Kniphofia.} LILIACEE (Baker). 285 
leaves of the rosette growing gradually narrower and shorter; 
peduncle shorter than the leaves, above 1 in. diam.; raceme very 
dense, above a foot long, 3 in. diam.; bracts ovate, dark brown, 
seariose, the upper j in. long; pedicels short ; all the lower flowers 
yellow, only the upper red towards the tip; perianth cylindrical, an 
inch long; segments small, ovate; stamens finally much exserted. 
Gard. Chron. 1891, x. 67; Bot. Mag. t. 7412. 
Coast Reaion: Albany Div.; near Grahamstown. 
Described from a painting by Miss North and a living plant in the Cactus-house 
at Kew, which she brought home. I am informed by Mr. Tidmarsh that it was 
discovered in a wild state by Mr. W. Dugmore. It was flowered by Mr. W. E. 
Gumbleton in County Cork in J uly, 1891, and has done so several times at Kew. 
VI. NOTOSCEPTRUM, Benth. 
Perianth campanulate, divided down nearly to the base ; segments 
oblong, the three outer 3-nerved, the three inner 1-nerved in the keel. 
Stamens 6, hypogynous; filaments rather flattened, as long as the 
perianth ; anthers small, oblong, versatile, dorsifixed, dehiscing in- 
trorsely. Ovary ovoid, 3-celled; ovules several in a cell, superposed ; 
style declinate, longer than the stamens; stigma entire. Fruit 
Own. 
Distris, Two species in Angola. 
Perianth-tube as long as the segments; leavesdry, rigid (1) natalense. 
Perianth-tube almost obsolete ; leaves rather fleshy (2) alooides. 
1. N. natalense (Baker) ; leaves iigid, lanceolate, 1-11 ft. long, 
1 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the base and apex, 
with a thickened serrulate margin; peduncle stout, as long as the 
leaves, with many small empty bracts in the upper part ; spike dense, 
eylindrical, 3 ft. long, § in, diam. ; bracts ovate, scariose, persistent, 
shorter than the flowers; perianth oblong, 3 in. long; segments 
oblong, obtuse, rather shorter than the campanulate tube; stamens 
finally a little exserted. 
Eastrrn Region: Natal; Klip River County, Mrs. K. Saunders in Herb. 
Wood, 3895! 
Nearly allied to the two Angolan species collected by Welwitsch. 
2. N. alooides (Benth. in Gen. Plant. iii. 775); leaves several, 
lorate, 2 ft. long, rather fleshy, reflexing towards the apex ; peduncle 
naked except a few empty bracts, stout, terete, woody, 2-3 ft. long ; 
flowers in a dense cylindrical spike about a foot long, an inch in 
diameter; bracts ovate-cuspidate, scariose, nearly as long as the 
flowers ; perianth 4~4 in. long; tube very short ; outer segments 
ovate-oblong, brownish-yellow ; inner oblong, bright yellow, with a 
1-nerved brown keel ; filaments linear-subulate, 3 in. long 5 anthers 
ts in. long; style finally } in. longer than the perianth. Urginea 
alooides, Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 395. 
