278 LILIACEZ (Baker). [Kniphofia 
dilated suddenly above the base, about 3 in. diam, at the throat ; 
segments as broad as long ; stamens exserted 3-} in. 
Sours Arrica: without locality. 
Described from a specimen at Kew from the herbarium of Bishop Goodenough, 
dried from Kew Gardens about 1780. 
6, K. gracilis (Harv. ex Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 362); 
leaves linear, 14-2 ft. long, 3 in. broad, with 5-6 veins between the 
midrib and smooth margin; peduncle as long as the leaves ; raceme 
dense, 2-3 in. long; pedicels very short; bracts ovate, obtuse, 
3-1 in. long; perianth pale yellow, 4—-§ in. long; tube very slender ; 
throat dilated; segments oblong, 4, in. long; style and longer 
stamens exserted, 
Eastern Reaion: Zululand, Gerrard and McKen, 2140! 
7. K. Evansii (Baker); relics of old leaves fibrous; produced 
leaves linear, subcoriaceous, 13 ft. long, ~; in. broad low down, 
with few nerves, thickened entire edges and back not acutely keeled ; 
scape moderately stout, 14-2 ft. long; raceme very dense, oblong, 
2-3 in. long; pedicels 4-2 in. long, the lower cernuous; bracts 
ovate, white, scariose, not longer than the pedicels ; perianth 
cylindrical, } in. long, bright scarlet, drying purplish-black ; lobes 
short, ovate ; stamens and style included. 
Eastern Recion: Natal; on the Drakensberg, 6000-7000 ft., Evans, 353 ! 
Near K. gracilis, Harv, 
8. K. citrina (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1898, xiv. 552); leaves 
many to a stem, linear, moderately firm, green, 14-2 ft. long, 3 in. 
broad low down, triquetrous on the back and acutely channelled 
down the face, slightly scabrous on the edge; peduncle slender, 
shorter than the leaves; raceme oblong, dense, 2-3 in. long; 
pedicels very short ; bracts oblong-lanceolate, 1 in. long; perianth 
subcylindrical, pale yellow, 9-10 lines long, 3 in. diam. at the throat ; 
lobes small, ovate ; stamens and style much exserted. 
Coasr Rrcron 1 Albany Div.; mountains north of Grahamstown, Hort. 
n, 
Introduced in 1898. 
9. K. Tuckii (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1893, xiii. 68); leaves 
ensiform, bright green, 1-14 ft. long, 3 in. broad low down, tapering 
gradually to the apex; edges distinctly serrated; peduncle 
moderately stout, shorter than the leaves; raceme very dense, 
oblong-eylindrical, 5-6 in. long, 12 in. diam.; flowers all deflexed, 
yellow, tinged with bright red when young; pedicels very shor}; 
bracts oblong-lanceolate, scariose, } in. long; perianth subcylindrical, 
§ in. long ; tube y, in. diam. low down, 1 in. at the throat ; lobes 
short, ovate, obtuse ; stamens shortly exserted. 
CuntRaL Region : Colesberg Div., Tuck / 
a from a living specimen sent by Mr. Tuck to Mr. Max Leichtlin in 
