﻿strep tocar pus.] gesneeace^ (Clarke). 443 



that, in every dried specimen in the herbarium, the spirit (used in poisoning) 

 has dissolved out of every part of this plant an orange stain known in no other 

 Streptocarpus. The ligulate calyx-lobes, the short-limbed corolla, the upright 

 shaggy hairs of the pistil, are exactly alike in 8. Dunnii and in S. Armitagei. 



12. S. breviflos (C. B. Clarke) ; leaf 13 by 9 in., ovate, crenate, 

 hairy on both surfaces ; peduncles stout, 14 in. long ; cyme many- 

 flowered, 8 in. long ; pedicels \~\ in. long ; calyx-lobes -^ in. long, 

 linear with many suberect several-celled white not gland-tipped 

 hairs; corolla | in. long; tube scarcely | in. long, straight, 

 cylindric, somewhat funnel-shaped upwards ; limb somewhat 

 oblique; filaments much dilated, glandular at the top; pollen 

 globose; ovary very densely clothed with short suberect several- 

 celled white not gland-tipped hairs. C. Saundersii, var. breviflos, 

 G. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Fhan. v. 150. 



Kalahari Eegiok : Orange River Colony, Cooper, 2766 ! 



This plant in its large size (and many other points) resembles S. tuhiflos, but 

 has much smaller flowers. 

 Also in Tropical Africa. 



13. S. Muddii (C. B. Clarke) ; leaf 8 by 3i- in., elHptic-oblong, 

 thin, crenate, sparsely hairy on both surfaces ; nerves 20 pairs ; 

 peduncle 8-11 in. long ; cyme 5-14-flowered ; pedicels i-^ in. long; 

 calyx-lobes A_i in. long, oblong-linear, with unequal short several- 

 celled not gland-tipped hairs; corolla f in. long, white with purple 

 spots in the throat (Galpin), cylindric, f in. long, i m. wide, nearly 

 straight, hardly funnel-shaped at the top; limb f in. wide; two 

 lobes somewhat shorter; filaments glabrous, dilated in the middle; 

 pollen globose ; ovary densely clothed with short spreading several- 

 celled not gland-tipped hairs ; young capsule 1^ in. long (will be 

 considerably longer). 



Kalahari Region: Transvaulj Umzeila, JMd /summit of the Saddleback 

 Kange near Barberton, 5O0O ft., Galpin, 822! Lydenberg, \Hlms, 1025! 



14. S. pusiUa (Harvey ex C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogi. Pnan 

 V. 149); leaf up to 6 by 3^ in., elliptic, crenate, hairy on both 

 surfaces; nerves 16-18 pairs ; peduncles 0-3 in. long; cymes 10--0- 

 flowered; pedicels M in. long; calyx-lobes ^V i"- ong, hnear- 

 oblong, with long many-celled gland-tipped hairs ; coro la f m long 

 white (Cooper, Evans); tube i-A in. long cyhndric, sigh y 

 widened at th^ top, nearly straight; limb oblique ; obes slightly 

 unequal; filaments glabrous ; anthers sometimes with very long 

 manVceled not gland-tipped hairs (but these are sometimes nearly 

 wanting); pollen very slightly ellipsoid; ovary with many-celled 

 gland-tipped hairs ; capsule | by yV ^^^ 



Kalahari Region: Orange River Colony, Cooper, 1032! Basutoland, 



"^^Ta™ 'region- Tembnland; near Gat Berg, Baur, 7^28 ! Natal ; Cold- 

 11.ASTERN KEGION. leu jj gtle (an imperfect, doubtful example), 



stream, Eehmann, 6910! near ^>iewi.tt»L ^ _ "^^ ... i.,,_«. 3571 

 Wilms. 2173! near the Drakensberg Oaves, 6000-7000 ft., bvans, dayi 



