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STREPTOCARPUS* Rexii. 
Cape Streptocarpus. 
DIANDRIA MONOGYNI4. 
Nat. ord. Biawontacrm. § Didymocarpee. 
STREPTOCARPUS. — Calyx pentaphyllus cequalis. Corolla tubu- 
loso-infundibularis, fauce ventricosd, limbo obliquo . 5-lobo, subequali. 
Stamina duo anteriora fertilia, antheris glabris connatis loculis divaricatis ; 
duo superiora sterilia tuberculiformia. Ovariuwm rectum, lineare, teres, 
uniloculare, placentis duabus didymis, lamellis in medio conniventibus dis- 
sepimentum spurium formantibus utrinque revolutis in margine ovuliferis ; 
hine ovarium quasi 4-loculare. Stylus linearis compressus. Stigma bila- 
biatum dilatatum, lobis reniformibus marginatis, inferiore majore. Capsula 
siliquosa, spiraliter torta, structura ovarii, loculicidd dehiscens, polysperma. 
Semina numerosissima, minuta, glabra; matura non vidi. Herba cespi- 
tosa, acaulis. Folia humifusa rugosa. Flores axillares é racemo sessilz 
petiolo adnato prodeuntes. 
Streptocarpus Rexii. 
Didymocarpus Rexii. Hooker, Exotic Flora, t. 227. . 
' . Herba acaulis, perennis, sempervirens, cespitosa. Folia rugosa, ovato- 
oblonga, crenata, 6-9 uncias longa, 3-4 uncias lata, subsessilia, villosa, venis 
subtis crassis prominentibus, pallidis. Pedunculi ex axillis foliorum erecti, 
purpurei, pilost, sex uncias alti, versiis apicem bibracteolatt. Flores in initeo 
penduli, mox cernui, demim post anthesin erecti. Calyx inferus, 5-sepalus, 
pubescens, Corolla 2 uncias longa, infundibularis, recta, pubescens, limbo 
5-lobo obliquo, lobis rotundatis subequalibus, inferioribus medio ad basin 
atropurpureo penicillatis, Stamina duo, inferiora medio tubi inserta, in- 
clusa; filamentis linearibus, apice arcuatis; antheris reniformibus, bilocu- 
laribus, connatis: Stamina duo, superiora, tuberculiformia, Discus parvus, 
hypogynus, annularis, Ovarium teres, subulatum, purpureum, pubescens, 
uniloculare, placentis duabus parietalibus, didymis, conniventibus, utrinque 
revolutis, in margine ovuliferis. Stylus linearis, pubescens, compressus. 
Stigma reniforme, bilabiatum, cucullatum, fimbriatum, labio inferiore majore. 
Capsula erecta, 5 uncias longa, teres, cylindracea, spiraliter torta, structura 
interiore omnind ovarii. Semina minuta, glabra. 
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* From creerris, twisted, and xaeris, fruit. Rexii, according to Dr. 
Hooker, is in compliment to George Rex, Esq., a gentleman upon whose 
lands, at the Knysna, in South Africa, it was discoyered by Mr. Bowie. 
WAOIE, RAY I 
