*Slreptocarpus.~\ xcv. gesnerace^e (baker and clarke). 507 



6. S. montana, Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 344. 

 Stem hardly any. Leaves 3-5 ; blade 6 by 1-3 in., lanceolate or obovate ; 

 attenuate into a petiole |— J in. long, serrate-crenate, hairy on both 

 surfaces; nerves 18 pairs; peduncles several, '4-8 in. long, several- 

 flowered or many- flowered ; bracts at the divisions of cyme £— J in. long, 

 lanceolate, or more often wanting ; pedicels \ in. long, hairy, many of 

 the hairs gland-tipped. Calyx-lobes -g— T V in. long, oblong, hairy, with- 

 out a gland at the tip. Corolla j in. long, mauve ; tube £ in. long, 

 broad, dilated from the base. Filaments glabrous, not dilated. Ovary 

 very hairy ; upper half of style glabrous. Capsule 1 by ~ in. — Engl. 

 Hochgebi'rgsfl. Trop. Afr. 386, and Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 363 ; Fritsch in Engl. 

 ■& Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B., 151. 



Wile Land ? East Tropical Africa : Taylor I 



Kozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 6300-7000 ft., Johnston, 

 157 ! Vol kens, 1295 ! 



7. S. hirtinervis, C. B. Clarke. Stem hardly any. Leaves 3-5 ; 

 blade 4-5 by 2 in., narrowed at the base into a short petiole or some 

 rounded and subsessile, toothed on margin, hairy on both surfaces ; 

 nerves 1 5 pairs, those of the lower surface conspicuously shaggy with 

 glistening white or brownish hair. Peduncles 3-5 in. long, hairy, many 

 of the hairs gland-tipped ; cyme compound rather dense ; bracts very 

 small; pedicels in flower \ in. long. Calyx-lobes \-\ in. long, oblong- 

 linear, hairy ; tip eglandular. Corolla f-1 in. long, violet-blue (from 

 the dried example) ; tube \ in. long, cylindric, curved, slightly dilated 

 at the top. Filaments glabrous, not dilated, Ovary very hairy ; style 

 hairy nearly to the top. Capsule seen very immature. 



IWozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Mian ji, 7000- 

 9000 ft., Purves, 91 ! Mount Malosa, 6000-10,000 ft., Wliyte ! 



This species is closely allied to the South African S. parvijlora, E. Meyer. 



8. S. caulescens, Vatke in Linncea, xliii. 323. Stem 8-12 in. 

 long. Leaves (blade) 2-J- by 1 J in. ; base rounded, narrowed or unequal ; 

 tip triangular, obtuse ; margin subentire; nerves 10 pairs; both sur- 

 faces hairy ; petiole 1 in. long. Peduncles axillary, 3^ in. long, carrying 

 a panicled ebracteolate loose cyme ; pedicels nearly glabrous, in fruit 

 \-\ in. long. Calyx scarcely \ in. long, purplish in the dried plant ; 

 lobes elliptic-oblong, subobtuse, sparsely hairy, without a gland at the 

 tip. Corolla j in. in total length, deep purple-blue in the dried plant ; 

 tube \ in. long, cylindric ; two lobes of limb very unequal. Filaments 

 hardly dilated, glabrous. Ovary and style glabrous or very nearly so. 

 Capsule If by T V in.— Engl, in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C 363 ; not of C. B. 

 Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. nor of Hook. f. 



Nile Land. British East Africa : Teita, ex ILngler. 

 Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Usambara, JTolst, 3387 ! Bitchicald, 

 378 ! British Central Africa: Shire Valley, ex. Engler. 



S. caulescens, Vatke, was the first species known of this group, collected in 

 Teita : and Vatke"s description is insufficient to distinguish it among the numerous 



