Kniphofia.| CXL. LILIACEZ (BAKER). 451 
2. K. Thomsoni, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 406. Root- 
fibres many, slender. Old leaves breaking up into fine fibres, Produced 
leaves few, linear, 1-2 ft. long, }-} in. broad low down, not strongly 
keeled, smooth on the edges. Peduncle moderately stout, 14-2 ft. 
long. Raceme dense, finally 4-1 ft. long; pedicels short, deflexed ; 
bracts ovate-lanceolate, } in. long. Perianth cylindrical, 1 in. long; 
lobes small, obtuse. Stamens and style not exserted. Capsule globose, 
ZS in. diam.—Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 163. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; at 8000-11,000 ft., 
Thomson ! Johnston, 19! Meyer, 225, Ehlers, 18, above Mumba, 8500 ft., Volkens, 
790! at Morang, and the higher slopes, 5000-10,000 ft., Taylor. Arusha and Kale, 
plains and forests, about 3000 ft., Taylor. 
3. K. Grantii, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 363. Root-fibres 
many, cylindrical. Leaves few, linear, acutely keeled, 1-1} ft. long, 
ZA in. broad low down, smooth on the edges. Peduncle slender, 
as long as the leaves. Raceme dense, 2-3 in. long; pedicels short, 
deflexed ; upper flowers red, lower yellow ; bracts lanceolate, the lower 
ł in. long. Perianth subcylindrical, under 1 in. long, constricted above 
the ovary, 4 in. diam. at the throat; lobes ovate, obtuse. Stamens 
about as long as the perianth. Style finally exserted.—Trans. Linn. 
moe. xxix. 159, t: 100 B. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Swamps in the Mgunda Mkali, 4400 ft., 
0° S. lat., Speke d Grant, 31! 
“The natives collect the flowers for spinach, which is very good, but honey- 
tasting.” 
4. K. longistyla, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1893, 158. Rootstock 
subglobose, with many slender fibres. Leaves numerous, erect, linear, 
14-2 ft. long, 4-4 in. broad low down, not acutely keeled, smooth on 
the edge. Peduncle as long as the leaves. Raceme dense, finally 4 ft. 
long; pedicels very short; bracts oblong, 4 in. long. Perianth cylin- 
drical, nearly 1 in. long; segments small, oblong. Stamens not 
exserted. Style much exserted. Capsule ovoid, } in. diam. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Zomba, amongst 
stones, 6000 ft., Kirk ! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 1482! 
5. K. isoetifolia, Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 30. Root-fibres much 
thickened. Leaves few, flaccid, linear, 6-9 in. long, $ in. diam., 
channelled down the face, rounded on the back, smooth on the margin. 
Peduncle slender, longer than the leaves. Raceme short, dense ; 
pedicels short, curved ; bracts lanceolate, }-} in. long. Perianth cylin- 
drical, 15-18 lin. long, much constricted above the ovary; lobes small, 
deltoid. Stamens not exserted. Style finally exserted.—A. Rich. 
Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 324; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Ægypt. 294; Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 362; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 162. Rudol- 
pho-Roemeria isoétifolia, Steud. ex Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 30. 
Mile Land. Abyssinia: Samen; in mountain meadows, near Enjedcap, 
Schimper, 752! Nofas Motuha, Steudner, 474; and without precise locality Schimper, 
511! 
