Tas. 6716. 
KNIPHOFIA  Letcurnintt. 
Native of Abyssinia. 
Nat. Ord. Lintacrm.—Tribe HEMEROCALLER. 
_ Genus KnrpHoria, Moench; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. ii. p. 775.) 
Kytrnorta Leichtlinii; acaulis, foliis 4-pedalibus patulis linearibus subtriquetris 
obtuse carinatis longe attenuatis lzete viridibus non glaucescentibus, marginibus 
levibus, scapo tereti fusco-viridi sesquipedali, floribus pendulis in spicam 
-densain cylindraceam obtusam confertis, pedicellis 0, bracteis parvis ovato- 
 lanceolatis scariosis, perianthio 3-pollicari pallide aureo-miniato elongato- 
campanulato ore breviter obtuse 6-lobo, tubo supra ovarium vix constricto, 
genitalibus perianthio paullo longioribus. 
K. Leichtlinii, Baker MSS. 
_ The genus Kniphofia has attained a prominent place in 
gardens since the introduction in 1707 of the first species, 
K. Uvaria (see Plate 758, 4816, 6553), and the little 
XK. pumila (Plate 764), introduced in 1774; and it now 
numbers upwards of sixteen species, whilst its geographical 
limits, which were for long supposed to be confined to 
South Africa, have been extended far to the north of the 
tropic in Abyssinia. It cannot be said that the genus has 
grown in beauty as it has in extent, for none of the species 
hitherto cultivated at all compares with the old K. Uvaria 
In size, colour, freedom of growth, or hardiness. _ 
KK. Leichtlinii is a native of Abyssinia, where it was dis- 
overed, and roots sent to the garden of the Grand Duke 
f Baden-Baden by the well-known traveller Schimper. 
The specimen here figured flowered in the Royal Gardens 
in September, 1881, from a plant presented by that 
admirable cultivator, Herr Max Leichtlin, of Baden-Baden. 
As a species it is perhaps nearest to the South African 
K: pumila, — 
Dnscr. Stem none; crown of leaves at the base one to 
oe and a half inch in diameter. Leaves four feet long, 
Spreading all round, about three-quarters of an inch in 
“OcToRER Ist, 1883, 
