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STREPTOCAKPUS 



STREPTOSOLEN 



polyantha, H'lok. Hairy: as compared witli S. Saiin- 

 dersii, tbc leaf is smaller and the Us. 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: 

 lis. short and broad, being nearly or quite bell-shaped, 

 the limb broad and subequal, rich mauve, with a white 

 eye. Transvaal. B.M. 72.MO. G.C. III. U :]:t9. -Named 

 for Ernest E. Galpin, who discovered the plant. 



Wfendlandli, Damman. Fig. 2i33. Hairy, usually 

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

 radical one: leaf broad, often becoming 24x:!0 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 ¥\'j:. 24:!:!). I-J.O. HI. 22:275. Gn. 45, p. 511; 

 50, p. :!fl4. .T.H. 111. 28:22:"). -Probably the finest species 

 yet introduceil. 



BB. Li'ares sereralf ri^hifi froin the eroirit. 



Kexii, Lindl. Fig. 24.')4. Hairy: Ivs. ovate-oblong, 

 C-9 in. long, short-stalked, obtuse, crciiatc^: scapes sev- 

 eral, :i-8 in. tall, 1-Hd. or rarely 2-tld.: Hs. 2 in. long, 

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

 spreading limb pale l)lue to piirple. 8. 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, 6-10 in. tall, 

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

 rolla-tube about % in. long and purplish and curved, 

 the spreading broad limb nearly white and with orbicu- 

 lar lobes. Cape. B.M. 7030. 



243j. Streptocarpus Kewensis (X ';;'. 



Idtea, Clarke. Lvs. erect aiid elongate-oblong: fls 

 smaller and usually fewer, yellowish, the corolla-lobes 

 narrower and the tube relatively broader. Transvaal. 

 B.M. 6630 (as S. ■parviflora). — Perhaps only a form of 

 /S. parviflora. The two species were confused until 

 separated by Clarke in 1883. It appears that this plant, 

 riither than the trae A\ prn-riflorn. was one of the par- 

 ents of the hvbrid ,S'. Wutsniii (s.-e W. Watson, (i.F :l 

 p. 609). 



AA. Sfreptocdrpus hybridx, of garden oriiilii. (For col- 

 ored pictures of modern hybrid types, see flu 

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



Kewensis (S. JiexiixpoWnn of S. Dunvii). Fig. 2435. 

 "It has two or three large oblong or elongale-ovato 



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

 large dimensions as in *5. JJuniiii; flower-slems numer- 

 ous, and 0-8-fld., forming a tolerably compact mass of 

 tls. ; corolla about 2 in. long and l-^<t-lM in. in diani., of 

 a bright mauve-purfile, striped with dark Itrownish pur- 

 ple in the throat." N.J^. Bnncii. G. C. ill. 2-247 I H 

 38:133. 



Wdtsoni (S. lutea x pollen of S. Dunnii). "The sin- 

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

 Kf'ivensU. It is exceedingly floriferous, having numer- 

 ous tiower-stems, bearing 10-16 fls. about ll.x in. long 

 and 1 in. in diam., of a bright rose-purple, with a white 

 throat striped with browmish purple." N. E. Brown 

 G.C. III. 2:215. I.H. 38: 134. -One of the finest of gar- 

 den forms. Said to be sterile with its own pollen. 



D^eri (-S. Wendlandii x S. Dunnii}. Leaf single, 2 ft. 

 long and 15 in. wide, olive-green above and vinous pur- 

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

 bearing many long -tubular red-purple flowers. G.F. 

 8:5. — One of W. Watson's hybrids. 



Bruanti {S. BexiixS. poliiavtlui). Pis. larger than 

 those of .S'. JRexU, 4-6 on each scape, mauve-i)lue, with 

 whitish yellow throat. 



S. hiflbra, Dueh., mentioned only in horticultural literature, 

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

 with several lilue tls. — N. biflnro-politdnthus, Duch., is a hy- 

 brid of y. bitiora and S. polyantha, with several large light 

 blue fis. F..S. 23:2420.— .V. cu.uKscc/is, Vatke. One of the cau- 

 lescent species, with opposite elliptic-oblong entire hairj' lvs., 

 the stem swollen, the lis. small iW> in, across) and pale liliic 

 Trop. eastern At'r. B.M. G814.— .S. Gardeni. Hook. Allied to S. 

 Rexii: scapes several, bearing 2 nodding p.ale libac tls., with 

 corolla 2!4 in. long. S. Afr. B.M. 4862. F. S. 12:1214.-,9. Grrfnii, 

 Hort., is a hybrid of S. Sanndersii X pollen of S. Rexii: 

 dwarfer and more compact than S. Saundersii, the scapes 

 many-fid.: fls. pale lilac-blue. G.C. II. 17::!03. Said to have 

 been the first hybrid Streptocarpus. Raised by Mr. Green, 

 Pendall Covirt, Surre.y, England, in the garden of Sir George 

 Macleay.— /S. Kirkli-. Hook, f., is one of the caulescent section, 

 with opposite petiolate cordate-ovate snbcrenate lvs., and 

 many-fid. clusters of pale lilac fis., the corolla being about ^ 

 in. long. Trop. eastern Afr. B.M. Q7S2. ~S. Lichteiistemensis, 

 Hort, Hybrid of S. WendlandiiXS. Watsoni. Lvs. 2, one pros- 

 tiate and the other smaller and erect: fls. numerous, lilae-blae. 

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

 bng of S. Rexii. with several large bluish purple fls. with 

 dlrker Unes in the throiit. G.C, III, 1K:211. I,H. 43,p. 67. 



L. H. B. 



STRfiPTOPTTS (Greek, twisted sfaU-; referring to the 

 peduncles). Litleicete. TwiS'iED Stalk. A genus of 

 -> or 4 species of perennial herbs, from the temperate 

 legions of Eu., Asia and N. Amer. wdth aspect of Poly- 

 gonatum, from which it differs in having a 3-cleft s'.y'le 

 ind perianth in separate segments. Woodland plants 

 \^ ith slender branching stems: lvs. alternate, thin, 

 ( lasping or sessile, prominently nerved: fls. rather 

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

 t iry or in pairs in the axils of the leaves: fr. a many- 

 seeded berry. The closely related genus Disporum has 

 terminal flowers, while tliose of Streptopus are axillary. 



a. Fls. pnrpte or rose. 



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

 high: lvs. sessile. 2-4 in. long: peduncles less than 1 in. 

 1 ng, mostly 1-Hd.: fls. about \ in. long: berry red, 

 ' in. thick.' May-July. Moist, rich woods in the north- 

 ern states. B.B. 1:43:!. 



A\. Fls. areenislt wJiife. 

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

 ally taller than tt. roseus: lvs. clasping, '.i-G in. long: 

 peduncles 1-2 in. long, usually 2-fld.: fls. about /i in. 

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

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

 B.B. 1:432. p^ -vv'. Barclay. 



STEEPT0S6LEN (Greek, streplos, twisted, sahn, 

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

 SolaiK'ire(r. Lvs. on long petioles, ovate, acute at both 

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

 pcdii'fdlate, in terminal corymbose panicles; calyx 

 tubular-campanulate, shortly ,5-cleft; corolla-tube elon- 

 gated, widening above, spirally twisted below; petals 5, 

 broad; perfect stamens 4. A inonotypic genus from 

 the United States of Colombia. 



