510 XCV. GESNERACE.E (BAKER AND CLARKE). [StreptOCarjms . 



Peduncles 4 in. long ; cymes trichotomous, many-flowered ; branches 

 with many hairs, few gland-tipped ; bracts -| in. long, oblong. Calyx 

 A in. long; lobes elliptic, narrow-oblong, gland-bearing at the tip, 

 densely hairy with many-celled hairs, few gland-tipped. Corolla more 

 than 1 in. long ; tube § in. long, funnel-shaped at the top, curved ; limb 

 oblique, violet-blue. Filaments glabrous, winged. Ovary shaggy. 

 Capsule 1 1 in. long, hairy. 



Upper Guinea. Caineroons : Barombi, Preuss, 539 ! 



Var. /3 tenuifolia, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 363. Leaves thinner, up to 5-6 

 by 2 -J- in., acute at the base, sparsely hairy. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Johan Albrechtshohe, 700 ft., Standi, 456. 



17. S. Volkensii, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 153. Stem 1-2 ft. 

 long. Leaves (blade) 2-2 \ by 1 in., elliptic or ovate, rounded at the 

 base, hairy on both surfaces; margin subentire ; nerves 8-10 pairs; 

 petiole \ r-2 in. long. Peduncles 3-4 in. long, 7-1 3-flowered, with many 

 gland-tipped hairs ; pedicels \ in. long, glandular-hairy ; bracts at the 

 divisions y^ in. long. Calyx \ in. long ; lobes oblong, subacute, gland - 

 tipped, and with many gland-tipped hairs. Corolla §— | in. long, blue ; 

 tube \ in. long, subcylindric ; lobes of the limb very unequal. Filaments 

 hardly dilated, glandular near the top. Ovary hairy ; style glabrous. 

 Capsule 2 in. long. — Engl, in Engl. Pn. Ost-Afr. C. 363. Streptocarpi 

 sp., Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 344. 



Wile Land. Kilimanjaro, 6000 ft., Johnston, 104 ! 



Mozamb. Sist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; Marangu, 4800 ft., 

 Volkens, 589 ! 



18. S. ruwenzoriensis, Baker. Stem 8-15 in. long. Upper 

 leaves 2-2^ in. long, elliptic, hairy on both surfaces ; lower leaves 4 in. 

 long, cordate-ovate. Peduncles 3-5 in. long, softly hairy but with few 

 gland-tipped hairs. Calyx -|- in. long ; lobes oblong with a linear tip 

 ending in a gland, with many soft hairs but hardly any gland-tipped. 

 Corolla f in. long, violet-blue. Capsule 2 in. long. Otherwise as S. 

 Volkensii. 



Nile Land. Uganda : Ruwenzori, 6000-7000 ft., Scott- Elliot, 7936 ! 7968 I 

 British East Africa : Taylor ! Doggett ! 



Mozamb. Sist. German East Africa : Usambara; Umba Valley, Smith ! 



This species is closely allied to S. Volkensii, but is remarkable for the linear-tip 

 to the calyx-lobes. The corolla also appears to have a longer tube, and a shorter 

 limb, than that of S. Volkensii. 



19. C. Buchanani, C. B. Clarke. Stems stout. Upper stem- 

 leaves (blade) 4-5 in. long, broadly-lanceolate narrowed at both ends ; 

 nerves 12-15 pairs. Peduncles 5-6 in. long. Calyx-lobes not or 

 obscurely gland-tipped. Corolla a lovely blue (Buchanan). Ovary 

 shaggy ; capsule very hairy, otherwise as S. Volkensii, Engl. — 8. 

 caulescens, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. v. 154, not of Vatke. 



IVEozamb. Sist. Portuguese East Africa : mountains East of Lake Nyasa, 

 Johnson ! British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 410 ! 



