Kniphofia.| _ LiLtackgz (Baker). 283 
tz in. long; longer stamens and style finally exserted 3-1 in. 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 362; Journ. Bot. 1885, 279. 
Aletris sarmentosa, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 54.  Veltheimia sarmen- 
tosa, Willd. Enum. 380. V. repens, Andr. Recens, 18. V. media, 
Donn. Hort, Cant. edit. ii. 131. Tritoma media, Gawl. in Bot. 
Mag. t. 744; Red. Lil. t. 161; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, ii. 290, 
Tritomanthe media, Link, Enum. i. 333; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. 
Veg. vii. 630. 
SourH Arrica: without locality. 
27. K. alooides (Moench, Meth. 632); leaves ensiform-acuminate, 
slightly glaucous, moderately firm in texture, 2-3 ft. long, $-1 in. 
broad low down, scabrous on the margin, acutely keeled, with 30-40 
close vertical veins; peduncle as long as the leaves, 4-2 in, diam. 
low down ; raceme dense, often } ft. long, 23-3 in. diam.; pedicels 
tz-4 in. long; bracts ovate, obtuse, 3 in. long; upper flowers bright 
searlet, lower yellow; perianth eylindrical, 14-14 in. long, 4 in, 
diam, at the throat; segments ovate, obtuse, #; in. long and broad ; 
style and sometimes also the stamens just exserted in the lower 
flowers ; ovules 12-15 in a cell ; capsule ovoid, }-3 in. long. Kunth, 
Enum. iv. 551; Flore des Serres, t. 1393; Baker in Journ, Linn. 
Soc. xi. 364; Journ. Bot. 1885, 279. K. Uvaria, Hook, in Bot. 
| Mag. t, 4816. Aloe Uvaria, Linn. Sp. Plant. 323. Aletris 
Uvaria, Linn. Mant. alt.368. Tritoma Uvaria, Gawl. in Bot. Mag. 
t. 758; Red. Lil. t. 291. Veltheimia Uvaria, Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 
or Jacq. Fragm. 7, t. 4, fig. 1. V. speciosa, Roth, Nov. Sp. 
Var. maxima (Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6553); taller than the type, with leaves 
4-5 ft. long, an inch broad at the base; raceme longer; flowers larger. Tritoma 
grandiflora, Hort. T. Saundersi, Carriere in Rev. Hort. 1882, 504, with coloured 
ure, 
VaR. nobilis (Baker); a still more robust form, with peduncle, including the 
1-1} ft. raceme, sometimes 6-7 ft. long; flowers 1} in. long. Tritoma nobilis, 
Guillon in Rev. Hort, 1882, 24; 1885, 252, with coloured figure. : i 
Vax. serotina (Hort.); a late-flowering form, with slender perianth 14 in, 
long, and distinctly exserted stamens. 
K. precow, Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 169, is a plant imported by Mr. T. 
Cooper, that on one occasion flowered in summer, and at other times in autumn. 
E. Sandersoni, Hort., is a form with green leaves. Other garden varieties are 
carnosa, glaucescens, and refulyens. 
Coast Recron: Cape Peninsula, between Rondebosch and Hout Bay, below 
1000 ft., Drége ! Uitenhage, Zeyher, 113! Bedford Div. Burke! 
Cenrrat Region: Somerset Div.; Bosch Berg, 4000 ft., MacOwan, 1908 ! 
Graaff Reinet Div. ; Sneeuw Berg Range, 3800-6000 ft., Bolus, 217! Drége! 
Katanari Recion: Orange Free State, Cooper, 3599! Basutoland, Cooper, 
se Transvaal; Saddleback Range, near Barberton, 4000-4600 ft., Galpin, 
! 
Eastern Recion: Natal; Inanda, Wood, 1330! 
28. K. Rooperi (Lemaire, Jard. Fleur. t. 362) ; leaves ensiform- 
acuminate, 4 ft. long, 14 in. broad low down, dull green, acutely 
