﻿444 GESNERACEiE (Clarke). [Streptocarpiis. 



15. S. Rexii (Lindl. in Bot. Eeg. t. 1173); stemless ; leaves 

 several, suberect, 8 by 2 in., oblong, crenate, hairy on both surfaces ; 

 peduncle 4-12 in. long, 2-1 -flowered; calyx-lobes i in. long, 

 narrowly oblong, with many eglandular hairs ; corolla 2 in. long, 

 blue or mauve ; tube 1^ in. long, very narrow but definitely linear- 

 funnel-shaped in the upper half, nearly straight ; lobes a little 

 unequal ; filaments long, little dilated, glabrous except at the very 

 top ; pollen globose ; pistil densely grey hairy with few (or no) 

 gland-tipped hairs ; capsule 3-5|- in. long ; seeds very small, ^ in. 

 long), oblong- ellipsoid, lanceolate at either end, brown. G. Don, Gen. 

 Syst. iv. 658, fig. 72 ; Wight, Illustr. Ind. Bot. ii. t. 159b, fig. 

 1 2 ; Begel, Gartenji. t. 204 {var. hiflora) ; Crocker in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. v. 66, /. 4, figs. 2-3 ; DC. Monogr. Phan. v. 151 ; Nichols. Diet. 

 Gard. iii. M6 ; Fritsch in Engl. ^ Prantl, Pfianzenf. iv. 3B, 151. 

 S. Bexii, var. /3 longifolia, Brcge in Linncea, xx. 195. S. Gardeni, 

 Jlook.f. Bot. Mag. t. 4862; Fl. Ser. t. 1214; Nichols. Diet. Gard. 

 iii. 516 ; G. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. v. 152 ; Fritsch in 

 Engl. 8f Prantl, Pfianzenfam, iv. 3B. 151. S. hifionis, Crocker in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 67, t. 4, figs. 4-7. Didymocarpus Rexii, Bowie 

 ex Hook. Exot. Fl. iii. t. 227 ; Krauss in Flora, 1844, 829 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 3005. Henckelia capensis, A. Braun MS. ex G. B. Clarke, I.e. 



Coast Region : Knjsna Div. ; near the Kearbooms River, Burchell, 5148 ! 

 near Knysiia, Bowie ! Uitenhage Div. ; in woods, Zeyher, 683 ! Albany Div. ; 

 near Grahamstown, Pappe ! Bedford Div.; Kaga Berg, Bolus, Heri. Norm., 

 1335 t 



Kalahari Region : Orange River Colony, Cooper, 1031 ! Transvaal; in 

 wooded kloofs around Barberton, QaVpin, 1314 ! KafRr Creek, Mudd ! 



Eastebn Kegion : Tembuland; between Morley and Umtata River, Drege ! 

 Bazeia, 2000-3000 ft., Sam; 20! Natal; TJmhloti, Wood, 796! Kirkmans 

 Cutting, 1500 ft., Sanderson, 60 ! Roseborough, 4000 ft., Miss Arvistrong ! 

 Enlakamu Bush, Mrs. Clarice ! and without precise locality, Sutherland ! 

 Gerrard, 763 ! Zululand, Gerrard, 667 ! 



This species is easily distinguished by the long narrowly funnel-shaped corolla, 

 combined with the 2-l-flo\vered peduncles. The leaves vary in size greatly, 

 Bouictimes larger, often much smaller than as above described ; the corolla varies 

 but slightly in size. I suppose S. Gardeni, Hook., which I only know from 

 the picture in Bot. Mag. t. 4862, to be a fine garden variety of 8. Rexii. Among 

 the plants referred above to S . Rexii, the most aberrant is Galpin, 1314 ; in this 

 the corolla-tube is only 1 in. long and much widened upwards, while the ripe 

 capsule is only 1^ in. long ; I suppose it to be a high-level form. 



16. S. Fanniniae (Harvey ex C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. 

 V. 150, incl. var. /8) ; stem 1-2 in. long ; stem-leaf one, 15 by 

 3-4 in. long, slightly crenate, sparsely pubescent ; nerves 35 pairs ; 

 peduncle 1 ft. long ; compound cyme dense ; calyx-lobes |-|- in. 

 long, linear, sprinkled with long uniform multicellular hairs ; 

 corolla lovely blue {Mrs. Saunders) ; tube 1 ^ by \ in., cylindric- 

 campanulate slightly widened upwards, a little curved ; filaments 

 hardly dilated, with capitate glandular papillae in the upper half; 

 pollen globose; pistil covered rather thinly by uniform long multi- 

 cellular hairs. 



