Tas. 7269. 
KNIPHOFIA pavcirtora. 
Native of Natal. 
Nat. Ord. Lit1acrz.—Tribe HEMEROCALLES. 
Genus Kniruoria, Moench. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 775.) 
Knirnorta pauciflora; fibris radicalibus gracilibus, foliis paucis linearibus 
firmulis viridibus pedalibus vel sesquipedalibus utrinque acute carinatis 
margine levibus, pedunculo erecto gracili foliis zquilongo, racemo laxo 
paucifloro, pedicellis brevibus apice articulatis, bracteis lanceolatis 
scariosis pedicellis equilongis, perianthio anguste infundibulayi_pallide 
citrino, lobis brevibus ovatis obtusis, genitalibus omnibus demum distincte 
exsertis. ; 
K. pauciflora, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 280; et in Gard. Chron. 1889, 
vol. ii. p. 65, fig. 10. 
Of late years the number of known species of Kniphofia 
has increased very rapidly. In 1842, when Kunth mono- 
graphed them in the fourth volume of his “ Enumeratio 
Plantarum,” only seven species were known, and now they 
have increased to forty. They occur, not only outside the 
tropic in Cape Colony and Natal, but there are endemic 
types in the mountains of Madagascar, Angola, Abyssinia, 
and Zambesi-land. The present plant is readily distin- 
ished by its slender habit, narrow leaves, lax racemes 
and pale yellow flowers. It was first gathered in 1860 by 
Mr. Sanderson, and was refound two years ago and intro- 
duced into cultivation by Mr. J. Medley Wood, A.L.S., 
the energetic Superintendent of the Botanic Garden at 
Durban. So far it has been grown at Kew under cover, 
and has been irregular in its time of flowering. This year 
it opened out first in March and flowered again in July. 
Tt is doubtful whether it will prove hardy, but it is very 
ornamental in a small pot in a cool conservatory. Our 
drawing was made from a specimen that flowered in sum- 
mer in the herbaceous department of the Royal Gardens. 
Descr. Root-fibres slender. Leaves few to a tuft, linear, 
green, firm, a foot or a foot and a half long at the flower- 
ing time, tapering gradually to the point, acutely keeled 
on both surfaces, not at all serrated on the margins. 
DeEcEMBER lst, 1892. 
