Streptocarpus.] xcv. gesnerace^e (baker and clarke). 509 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; Marangu, T'olkens, 

 1006 ! and without precise locality (cultivated at Kew), Iiannington ! 



This differs from the rest of the group of S. caulescens, Vatke, by the sparsely 

 hairy ovary and the white corolla. 



13. S. elongata, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 76, tt. 4-5, fig. A. 

 Rhizome horizontal (Engler). Stem 18 in. long, erect, internocles long. 

 Leaves (blade) 2£- 5 in. long, ovate or elliptic, rounded or unequal at the 

 base, thin, sparsely hairy on both surfaces ; margins nearly entire ; 

 nerves 10 pairs ; petioles 1-4 in. long; uppermost leaves approximate, 

 subsessile. Peduncles 2 in. long, with gland-tipped hairs, often 2-3 

 times divided; ultimate pedicels J— §- in. long; bracts at the divisions 

 i in. long, elliptic. Calyx -|— -L- in. long; lobes oblong-linear, gland- 

 tipped, sparsely hairy or glabrate. Corolla 4 in. long, white ; tube 

 narrowly funnel-shaped. Filaments glabrous, slightly dilated. Ovary 

 (young) and style thinly hairy with many-celled hairs. Capsule 2 by T \r 

 in., early glabrate. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroous : Buea, 3300 ft., Pretcss, 1010 ! 



14. S. Kirkii, Rook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 6782. Stem erect, 4£ in. 

 high, excluding peduncles. Leaves (blade) 1|- in. long, elliptic, rounded 

 at either end, crenulate, somewhat hairy on both surfaces ; nerves 6 

 pairs ; petioles \ in. long. Peduncles 3|- in. long, carrying a loose 

 compound cyme ; pedicels \ in. long, nearly glabrate ; bracts hardly \ 

 in. long, linear. Calyx ~ in. long ; lobes oblong, gland-tipped, nearly 

 glabrous. Corolla -J— § in. long, blue ; tube funnel-shaped, curved ; 

 limb very oblique ; lobes not very unequal. Filaments with glandular 

 hairs near the top. Ovary covered with distant minute gland-tipped 

 papilhe; style glabrous. Capsule \\ in. long, glabrous. — Nichols. 

 Diet. Gard. iii. 516. 



Mozamb. Dist. Specimen cultivated at Kew, from Zanzibar, Kirk ! 



15. S. glandulosissima, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 78, tt. 4-5, 

 Jig. E. Stem 20 in. long, weak, very sparsely hairy. Leaves (blade) 



3-4 in. long, elliptic or ovate, rounded at the base, very sparsely hairy 

 on both s urf aces, thin ; nerves 11 pairs; margin subentire ; petioles 

 1-3 in. Peduncle 4 in. long, hairy; cyme-branches densely glandular- 

 hairy; pedicels in flower short. Calyx nearly^ in. long; lobes lanceo- 

 late, acute, without a gland at the tip, with many gland-tipped hairs. 

 Corolla i|— | in. long ; tube cylindric, shorter than the violet limb of 

 two very unequal lobes. Ovary and style glabrous. Capsule 2 in. 

 long (Engler). 



XVXozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Usambara; Mtai, Hoist, 2472 ! 



16. S. balsaminoides, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 77, tt. 4-5, 

 fig. B. Stem 1-2 ft. long. Leaves (blade) 2-3 by l-lj in., ovate or 



elliptic, rounded at the base, uniformly hairy on both surfaces ; nerves 

 15 pairs ; margin minutely crenate-serrate ; petioles f in. long. 



