452 CXL. LILIACEE (BAKER). [ Kniphofia. 
6. K. Leichtlini, Baker ex Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6716. Root- 
fibres many, slender. Leaves many, linear, strongly keeled, reaching 
in cultivation a length of 3-4 ft., } in. broad low down, smooth on the 
edges. Peduncle moderately stout, as long as the leaves. Raceme very 
dense, oblong, 3-4 in. long; pedicels very short, deflexed ; bracts 
lanceolate, acute, 4-1 in. long. Perianth bright yellow, narrowly funnel- 
shaped, 3-3 in. long, 4 in. diam. at the throat ; lobes ovate, very obtuse. 
Stamens and style distinctly exserted. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: cultivated specimens ! 
Introduced into cultivation by Schimper between 1872 and 1876; described 
from living plants cultivated by Leichtlin in 1881. 
Var. distachya, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1884, xxii, 230, is a form with a forked 
peduncle and small accessory lateral raceme. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: cultivated specimens! 
7. K. comosa, Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 31. Rootstock thick and 
short, sending out copious cylindrical root-fibres. Leaves numerous, 
linear, bright green, acutely keeled, 14-2 ft. long in wild specimens, 
4 in. broad low down, twice as long under cultivation, smooth on the 
edges. Peduncle moderately stout, as long as the leaves. Raceme 
very dense, oblong, 3—4 in. long in flower; pedicels very short, deflexed ; 
bracts large, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate. Perianth bright yellow, 
funnel-shaped, 4 in. long, dilated suddenly at the middle; lobes very 
obtuse. Stamens and style twice as long as the perianth ; filaments 
bright red. Capsule globose, } in. diam.—Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 
4; Bot. Mag. t. 6569. K. foliosa, Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 164, 
not of Hochst. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Begemeder ; Gafat, 8300 ft., Schimper, 1145! Jan 
Meda, 8500 ft., Schimper, 1192 ! Somaliland : between Oi and Jaribule, Riva, 642 ! and 
between Biddume and Volghe, Riva, 237! 
8. K. Schimperi, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 4. Relics of old 
leaves split into fine fibres. Produced leaves few, 14 ft. long, $-} in. 
broad above the dilated base, channelled down the face, smooth on the 
margin. Peduncle slender, 13-2 ft. long. Raceme very lax, 4-1 ft. 
long ; pedicels 1-1 in. long, the lower much decurved ` bracts lanceolate, 
4-} in. long. Perianth subcylindrical, curved, pale yellow, 1-13 Vie 
long; lobes small, deltoid. Stamens and style included.—K. elegans, 
Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 162. i 
Nile Land. Eritrea: near Habab, 6000 ft., Hildebrandt, 378. Abyssinia : 
Begemeder ; near Debra Tabor, 8200 ft., on rocks near the banks of streams, 
Schimper, 1200 ! 
A Somaliland plant gathered by Riva (728) in meadows between Surro and Rogono, 
is either this or a near ally. It has closer flowers and a stouter peduncle than the 
Abyssinian plant. I have not seen the leaves. 
9. K. insignis, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1896,131. Leaves Bon 
thin, linear, 2 ft. long, }—Ẹ in. broad low down; midrib plicate; edge 
scabrous. Peduncle rather longer than the leaves. Raceme 10 in. 
