly 



crenate (20) Bolnai. 



Corolla-tube much curved ; limb very oblique : 



Uppermost leaf 10 in. long, oblong ... (21) prolixa. 



Uppermost leaf 6 in. long, elliptic ... (22) hirtiuervis. 



1. S. Daviesii (N. E. Br. MS.) ; leaf 5 by 3| in., ovate-oblong, 

 crenate, hairy ou both surfaces, nerves 22 pairs ; inflorescence 3-6 in. 

 long, many-flowered ; calyx | in. long ; lobes shorter than the tube, 

 triangular, witli many unicellular glandular hairs, 2 lobes broader, 3 

 rather smaller; corolla blue; tube f in. long, linear obscurely 

 widened in the middle ; limb f in. in diam., two lobes considerably 

 smaller ; filaments nearly glabrous ; pollen globose, grains collected 

 in tetrahedra even after expansion of the corolla; ovary densely 

 hairy with short suberect multicellular not gland-tipped hairs ; disc 

 circular, prominent, symmetric. 

 Eastern Eegion : Zululand ; Qudeui Forest, 6000 ft., Davies, 55 1 

 This species by the calyx is distinct from all others. The size of the leaf 

 (cotyledon) is here (as elsewhere) measured from the dried specimen. 



2. S. Galpini (Hook. f. in Journ. Hort. Nov. 1891, 388, fig. 

 76) ; leaf (cotyledon) 8 by 5 in., ovate, subentire, hairy on both 

 surfaces j nerves 20 pairs ; peduncles 2-4 in. long, many-flowered ; 

 pedicels in fruit up to 2\- in. long ; calyx-lobes | m. long, linear- 

 oblong, terminating in an obscure gland, with many multicellular 

 gland-tipped hairs ; corolla blue, 1 in. long, nearly symmetric, wide 

 funnel-shaped from the base; filaments clothed in their upper 

 half by numerous multicellular gland-tipped hairs ; pollen globose ; 

 ovary densely covered by mauy-celled glandular hairs i cap^^ule 



