THE MONOCOTYLEDONES 



1995 



plant with spikes of conspicuous yellow flowers which secrete 

 no nectar. 



Asphodeleoe. Rootstock a short rhizome, leaves in short basal 

 clusters, or, if on the stem, often reduced. Inflorescence racemose 

 or paniculate, sometimes much elongated. Perianth segments 

 mostly free. Stamens six. Ovary trilocular, fruit a loculicidal 

 capsule. Erenmrus (Fig. 1926), Anthericum, Eremucrinum, 

 ChlorophyUitn, Dasystachys, Asphodelus, Paradisia. Several 

 genera are cultivated in gardens, especially Eremunis, Asphodeline 

 and Asphodelus (Fig. 1927). 



Kniphofieae. Rootstock a rhizome, leaves radical, linear but not 

 fleshy. Flowers in terminal racemes or spikes, often pendulous. 

 Perianth segments often united into a tube. Stamens six, 

 hypogynous. Ovary trilocular. Fruit a loculicidal or septifragal 

 capsule. 



The only important genus in this tribe is Kniphofia (Fig. 1928), 



Fig. 1928. — Kniphofia mtlpini. Plants with inflorescences. Cambridge Botanic Cjarcien. 



which contains some twenty-five species from South and East 

 Africa. Several are cultivated in gardens under the name of Red- 

 hot Pokers. Bees sometimes force their way into the flowers 

 and are unable to return. 

 HemerocaUideae. Rootstock a rhizome which may be bulblike. 

 Leaves all basal. Flowers usually racemose or paniculate. 



