Streptocarpus.] xcv. gesnerace^e (baker and clarke). 



505 



Leaves tliinly hairy ; calyx-lobes gland- 

 tipped ....... 



Calyx-lobes lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. 

 Calyx-lobes gland-tipped. Leaves 2-2^ in. 

 long. 

 Leaves everywhere hairy .... 



Nerves of leaves beneath prominent, hairy . 



Calyx-lobes not gland-tipped. Leaves 3-4 in. 



long ....... 



Ovary without hairs, but with many minute gland- 

 headed papilla}. Corolla blue ; tube funnel- 

 shaped, curved ...... 



Ovary when young with few scattered multicellular 

 hairs, early glabrate. Calyx-lobes oblong- 

 linear, gland-tipped. Corolla nearly white . 

 Leaves 1A in. long. Corolla s-f in. long . 



9. S. Holstii. 



Leaves 3—4 in. long. Corolla 

 Capsule, 



\ in. long 

 until fully ripe, 



S. rivularis. 

 S. ovata. 



15. S. glandulosissima. 



14. S. Kirkii. 



S. pallidiflora. 

 S. elongata. 



Ovary densely hairy, 

 densely hairy. 

 Peduncles several- (or many-) flowered. 



Corolla more than 1 in. long ; tube much widened 

 towards the top, curved .... 



Corolla less than ] in. long ; tube subcy limine, 

 nearly straight. 

 Species of East Africa. 



Leaves rounded at the base. 



Calyx-lobes oblong, subacute, gland- 

 tipped ...... 



Calyx-lobes having a linear tip ended by 

 a gland ...... 



Calyx-lobes ovate ; tip triangular without 

 a gland ...... 



Leaves elongate, narrowed at the base 

 Species of West Africa. 



Nerves of leaves 10 pairs ; calyx |— \ in. 

 long ....... 



Nerves of leaves 18 pairs; calyx \-\ in. 



long 



Peduncles l-rlowered ...... 



16. 8. lalsaminoides. 



17. 



;$. Tollcensii. 



18. 



S. ruwenzoriensis 



20. 



S. SmitMi. 



19. 



S.Hnchanani. 



21. 



S. nohilis. 



?,?, 





23. 



S. Saxomm. 



1. S, Mahoni, Hook./. Bot. Mag. t. 7857. Stemless. Leaf (perma- 

 nent cotyledon) 1, subsessile. 15 by 12 in., crenate, hairy on both 

 surfaces; nerves 12 pairs. Peduncles 8-5, hairy, 2-4 in. long ; flowers 

 numerous in a rather close much-branched cyme ; bracts at the divisions 

 J— | in. long, lanceolate or ; pedicels often 1 in. long and upwards, 

 hairy. Calyx-segments ^ in. long, linear, hairy, without a gland at the 

 tip. Corolla f-1 in. long, blue ; tube J in. long, subcylindric, curved ; 

 two lobes of limb very unequal. Filaments hardly dilated, with a very 

 few gland-tipped hairs in the upper part. Ovary and style very hairy. 

 Capsule (not ripe) 1-J- by ^ in., very hairy. 



IMCozasnb. 3>ist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland, cultivated specimen, 

 Malion ! 



