278 A SYNOPSIS OF THE CAPE SPECIES OF KNIPHOFIA. 



segments ovate, obtnse, as long as broad. Style and stamens half 

 as long again as the perianth. Capsule globose, ^ in. diam. — 

 Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 552. Veltheimia pumila Willd. Sp. 

 Plant, ii. 182. Aletris jmmila Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 464. Tritmna 

 pumild Cxawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 764. Tritomanthe pumila Link. Euum. 

 i. 33; Eoeni. et Schultes Syst. vii. 631. 



Hab. Central and Southern Provinces, northward as far as 

 Colesberg and Bechuana-land, Burchell 2554 ! Shaw ! 



7. K. ensifolia Baker. — Leaves ensiform, very acuminate, 

 moderately firm in texture, 3 ft. long, 1-1^1^ in. broad at the base, 

 tapering very gradually to the apex; veins numerous, fine, im- 

 mersed ; margin smooth. Peduncle moderately stout. Raceme 

 dense, 3 in. long; pedicels very short; bracts ovate-oblong, \-^ in. 

 long. Flowers all yellow. Perianth infundibuliform, f-f in. long, 

 f in. diam. at the base, ^ in. at the throat; segments ovate, obtuse, 

 nearly l-12th in. long. Style exserted ^ in. beyond the tip of the 

 segments. 



Hab. Matebe River, Transvaal, Holuh 1530 ! 



8. K. TRIANGULARIS Kuntli Eiium. iv. 551.— Old leaves splitting 

 into fine fibres. Leaves rather rigid, erect, subtriquetrous, about 

 a foot long, l-16th to l-12th in. broad, with 2 veins between the 

 midrib and margin. Peduncle slender, terete, 1-li ft. long. 

 Raceme dense, l-\h in. long; pedicels very short; bracts oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, \~\ in. long. Flowers all yellow. Perianth 

 cylindrical, f-1 in. long, l-12th in. diam. at the throat ; segments 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse, longer than broad. Stamens and style 

 included. — Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 362. 



Hab. Central Province, on the Witbergen, alt. 6000-7000 ft., 

 Brege 3524 ! 



9. K. natalensis Baker. — Leaves linear, 1^-2 ft. long, \-\, in. 

 broad, firm in texture, with about 10-12 veins on each side of the 

 midrib, smooth on the thickened margin. Peduncle 2-3 ft. long, 

 l-\ in. diam. Raceme moderately dense, 6-8 in. long ; pedicels 

 very short ; bracts ovate or ovate-oblong, acute or obtuse, ^-^ in. 

 long. Flowers all yellow ; perianth subcylindrical, ^-1 in. long, 

 I" line thick above the ovary, ^ in. at the throat ; segments ovate, 

 l-12th in. long. Style sometimes exserted. 



Hab. Inanda, Natal, Wood 636! An imperfect specimen 

 from Cooper 3265 may be the same species, but it has a much more 

 exserted style. 



10. K. Macowani Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 3. — Old leaves 

 splitting into long fibres. Leaves linear, rigid, erect, 1^-2 ft. long, 

 ^-^ in. broad, with 3-5 strongly marked veins on each side of the 

 midrib, and a thickened denticulate margin. Peduncle slender, 

 1-|— 2 ft. long. Raceme dense, 2-4 in. long ; pedicels very short ; 

 bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, ^-^ in. long. Many upper flowers 

 bright red, lower yellow. Perianth cylindrical, about an inch long, 

 I in. diam. both at the middle and throat ; segments spreading, 

 ovate, obtuse, l-12th in. long. Style finally sometimes slightly 

 exserted.— Bot. Mag. t. 6167; Carriere in Rev. Hort. 1879, 390, 

 with coloured figure. Tiitoma liyidimma and maroccana Hort. 



