Tas. 7644, 
KNIPHOFIA TUOKI. 
Native of Cape Colony. 
Nat. Ord, Lintace#.—Tribe HemErocaLLes. 
Genus Knienoria, Moench; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 775.) 
Kyirnorta Yuckii; foliis dense rosulatis recurvatis linearibus acuminatis 
viridibus firmis acute carinatis margine serrulatis, pedunculo stricto 
erecto foliis breviore, racemo denso oblongo-cylindrico, floribus omnibus 
deflexis expansis sulphureis in statu juniore rubro tinctis, pedicellis 
brevissimis, bracteis oblongo-lanceolatis scariosis albidis, perianthio 
_ anguste infundibulari supra ovarium leviter constricto, lobis brevibus late 
er staminibus biseriatis omnibus distincte exsertis, stylo staminibus 
ongiore. 
K. Tuckii, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1893, vol. i. p. 68; Fl. Cap, vol. vi. 
p. 278. 
This very distinct species of Kniphofia is a native of 
Colesberg, the central province of Cape Colony, all of 
which is at least four thousand feet above sea-level. It 
is allied most nearly to K. pumila, Kunth. (Aletris pumila, 
Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 764) a species which was early 
introduced into cultivation in this country, but is now lost. 
From this it differs by its more robust habit and broader 
leaves. It was collected for Mr. Max-Leichtlin by Mr. W. 
Tuck about 1892. The Kew plant, from which our draw- 
ing was made, was received from the Cambridge Botanic 
Garden in February, 1897, and flowered for the first time 
in the Temperate House in April, 1898. 
Descr.—Leaves densely tufted, reflexed, linear, acumi- 
nate, above two feet long in cultivation, an inch broad 
low down, green on both surfaces, acutely keeled, firm in 
texture, serrulate on the margin. Peduncle moderately 
stout, stiffly erect, furnished with several erecto-patent 
rudimentary leaves. Raceme oblong-cylindrical, half a foot 
long, very dense ; flowers all deflexed, sulphur-yellow when 
mature, tinged with crimson in an early Stage; pedicels 
very short; bracts oblong-lanceolate, scariose, whitish. 
Perianth narrowly funnel-shaped, above half an inch long, 
slightly constricted above the ovary ; lobes short, broadly 
Marcu Ist, 1899, 
