3274 



STREPTOCARPUS 



STREPTOCARPUS 



oblique, lobes rotund, the lower yellow-blotched at 

 base. S. Afr. 



Section III. UNIFOLIATI. 



A. Corolla-tube broader than long 7. Galpinii 



AA. Corolla-tube longer than broad. 



B. Fls. rose to reddish 8. Dunnii 



BB. Fls. bluish or purplish. 



c. Tube of corolla linear-cylindrical... 9. polyanthus 

 cc. Tube of corolla more or less 



widened at the mouth. 

 D. Limb of corolla much shorter 



than the tube 10. grandis 



DD. Limb of corolla nearly as long 



as the tube. 



E. Lf. rarely over 1 ft. long: 

 corolla usually less than 1 



in. across 11. Saundersii 



EE. Lf. usually much over 1 ft. 

 long: corolla usually more 

 than 1*4 in. across 12. Wendlandii 



7. Galpinii, Hook. f. Acaulescent: If. solitary, ses- 

 sile, ovate-oblong, obtuse, very entire, base subcordate, 

 silky-villous above, fleshy nerves which are strongly 

 red beneath: scapes several, they and the pedicels 

 densely glandular-pubescent: fls. racemose, on stout 

 erect or spreading pedicels, violet; calyx-segms. linear, 

 obtuse; corolla campanulate, tube slightly incurved, 

 lobes 5, equal, spreading-recurved, orbiculate. Trans- 

 vaal. B.M. 7230. J.H. III. 23:389. G.C. III. 11:139. 



8. Dunnii, Mast. Fig. 3735. Acaulescent, soft glan- 

 dular-pubescent or tomentose: If. solitary, very large, 

 2-3 ft. long, sessile, ovate-oblong, obtuse, margin irreg- 

 ularly lobulate and crenate, bullate between the reticu- 

 late veins, midrib thick and villous beneath : scapes very 

 numerous, clustered, produced serially, stout, 1 ft. or 

 more high, bearing many-fld., secund panicles: fls. 1J^ 

 in. long, pale brick-color to rose, short-pedicelled, in- 

 clined or nodding; calyx-segms. linear-oblong; corolla 

 curved, tubular-funnel-shaped, puberulent, lobes short 

 rotund, ciliolate. S. Afr. B.M. 6903. G.F. 3:609 

 (adapted in Fig. 3735). A plant sometimes produces 

 more than 100 fls. 



9. polyanthus, Hook. Acaulescent: If. solitary, 5-7 

 x 3 in., round or elliptic, obscurely crenate, hairy on 

 both surfaces: scapes 1-3, up to a foot or more high, 

 rather stout, 4-10-fld.: calyx hairy, teeth linear; corolla 

 pale blue, about 1J^ in. across, tube linear-cylindric, 

 curved, limb unequal, the 3-lobed lip much longer than 

 the 2 upper segms. S. Afr. B.M. 4850. Gt. 6:206. 



R.H. 1862, p. 250; 1889, p. 398; 1896, p. 12. Var. 

 grandifldrus, Hort., is a large-fld. form. H.F. II. 1:128. 

 Said to be a garden hybrid. 



10. grandis, N. E. Br. Acaulescent: If. solitary, 

 radical, 2-3^ ft. long, 1-2J4 ft. broad, ovate, base cor- 

 date, crenate, pubescent on both sides; cauline Ivs. 

 none or few, small, ovate, sessile: peduncles several, 



3735. Streptocarpus Dunnii. ( X about 



3736. Streptocarpus Wendlandii. 



t. high, bearing above 2-6 lax racemes, pubes- 

 cent: fls. in 2's, lavender or light blue outside, white 

 within, marked with 2 broad lilac stripes in the throat; 

 corolla-tube about 1 in. long, bent downward, upper 

 lobes pale blue or lavender. Zululand. B.M. 8042. 



11. Saundersii, Hook. Acaulescent: If. solitary, ses- 

 sile, flat on the ground, 14 x 12 in., very broadly elliptic, 

 short-hairy on both surfaces, crenate, yellowish green 

 above, purple-rose beneath: scapes 1-5 from the axil, 

 10-18 in. high, sometimes bearing a small If. near the 

 base; cyme repeatedly divided, 40-80-fld. : calyx-lobes 

 narrow-oblong, hairy; corolla pale blue with purple 

 blotches in the throat, tube somewhat funnel-shaped, a 

 little curved, limb oblique, 2 lobes much shorter. S. 

 Afr. B.M. 5251. F.S. 17:1802. Gt. 24:826. 



12. Wendlandii, Sprenger. Fig. 3736. Acaulescent: 

 If. solitary, attaining a size of 30 x 24 in., crenate, 

 closely hairy, red-purple beneath: scapes several, 

 1-2 Yi ft. high, forked; infl. 6-8 in. long, 30-fld.: calyx- 

 lobes linear, hairy; corolla violet-blue, tube about 1 in. 

 long, slightly curved, limb 1}^ in. across, oblique, lobes 

 broad and entire. S. Afr. B.M. 7447 (part of which is 

 copied in Fig. 3736). G.C. III. 22:275. Gn. 45, p. 511; 

 50, p. 394. J.H. III. 28:223. G. 17:181. One of the 

 finest species in cult. 



Section IV. HYBRID A. 



(For colored pictures of modern hybrid types, see 

 Gn. 29:545; 41:843; 50:1092.) 



13. achimeniflorus, Hort. Acaulescent: Ivs. several, 

 radiating or opposite, rather elliptical, somewhat 

 fleshy, brilliant light green: fl.-st. stiff, most often 1-fld.: 

 fl. as large as a gloxinia, but with the corolla divisions 

 more deeply cleft, and finely dentate, bright lilac tinted 

 with marine blue through pale lilac to pure white, the 

 lower part of the corolla is always striped with deeper 

 color. Possibly a garden hybrid. R.H. 1906, p. 309. 

 Var. albus, Hort., is offered in the trade as a large-fld. 

 white form. Var. giganteus, Hort., is offered as a 

 lavender-blue form. Var. roseus, Hort., is offered as a 

 soft delicate rose form. 



14. Bruantii, Hort. (S. Rexii x S. polyanthus). Lvs. 

 very large, not cordate, very velvety, bright green: 

 scapes up to 14 in. high: fls. about double the size of 



