Tas. 4816. 
KNIPHOFIA Uvarta. 
Serrulated-leaved Kniphofia. 
Nat. Ord. AspHoprtn#.—Hezxanpria Monoeynis. 
Gen. Char. Perigonium corollinum, campanulato-cylindricum, limbo brevi, sex- 
dentato. Stamina 6, hypogyna : filamenta exserta, alterna elongata. Ovarium tri- 
loculare. Ovula plurima, biseriata, horizontalia, anatropa. Stylus terminalis, fili- 
formis ; stigma obsolete trilobum. Capsula cartilaginea, ovata, obsolete trigona, — 
trilocularis, septicido-trivalvis. Semina plurima, biseriata, horizontalia (triquetra, — 
fusco-nigra, subtilissime punctulato-scabrata, opaca, arillo membranaceo laxo ru- 
guloso fusco-nigro solubili ad angulos alato-ampliato undique involuta, A¢h.).— 
Herbze Capenses, scapigere ; foliis radicalibus, linearibus, canaliculatis, distichis ; 
floribus spicato-racemosis, nutantibus. Endl. : 
Kwrrnorta Uvaria; foliis longissimis acuminatissimis profunde carinatis sub- 
glaucis margine carinaque precipue minute cartilagineo-serrulatis, spica 
ampla ovato-cylindracea post anthesin inferne insigniter contractis, floribus — 
densissimis deflexis infundibuliformibus limbi lobis modice patentibus, 
staminibus exsertis. — 
Knipnorta aloides. Monch, Meth. p. 631. Kth. Enum. Pl. v. 4. p. 551. - | 
Trrroma Uvaria. Gawler in Bot. Mag. t. 158. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. p. 290. 
| Redouté, Liliac. t. 291 (figure excellent). 
TrrroMaNntHeE Uvaria. Link, Enum. v. 1. p. 833. Roem. et Schult. Syst. Feget. 
Be ile OER caw | 
Atoz Uvaria. Linn. Sp. Pl. p.460. | 
Axerrts Uvaria, Linn. Mant. p. 308. 
VELTHEIMIA Uvaria. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 2. p. 182. 
VELTHEIMIA speciosa. Roth, Nov. Pl. Spec. p. 490. 
Aor Africana, etc. Commelyn, Hort. Med. Amst. v. 2. p. 29. t. 15. 
* Tris uvaria promontorii Bone Spei. Stapel. Theophrast. p. 335.” 
Of late years visitors to the Royal Gardens of Kew have been — 
much struck with the beauty of the flower-spikes of a Kniphofia 
(Zritoma of most authors), planted in several of the beds, and 
producing a most striking effect during the summer months: 
the plant here represented. In reply to the queries respecting = 
its history, Mr. Smith has only to reply, that it 1s always what 
NOVEMBER Ist, 1854. 
