282 LILtACEz (Baker). [Kniphofia. 
distinct veins on each side of the midrib; peduncle slender, not 
longer than the leaves ; raceme very dense, 2-3 in. long, under 2 in. 
diam. ; pedicels very short; bracts oblong-lanceolate, 4-3 in. long; 
flowers pale yellow, or tinged with purple; perianth cylindrical, 
1-1} in. long, 4 in. diam. at the throat; segments broad ovate, as 
broad as long ; stamens and style not exserted. Journ. Bot, 1885, 
279. 
Katanarit Recion: Orange Free State, Cooper, 3207! 3203! 
23. K. decaphlebia (Baker in Engl. Jahrb. xv. Beibl. 35, 6); 
leaves many, linear, 3 ft. long, + in. broad low down, tapering 
gradually to a long point, with about 5 strong ribs on each side 
between the prominent midrib and recurved smooth margin ; 
peduncle slender, nearly as long as the leaves ; raceme dense, oblong, 
3-4 in. long; flowers bright yellow, the lower only deflexed ; 
pedicels very short; bracts oblong, } in. long, white, with a brown 
keel ; perianth an inch long, ~; in. diam. at the base, 2 in. at the 
throat ; lobes suborbicular~ stamens not exserted ; style finally just 
exserted. 
Eastern Rucion: Pondoland, Bachmann, 280! 
24. K. linearifolia (Baker in Engl. Jahrb. xv. Beibl. 35, 5); 
leaves many, linear, moderately firm, strongly and closely ribbed, 
above 2 ft. long, 4-} in. broad, tapering gradually to a long point, 
obscurely serrulate; peduncle long, slender; raceme very dense ; 
axis 2-3 in. long; upper flowers ascending, lower deflexed; pedicels 
very short; bracts oblong, obtuse, } in. long, white with a brown 
keel ; perianth an inch long, 4 in. diam. low down, } in. at the 
throat ; lobes small, ovate; stamens exserted, the longer } in. 
beyond the tip of the perianth. 
Eastern ReEGion: Pondoland, Bachmann, 279! 
25. K. drepanophylla (Baker in Engl. Jahrb. xv. Beibl. 35, 5); 
root-fibres cylindrical, fleshy; leaves few, lanceolate, falcate, thin, 
finely veined, 3 ft. long, }-1 in. broad low down, obscurely serrated ; 
peduncle a foot long; raceme dense, very short; all the flowers 
deflexed ; pedicels very short; bracts small, oblong ; perianth cylin- 
drical, bright yellow, 13 in. long ; segments oblong ; stamens as long 
as the perianth ; style finally exserted. 
Eastzkn Recion: Pondoland, Bachmann, 281! 
26. K. sarmentosa (Kunth, Enum. iv. 552); leaves ensiform- 
acuminate, 2-3 ft. long, $-1 in. broad low down, glaucous green, 
acutely keeled, with about a dozen ribs on each side of the midrib; 
peduncle stout, as long as the leaves; raceme dense, cylindrical, 
3-1 ft. long, 2 in. diam.; pedicels very short; bracts lanceolate, 
3-4 in. long; perianth cylindrical, 3-1 in. long, under }, in. diam. 
above the ovary, } in. at the throat; segments broad ovate, obtuse, 
