. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 2433. Streptocarpus ^Vendlandii {XVs). of these plants seems to have been the introduction of S. Dunnii, said by J. D. Hooker to be "quite the mon- arch of its beautiful genus" (but now excelled by S. Wendland'ii). Seeds of this species were sent to Kew in 1884 by E. G. Dunn, of Cape Town. It is one o
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 2433. Streptocarpus ^Vendlandii {XVs). of these plants seems to have been the introduction of S. Dunnii, said by J. D. Hooker to be "quite the mon- arch of its beautiful genus" (but now excelled by S. Wendland'ii). Seeds of this species were sent to Kew in 1884 by E. G. Dunn, of Cape Town. It is one of the monophyllous section to which S. poJyantha belongs. In the meantime, S. parviflora, a species allied to S* Sexii, had been introduced from the Cape region. With the three species, S. Jfexil, S. parviflora and S. Dunnii, W. Watson, of the Royal Gardens, Kew, set to work systematically to breed a new race of Streptocarpus, and his efforts met with unqiialified success. When the hybrids came to notice in 1887, the Gardener's Chroni- cle made the following comment on the value of the work: " The resiilts are very striking, and we can hardly doubt that Mr. Watson has set the foimdation of a new race of plants, parallel in importance to the Achimenes and ; Several hybrid races have now been pro- duced and several interesting species have been intro- duced from the wild, so that Streptocarpus seems to be destined to become a very important and popular garden genus. Bentham and Hooker's treatment divides the Gesnera- cese into two great tribes: Gesnerese, with ovary more or less inferior and fruit a capsule; Cyrtandreae, with ovary superior and fruit sometimes a berry. The latter tribe, the species of which have been monographed by C. B. Clarke in vol. 5 of DeCandolle's "Monographiae Phanerogamarum," contains the genera Streptocar- pus, Episcea, Cyrtandra, ^schynanthus, Ramonda, and others. The Streptocarpuses are stemless or nearly stemless herbs, bea
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