1746 



STBEPTOCARPUS 



polyintha, Hook. Hairy: as compared with S. Smtn- 

 dersii, tlie leaf is smaller and the fls. bluer and borne 

 in a compound racemose panicle: corolla-tube curved, 

 shorter than the large, wide-spreading toothed pale blue 

 limb. Natal, Orange Colony. B.M. 4850. 



G&Ipini, Hook. f. Hairy: leaf ovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 entire : scapes several to many, glandular-pubescent: 

 fls. short and broad, being nearly or quite bell-shaped, 

 the limb broad and subequal, rich mauve, with a white 

 eye. Transvaal. B.M. 72:!0. G.C. HI. ll:139.-Named 

 for Ernest E. liali.iir, win. .h-.-overed the plant. 



W6ndlandii, lia.nnii.ri. li-. 2433. Hairy, usually 

 beariiiu: ii iMs.ti.' d \rr\ -iniill Ivs. at the base of the 

 radical oiH': l,af l.i-.i^,!. /.li.., I oraing 24x30 in., some- 

 times narrower, rounded at both ends, crenate-nndu- 

 late, red-purple beneath: scapes several, forking, bear- 

 ing paniculate racemes: corolla-tube about 1 in. long, 

 curved, pubescent, the limb large and oblique, with 

 broad entire lobes, the whole effect violet-blue and 

 whitish. Transvaal, Natal. B.M. 7447 (part of which 

 is copied in Pig. 2433). G.C. HI. 22:275. Gn. 45, p5n, 

 50, p. .394. J.H. HI. 28:223. — Probably the finest species 

 yet introduced. 



BB. Leaves several, rising from the crown. 



Rexii, Lindl. Fig. 2434. Hairy: Ivs. ovate-oblong 

 6-9 in. long, short-stalked, obtuse, crenate: scapes sev 

 eral, ,3-8 in. tall, l-f1d. or rarely 2-fld. : fls. 2 in. long 

 2-3 in. wide, the tube downy and nearly white, the 1 irge 

 spreading limb pale blue to purple. S. Afr. B R 

 14:1173. B.M. 3005. L. B.C. 14:1305. 



parviflAra, E. Mey. Soft-hairy all over except the co 

 roUa: Ivs. ovate, obtuse, sessile or nearly .so. crenate, 

 appressed to the ground: scapes several, 6-10 in tall 

 reddish, bearing corymbose racemes: fls. small, the co 

 rolla-tube about % in. long and purplish and curved 

 the spreading broad limb nearly white and with orbicu 

 lar lobes. Cape. B.M. 70 





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STREPTOSOLEN 



bright green leaves, which, however, do not attain such 

 large dimensions as in S. Dinmil: tlowi-r-sicnis numer- 

 ous, and 6-8-fld., forming a i.,i, imMv art mass of 



fls.; corolla about 2 in. Ioiil^ .m : : : i mi <liam., of 



a bright mauve-purple, stni" i i ■ t^wiiishpur- 



ple in the throat." N. E. lli"ir ,. . i,.i 1 1 1 . _' : ■J47. I.H. 

 38:133. 



■Witsoni (S. lutea x pollen of S. Diinnii). "The sin- 

 gle leaf is similar to but rather smaller than that of S. 

 Kewensis. It is exceedingly floriferous, having numer- 

 ous flower-stems, bearing 10-16 fls. about 1 J< in. long 

 and 1 in. in diam., of a bright rose-purple, with a white 

 throat striped with brownish purple." JV. E. Brown. 

 6.C. in. 2:215. I.H. 38:134. -One of the finest of gar- 

 den forms. Said to be sterile with its own pollen. 



Dyeri(S. Wendlandiiy. S.Dunnii). Leaf single, 2 ft. 

 long and 15 in. wide, olive-green above and vinous pur- 

 ple" beneath, soft-hairy : scapes 1-2 ft. or more tall, 

 bearing many long -tubular red-purple flowers. G.F. 

 8-5 -One of W Watson's hybrids 



Brilantl (S BexiixS poli/anfha) Fls. larger than 

 those of "^ Ii jii 4-r ->n each scape, mauve blue, with 

 whitish Mil tl r It 



S bifl ' ' I 1 'inly m horticultural literature 



ind peili II It IS ot the S poly mthi tspe 



with sf\ I !l n pnhianthuft DiKh is a hy 



2435 Streptocarpus 



sepir it I I (I I 

 rathii tl 1 tl tl 1 ' 

 ents of the hj brid i 



ind elongate oblong 

 Ilowish, the corolla-lobes 



flv broader. Transvaal. 



- 1 erhaps only a form of 



s were confused until 



t ippears that this plant, 

 I I I was one of the par- 

 ! (see W Watson, G.F. 3, 



SIrepfocarptcs hybrids, of garden origin. (For col- 

 ored pictures of modern hybrid types, see Gn. 

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

 Kewensis ( .S. 7iV.r/ix pollen of S. Dunnii). Fig. 2435. 



'It ha 



two 



three large oblong or elongate-ovate 



STEfiPTOPUS (Greek, tu isfed ifall referringto the 

 peduncles) ZiliAcete Twisted Stilk \ „enus of 

 3 or 4 species of pcitnnial herbs, from the tempri ite 

 regions ot I ii \ i i mil N Amer with aspect ot Polv 

 gonatuiii li iiiwliiliu liffers in having a 3 cleft s xlo 

 and periiiitli iii | nit. segments Woodland pi ints 



"''''.!",,' ' 'I'l' "i"i~"m'"Ml I ^ l' IK rither 



1 1 dt d Ih 1 1 \ I III I I l\ t I'l porum has 



tiimiual dowels while tl.o e 1 ^u p i t' iie axillaiy 



\ Jf?s puiple 0) lose 



rftseus, Michx Rootstock short stout stem 1-2 ft 



high Ivs sessile 2-4 in long peduncles less th in 1 in 



long mostly 1 fld fls about % in long lirriv red 



K m thick May-luly Moist, rich woods in the north 



;es B B 1 433 



AA. Fls. greenish white. 

 amplexifdiius, DC. Rootstock short, stout: stem usu- 

 ally taller thtm S. roseits: Ivs. clasping, 3-6 in. long: 

 peduncles 1-2 in. long, usually 2-fld.: fls. about K in. 

 long: berry red. May-July. Moist rich woods, north- 

 ern U. S. and Canada south to N. C. and New Mex. 

 B.B. 1:432. P.W.Barclay. 



STREPT0S6LEN (Greek, streptos, twisted, solen, 

 tube, with reference to the form of the corolla- tube). 

 SolnnAcew. Lvs. on long petioles, ovate, acute at both 

 ends, entire, bullate-rugose: fls. rich orange-colored, 

 pedicellate, in terminal corymbose panicles; calyx 

 tubular. ■,iiii|iiiu[. Ill . -Iniitlv 5-cleft; corolla-tube elon- 

 gated, wi. I inially twisted below; petals 5, 

 broad; i" i t. A monotypic genus from 

 theUniteil stai. - i.l ("l.imbia. 



