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Streptocarpus (To the species described on p)

To the species described on p. 516, Vol. III., the following species and hybrids should now be added:

S. kewensis (Kew). fl., corolla bright mauve-purple, about 2in. long, striped with dark brownish-purple in the throat; stems numerous, six to eight-flowered, forming a tolerably compact mass. Autumn and winter. l. two or three, large, oblong-or elongate-ovate, bright green, not so large as those of S. Dunnii (between which and S. Rexii this plant is a hybrid). 1887. S. lutea (yellow). The correct name of the plant figured in B. M. 6636, and described on p. 516, Vol. III., as S. parviflora.

S. parviflora (small-flowered). fl. pale blue or purplish; calyx somewhat five-parted; corolla tube about 3/4in. long; pedicels twin, distant; peduncles three to ten-flowered. l. dense, ovate or oblong, narrowed at base, sub-sessile, 7in. long, crenate, softly villous, woolly beneath. South Africa. S. Watsoni (Watson's). fl., corolla bright rose-purple, about 1 1/4in. long and 1in. in diameter, the white throat striped with brownish-purple; stems numerous, bearing ten to sixteen flowers. Autumn and winter. l. solitary, similar to, but rather smaller than, that of S. kewensis (between which and S. parviflora this is a hybrid). 1887. (G. C. ser. iii., vol. ii., p. 215.)