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STREPTOCARPUS 



polydntlia, Hook. Hairy: as compared with -S. Sauit- 

 dersii, the 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. 



G41pini, 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. 7230. G.C. 111. ll:139.-Named 

 for Ernest E. Galpin, who discovered the plant. 



Wtodlandii, Damman. Fig. 2433. Hairy, usually 

 bearing a rosette of very small Ivs. at the base of the 

 radical one: leaf broad, often becoming 24 x30 in., some- 

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

 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 Fig. 2433). G.C. III. 22:275. Gn. 45, p. 511; 

 50, p. 394. .J.H. III. 28:223. -Probably the finest species 

 yet introduced. 



BB. Leaves several, rising from the crown. 



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

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

 eral, 3-8 in. tall, 1-fid. or rarely 2-fld. : fls. 2 in. long, 

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

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

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



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

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

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

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

 rolla-tube about 3i in. long and purplish and curved, 

 the spreading broad limb nearly white and with orbicu- 

 Jar lobes. Cape. B.M. 7036. 



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2435 Streptocarpus Kewensis (X i 



ke \ \ eie t md elongate oblong fls 

 u 11 ilh f w 1 \ Uowish the coioUa lobes 

 I tl 1 il 1 1 tn ly broader Transvaal 

 BM 6636 (a "^ i i H M - 1 erhaps only a form of 

 5 paiiifloia II l« I IS were confused until 

 separated by CUil v in Ibbo It appears that this plant 

 rather than the true 6 pariiflora was one of the par 

 ents of the hybrid S Watsoni (see W Watson G F 3 

 p. 609). 



AA. Streptocarpus hybrids, of garden origin. (For col- 

 ored pictures of modern hybrid types, see Gn. 

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



STREPTOSOLEN 



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

 large dimensions as in S. Viinnii; flower-stems numer- 

 ous, and 6-8-fld., forming a tolerably compact mass of 

 fls.; corolla about 2 in. long and 1M-1>2 in. in diam., of 

 a bright mauve-purple, striped with dark brownish pur- 

 ple in the throat." N. E. Brown. G. C. III. 2:247. I.H. 

 38:133. 



Witaoni (5. lidea x pollen of S. Dnnnii). "The sin- 

 gle leaf is similar to but rather smaller than that of 6'. 

 Kewensis. It is exceedingly floriferous, having' numer- 

 ous flower-stems, bearing 10-16 fls. al"iiit 1', in. long 

 and 1 in. in diam., of a bright rost-]inrplr, « iih a wliite 

 throat striped with brownish purplf. " y. l\ . J>roicn. 

 G.C. III. 2:21.-. I.n. 38:I34.-One o( the tinest of gar- 

 den forms. Sail! !<• !)<;■ sterile with its own pollen. 



DJeri(N. IVnnll.ni.li! \ S. Dminii). Leaf single, 2 ft. 

 long and l.'i in. wide, ulive-green above and vinous pur- 

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

 bearing luanv long -tubular red -purple flowers. G.P. 

 8:5.— One of W. Watson's hybrids. 



BrJianti {S. BexiixS. polyantha). Fls. larger than 

 those of S. Hexii, 4-0 on each scape, mauve-blue, with 

 whitish yellow throat. 



S. bifldra, Duch., mentioned only'.in horticultural literature, 

 and perhaps a garden form. It is of the S. polyantha type, 

 with several blue fls. — A', hifloro-polydnthus. Duch., is a hy- 

 brid of S. biflora and S. polyantha, with several large light 

 blue fls. F.S. 23:2429.— S. caulescens. Vatke. One of the cau- 

 lescent species, with opposite elliptic-oblong entire hairy Ivs.. 

 the stem swollen, the lis. small (3^ in. across) and pale hlac. 

 Trop. eastern Afr. B.M. 6814.— S. Giirdrai, Hook. Aflied to S. 

 Rexii; scapes several, bearing 2 nodding pale lilac fls., with 

 corolla 2M in. long. S. Afr, B.M. 4862. Y.S.Vi:\2U.—S. Greinii, 

 Hort.. is a hybrid of S. Saundersii X pollen of S. Eexii: 

 dwarfer and more compact than S. Saundersii, the scapes 

 many-fld.: fls. pale lilac-blue. G.C. II. 17:303. Said to have 

 been the first hybrid Streptocarpus. Raised by BIr. Green. 

 Pendall Court, Surrey, England, in the garden of Sir George 

 Macleay.— .S. JTirfcii, Hook, f., is one of the caulescent section, 

 with opposite petiol.ate cordate - ovate subcrenate Ivs., and 

 many-fld. clusters of pale lilac fls., the corolla being about 54 

 m long. Trop. eastern Afr. B.M. 6782.— S. IdchtenstHnensis, 

 Hort HybridofS.WendlandiiXS. Watsoni. Lvs. 2, one pros- 

 trate and the other smaller and erect: fls. numerous, lilac-blue. 

 —S multiflbra. Hort. One of Laing's (England) types, a seed- 

 ling of S. Rexii, with several large bluish purple fls. with 

 darker lines in the throat. G.C. III. 18:211. I.H. 43, p. 67. 



L. H. B. 



STRfiPTOPUS (Greek, twisted stalk; referring to the 

 peduncles). Lilidcece. Twisted Stalk. A genus of 

 3 or 4 species of perennial herbs, from the temperate 

 regions of Eu., Asia and N. Amer. with aspect of Poly- 

 gonatum, from which it differs in having a 3-cleft style 

 and perianth in separate segments. Woodland plants 

 with slender branching stems: lvs. alternate, thin, 

 clasping or sessile, prominently nerved: fls. rather 

 small rose or white, nodding, slender-pediceled ; soli- 

 tary or in pairs in the axils of the leaves : f r. a many- 

 seeded berry. The closely related genus Disporum has 

 terminal flowers, while those of Streptopus are axillary. 

 A. Fls. pttrple or rose. 



rdseus, Michx." Rootstock short, stout: stem 1-2 ft. 

 s. sessile, 2-4 in. long: peduncles less than 1 in. 

 )stly 1-fld.: fls. about % in. long: berry red, 

 '., m tliick. May-Julv. Moist, rich woods in the north- 

 ern states. B.B. 1:433. 



AA. Fls. greenish white. 



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

 ally taller than S. roseus: lvs. clasping, 3-6 in. long: 

 peduncles 1-2 in. long, usually 2-fld.: fls. about }4 in. 

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

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

 BB 1:432. F. W. Barclay. 



STBEPTOSdLEN (Greek, streptos, twisted, solen, 

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

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

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

 pedicellate, in terminal corymbc-i i i i h < ilyx 



tubular-campanulate, shortly 5-cl( 1 1 • l"n- 



gated, widening above, spirally t-n i-i i ' i lU .'i, 



broad; perfect stamens 4. A inuii.ii\|ii. _ mi- tmm 

 the United St.ates of Colombia. 



