Compilation
Streptocarpus ovatus

Caulescent herb, 20–60 cm tall, much-branched, branches usually decumbent. Stems somewhat succulent, subangular, nodes sometimes slightly constricted in dry material, sparsely spreading-pubescent, more densely pubescent at the nodes. Leaves opposite, pairs subequal to unequal; blade broadly ovate to ovate-elliptic, base rounded or obtuse, ± asymmetric, margin entire, apex bluntly acute or subacuminate, ciliate, upper surface sparsely pilose with clearly multicellular hairs, occasionally glabrous, lower surface pilose on the nerves, sparsely pubescent elsewhere; lateral nerves 6–10 pairs; petiole 0.5–3.5 cm long, pubescent with mixed long and short hairs. Inflorescences axillary to the upper leaves, solitary, 2–6-flowered; peduncles 2.5–8(–10) cm long, glabrous except for scattered hairs towards the base; pedicels 8–25 mm long, glabrous or sparsely glandular-pilose, bent at the apex rendering the flowers pendulous; bracts linear, ± 1.5 mm long, pubescent, often early caducous. Calyx lobes purplish, oblong-lanceolate with a blunt green tip, 2–3 mm long, with or without scattered glandular and eglandular hairs. Corolla (18–)20–29 mm long, sparsely glandular-pubescent outside; tube blue-purple, cylindric, 9–12 mm long, slightly swollen at the base, slightly curved and laterally compressed, 3(–3.5) mm deep, papillose on the floor within; limb bilabiate, highly oblique; upper lip of two erect lobes, blue to blue-purple at the margins, white towards the base, rounded, 2–4 mm long, 3–5 mm wide; lower lip protruding, blue to blue-purple except for a white palate with deeper blue flecks towards the edges, 10–15(–20) mm long, lateral lobes rounded or obtuse, 4–6 mm long, 6–9 mm wide, median lobe rounded or with a somewhat truncate apex, narrowed at base, 4.5–6 mm long, 6–9 mm wide, palate strongly upcurved and two-ridged, the mouth closed except for the narrow groove between the palate ridges. Stamens arising from the upper third of the corolla tube, lying flat on tube floor; filaments white, converging, 3–3.5(–5) mm long, glabrous; anthers white, thecae somewhat divergent, 0.5–0.6 mm wide; staminodes minute. Ovary cylindric, 4.5–5.5 mm long, glabrous except for scattered subsessile glands; style white, 3–5 mm long, glabrous; stigma shallowly depressed centrally, ± 0.6 mm wide, papillose. Capsule 30–55 mm long, 1–2 mm diameter, glabrous. Seeds 0.45–0.6 mm long, verruculose.