Kniphofia.] LiLtacex (Baker). 277 
moderately firm, 2-3 ft. long, 4-3 in. broad, with about 5 veins 
between the thickened midrib and smooth margin; peduncle slender, 
3 ft. long; raceme dense, 2-3 in. long, 3 in. diam.; pedicels very 
short; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 4 in. long; flowers all whitish ; 
perianth subcylindrical, 4 in. long, 3 in. diam, at the throat; 
stamens finally just exserted. 
Eastern Recion: Natal; Fields Hill, 1500 ft., Wood, 1972! near Boston, 
8000-4000 ft., Wood, 4572! and without precise locality, Buchanan ! 
2. K. parviflora (Kunth, Enum. iv. 553); leaves few, linear, 
subrigid, about a foot long, % in. broad, smooth on the margin; 
peduncle slender, a little overtopping the leaves; raceme dense, 
2-3 in. long; pedicels very short; bracts ovate, acute, 4 in. long; 
flowers yellow ; perianth cylindrical, 4 in. long, not constricted above 
the ovary, } in. diam. at the throat ; segments very short, obtuse; 
stamens finally just exserted ; ovules 4-5 ina cell. Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soe. xi. 361 ; Journ. Bot, 1885, 277. 
EasTEEN Re@ion: Tembuland; Bazeia Mountains, 3500-4000 ft., Baur, 617! 
oo aaigrer between St. John’s River and Umtsikaba River, 1000-2000 ft., 
ge, 
3. K. breviflora (Harv. ex Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xi. 361) ; 
leaves linear, not rigid, 1-12 ft. long, y, in. broad, with about 5 
strong ribs and a scabrous margin ; peduncle slender, terete, as long 
as the leaves; raceme dense, 1-14 in. long; pedicels very short; 
bracts oblong-lanceolate, 4 in. long; flowers all yellow; perianth 
cylindrical, } in. long, J; in. diam. at the throat ; segments ovate, 
porn 3 lin. long ; stamens as long as the perianth; ovules 4—6 in 
ace 
Katanari Recion: Orange Free State, Cooper, 1029! 8294! 
Eastzxn Reaion: Natal; Van Reenens Pass, 5000-6000 ft., Wood, 5606! 
4. K. modesta (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1889, 43); leaves linear, 
rigid, 13 ft. long, ,-} in. broad, acutely keeled on the back ; 
peduncle slender, as long as the leaves; empty bracts lanceolate ; 
raceme dense, subspicate, subsecund, 3-6 in. long ; pedicels very 
short ; bracts lanceolate, 1-} in. long; perianth cylindrical, white, 
3 in. long ; segments ovate; anthers oblong, finally a little exserted. 
Bot. Mag. t. 7293. 
Eastzen Recon : Griqualand East; Mount Currie, near Kokstad, 6000 ft., 
i hee sa ‘Natal ; ieide near Bothas, Wood, 4409! Glencoe, 4000-5000 ft., 
5. K. infundibularis (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1885, 277); leaves 
linear, a foot or more long, 3 in. broad low down, smooth on. the 
margin, with 4-5 fine veins on each side of the raised midrib; 
pedunele slender, terete; raceme dense, 2 in. long, 1 in. diam. ; 
pedicels very short; bracts lanceolate, acute, % in. long ; flowers all 
vellow ; perianth funnel-shaped, } in. long, } lin. diam, at the base, 
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