Tas. 7412. 
KNIPHOFIA Norrarz. 
Native of Cape Colony. 
Nat. Ord. Littacra.—Tribe HemErocaLLeR, 
Genus Kyirnorias, Mench. (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 775.) 
Kyrenorta Northiz; breviter caulescens, foliis 30-40 dense rosulatis lanceo- 
latis acuminatis recurvatis glaucescentibus e basi ad apicem sensim an- 
gustatis, dorso indistincte carmatis margine crebre denticulatis, pedunculo 
valido foliis multo breviore, racemo densissimo oblongo, pedicellis 
brevissimis clavatis, bracteis ovatis navicularibus pedicello longioribus, 
perianthio subcylindrico supra ovarium leviter constricto citrino ante 
anthesin rubro tincto, lobis brevibus obtusis, staminibus longe exsertis, 
stylo staminibus longiore. 
K.N ea Baker in Journ, Bot. 1889, p. 43; in Gard. Chron, 1891, vol. ii. 
p. 66, 
This is the most robust and aloe-like of all the species 
of this favourite genus. From its nearest ally, K. caules- 
cens, Baker (Bot. Mag. tab. 5946) it may be easily distin- 
guished by not having any raised keel on the back of the 
leaf. It was first brought into notice in this country by 
Miss Marianne North, who painted it (see the North Gallery, 
No. 367) and brought home a plant which she presented to 
the Royal Gardens at Kew. Weare informed by Mr. KE. 
Tidmarsh, the Curator of the Botanic Garden at Grahams- 
town, that it was first found in a wild state in the neigh- 
bourhood of that town by Mr. W. Dugmore. It was 
brought to Kew by Miss North in 1883, and flowered for 
the first time in the Succulent House in July, 1889. 
Plants were distributed from Kew, and one of these 
flowered with Mr. W. E. Gumbleton in County Cork in 
1891. For two years a large group of it has been planted 
out in the open air at Kew, on the south side of the 
Orchid House, the plants being only protected in winter 
by a few dry leaves being placed round their collars. 
Under these conditions it grows freely, and this year 
every plant has flowered, so that it may be considered as 
hardy in favourable situations in the south of England 
May Isz, 1895, 
