280 Linacez (Baker). [Kniphofia. 
14 K. ensifolia (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1885, 278); leaves 
ensiform, very acuminate, moderately firm in texture, 3 ft. long, 
1-11 in. broad at the base, seabrous on the margin, with about 20 
veins on each side of the midrib; peduncle moderately stout ; 
raceme dense; pedicels very short; bracts oblong-lanceolate, j in. 
long ; flowers yellow; perianth funnel-shaped, $-3 in. long, 3 in. 
broad above the ovary, above 3 in. at the throat; segments 
ovate, obtuse, +}; in. long ; stamens and style much exserted. 
Katauari Recion: Transvaal ; Matebe River, Holub, 1530! 
15. K. triangularis (Kunth, Enum. iv. 551); leaves rather rigid, 
narrow linear, ereet, a foot long, »,—3, in. broad, subtriquetrous, 
smooth on the margin; peduncle slender, terete, 1-1} ft. long; 
raceme dense, 1-14 in. long; pedicels very short ; bracts lanceolate, 
1 in. long ; flowers all yellow ; perianth cylindrical, an inch long, ;*, in. 
diam. at the throat; segments ovate-oblong, obtuse, longer than 
broad ; stamens and style not exserted. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xi. 362; Journ. Bot. 1885, 278. 
Ozntrat Rz¢ion: Aliwal North Div. ; on the Witte Bergen, 6000-7000 ft., 
Drege, 3524! 
16. K. Nelsoni (Masters in Gard. Chron. 1892, xi. 554, fig. 83) ; 
old leaves persistent as weak fibres ; produced leaves narrow linear, 
13-2 ft. long, 2, in. broad, with a thick midrib and recurved 
serrulate edges ; peduncle as long as the leaves ; raceme dense, oblong, 
2-3 in. long, all the flowers deflexed when expanded ; pedicels very 
short; bracts lanceolate, } in. long; perianth cylindrical, bright 
scarlet, with sometimes a tinge of orange, 1} in. long, j, in. diam. 
throughout ; lobes small, oblong ; stamens irregularly biserial, much 
shorter than the perianth. 
KataHAri Region: Orange Free State, Nelson! 
37. K. Macowani (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 3); leaves linear, 
erect, rigid, 13-2 ft, long, 4-2 in. broad, with 3-5 veins in each side 
of the midrib, and a thickened scabrous margin ; peduncle slender, 
15-2 ft. long ; raceme very dense, 2—4 in. long, under 2 in. diam ; 
pedicels very short; bracts oblong-lanceolate, acute, 2-3 in. long; 
many upper flowers bright dark red; perianth cylindrical, an inch 
long, $ in. diam. at the throat ; segments ovate, obtuse, 4; in. long; 
stamens not exserted. Bot. Mag. t. 6167; Carriere in Rev. Hort. 
1879, 390, with coloured figure; Baker in Journ. Bot. 1885, 278. 
Tritoma maroccana and rigidissima, Hort. i ; 
ce Swellendam Div.; on the Zwartberg near Swellendam, 
Cxnteat Recion : Somerset Div. ; grassy slopes of Bosch Berg, 45C0-4800 ft., 
MacOwan, 1586' Graaff Reinet Div. ; ; ies Berg, near Graalf 
ace Hone 7005 iv. ; summit of Tandjes Berg, 0 
K. corallina, Hort. (Tritoma corallina (in text coralloides), Rev. Hort. Belg. 
1898, 25, with coloured fi raised by Deleuil of j i brid between 
is ccadeg eat W. =e ath y Deleuil of Marseilles, is a bybri 
