284 Litiacew (Baker). [ Kniphofia. 
keeled, scabrous on the margin; peduncle stout, stiffly erect, as long 
as the leaves ; raceme very dense, 4-6 in. long, 2} in. diam. ; pedicels 
very short ; bracts obtuse, }- in. long ; perianth cylindrical, 1{-14 in. 
long, 2 in. diam. at the throat; segments ovate, obtuse, 7, in. long; 
stamens finally just exserted. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 363; 
Bot. Mag. t. 6116; Journ. Bot. 1885, 280. Tritoma Rooperi, 
Moore in Gard. Comp. i. 116, with figure. 
Coast Reaion: British Kaffraria, Rooper! 
29. K. longicollis (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1893, xiii. 682) ; leaves 
ensiform, bright green, acutely keeled, 2 feet long, an inch broad at 
the base, tapering gradually to the point, smooth on the edges; 
peduncle terete, slender, 1} ft. long; raceme dense, short, oblong ; 
pedicels very short ; bracts ovate, scariose, 4 in. long ; perianth sub- 
cylindrical, 11-13 in. long, lemon-yellow, tinged orange-yellow when 
young, 2 in. diam. at the throat, constricted above the ovary ; lobes 
small, ovate; stamens and style finally just shortly exserted. 
Eastern Reeion: Natal, Hort. Leichtlin, 1893! 
30. K. Burchellii (Kunth, Enum. iv. 552); leaves ensiform- 
acuminate, bright green, moderately firm in texture, 2-3 ft. long, 
4-2 in. broad low down, acutely keeled, smooth on the margin, with 
15-20 ribs on each side of the midrib ; peduncle stout, 3 ft. long ; 
raceme dense, 3-1 ft. long, 2 in. diam.; pedicels 3} in. long; 
bracts oblong-lanceolate, } in. long ; perianth subcylindrical, 13-1} in. 
long, 4 in. diam. at the throat, bright yellow, much tinged with red 
when young; segments ovate, as long as broad; stamens finally — 
just exserted. Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xi. 363, excl. syn. ; Journ. 
Bot. 1885, 280. Tritoma Burchellii, Herb. in Bot. Reg. t. 1745. 
Sourn Argica: without locality, Thunberg! Burchell! 
31. K. caulescens (Baker ex Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5946) ; 
caulescent, with a thick stem }~1 ft. long below the rosette of leaves ; 
leaves ensiform-acuminate, 2-3 ft. long, 2-3 in. broad low down, 
very glaucous, not acutely keeled, with a distinctly serrulate margin ; 
peduncle stout, 3 ft. long ; raceme very dense, 4—6 in. long, 2-23 in. 
diam. ; pedicels 3-} in. long ; bracts obtuse ; perianth an inch long, 
2 in, diam. at the throat ; segments broad ovate, obtuse, +, in. long ; 
stamens and style exserted half an inch, Journ, Bot. 1885, 281. 
Tritoma caulescens, Rev. Hort. 1887, 132, fig. 28. 
CenTRAL Recion: Wodehouse Div.; on the Storm Bergen, Cooper! 
Only known from cultivated plants, introduced by.Mr. T. Cooper about 1860. 
32. K. Northia (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1889, 43); stem shortly 
produced, 2-3 in. diam. ; leaves 30-40 in a dense rosette, lanceo- 
late-acuminate, broadly channelled down the face, not acutely 
keeled on the back, 4-5 ft. long, 5-6 in. broad low down, tapering 
gradually to a long point, the margin distinctly serrulate, the inner 
