Kniphofia.] LILIAcEz (Baker). 279 
10. K. Tysoni (Baker in Journ. Pot. 1889, 48); leaves linear, 
3-4 ft. long, # in. broad at the base, tapering gradually to a long 
point, acutely keeled on the back ; peduncle as long as the leaves ; 
raceme very dense, 3 ft. long, 2} in. diam.; pedicels very short; 
bracts oblong, obtuse, 2 in. long ; perianth cylindrical, red-yellow, 2 in. 
long, } in. diam. at the throat; segments suborbicular; stamens 
exserted j—} in. 
— REGion: Griqualand East; on the Zuurberg, 4000 ft., Tyson, 
Between K. pumila and K. sarmentosa. 
11. K. foliosa (Hochst. in Flora 1844, 31); acaulescent; leaves 
densely tufted, ensiform, acuminate, acutely keeled, 2~3 feet long, 
13-2 in. broad above the clasping base ; peduncle very stout, as long as 
the leaves; raceme dense, oblong; pedicels very short; bracts 
oblong-lanceolate, the lower } in. long; perianth yellow, cylindrical, 
{-z in. long; lobes small, ovate, obtuse; stamens much exserted. 
Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 4; Bot. Mag.t. 6742. K. quartiniana, 
A, Rich. Fl. Abyss. ii. 323; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 362. 
Karanart Reeton: Transvaal. 
Flowered at Kew, May, 1895, from seeds sent by Mr. R. Loveday from Pretoria. 
Also Abyssinia. 
12. K. pauciflora (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1885, 280); leaves few, 
linear, rigid, firm, 1-14 ft. long, 4-1 in. broad, with 10-15. veins 
and a thickened smooth margin; pedunele slender, terete, 1}-2 ft. 
long ; raceme lax, 2~3 in. long ; pedicels }—} in. long; bracts lanceolate, 
+ in. long; flowers pale yellow; perianth narrowly funnel-shaped, 
in. long, 3 in. diam. at the throat; stamens shortly exserted. 
Bot. Mag. t. 7269. 
Eastzen Recion: Natal; Clairmont, Wood, 1096! and without precise 
locality, Sanderson, 416 ! 
Mr. Dewar has crossed this species with K. Macowani. The hybrid first 
flowered at Kew, Oct., 1893. 
13. K. pumila (Kunth, Enum. iv. 552); leaves linear, 13-2 ft. 
long, 4 in. broad low down, glaucous, acutely keeled, with 10-12 
veins on each side of the midrib; peduncle moderately stout, as long 
as the leaves ; raceme very dense, 3-4 in. long, under 2 in. diam. ; 
pedicels very short; bracts oblong-lanceolate, acute, {-j in. long; 
perianth narrowly funnel-shaped, $2 in. long; } lin. diam. at the 
base, suddenly dilated above the base, in. diam. at the throat ; 
segments ovate, obtuse, 4, in. diam. ; stamens and style exserted 
-4 in.; capsule subglobose, } in. long. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xi. 363; Journ. Bot. 1885, 277. Veltheimia pumila, Willd. Sp. 
- Plant. ii, 182. Aletris pumila, Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 464. Tritoma 
pumila, Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 764. Tritomanthe pumila, Link, 
Enum, i. 333 ; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 631. 
Katanart Region: Bechuanaland ; Kosi Fontein, Burchell, 2554! 
CzentRaL Recion : Colesberg, Shaw ! 
