280 A SYNOPSIS OF THE CAPE SPECIES OF KNIPHOFIA. 



Style, and sometimes also the stamens, exserted in the lower 

 flowers. Ovules 12-15 in a cell. Capsule ovoid, | in. long and 

 broad. — Kunth Enum. iv. 561 ; Flore des Serres, t. 1393 ; Baker 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 364. K. Uvaria Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 4816. 

 Aloe uvaria Linn. Sp. Plant. 460. Aletris xivaria Linn. Mant. 308. 

 Tritoma uvaria Gawl in Bot. Mag. t. 758 ; Red. Lil. t. 291. 

 Veltheimia %ivaria Willd. Sp. ii. 182 ; Jacq. Fragm. vii. t. 4, fig. 9. 

 V. sjyeciosa Roth, Nov. Sp. 490. 



Var. maxima Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6553. — Taller than the type, 

 with leaves 4-5 ft. long, 1 in. broad at the base. Raceme longer. 

 Flowers larger. — Tritoma (jrandiftura, Hal. K. pracox Baker in 

 Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 168. Tritoma Saundersii Carriere in Rev. 

 Hort. 1882, 504, with colom-ed figure. 



Var. nohilis Baker. — A still more robust form, with peduncle, 

 including the 1-1-|- ft. raceme, sometimes 6-7 ft. long. Flowers 

 li- in. long, and leaves 1^ in. broad at the base. — Tritoma nobilis 

 Guillen in Rev. Hort. 1882, 24 ; 1885, 252 (coloured figure). 



Hab. Throughout the Colony, from the southern provinces to 

 Natal, ascending to 6000-7000 ft. on the Sneewbergen range. 

 Thunherfj ! Drege I Cooim- 3324 ! Macoivan 1908 ! Bolus 217 ! Wood 

 1330 ! A'. pr(Ecox is a form that at first flowered with Mr. Wilson 

 Saunders in May, but afterwards changed to September. Another 

 garden variety is A', carnosa Hort., in which nearly all the flowers 

 are bright red. Another form, which I have received under the 

 name of K. Sandersoni, has bright green leaves like Burchellii. 



15. K. RooPEPa Lemaire Jard. Fleur. t. 362. — Leaves ensiform, 

 3 ft. long, IJ-li in. broad low down, dull green, tapering very 

 gradually to the apex, moderately firm in texture, scabrous on the 

 margin, with about 60 distinct vertical veins. Peduncle shorter 

 than the leaves, ^ in. diam. low down. Raceme dense, often -| ft. 

 long ; pedicels very short ; bracts ovate, obtuse, ^-^ in. long. 

 Upper flowers bright red, lower bright yellow. Perianth cylindrical, 

 1^-1^ in. long, ^ in. diam. ; segments ovate, obtuse, as long as 

 broad. Style, and sometimes the longer stamens finally, exserted. 

 Ovules 12-15 in a cell. — Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 363 ; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 6116. Tritoma Rooperi, Moore in Gard. Comp. 1, 113, with 

 figures. 



Hab. Natal and Kaff'raria, Hort. Kew ! Hort. Leichtlin ! Hort. 

 Saunders ! Flowei's in November and December in English gardens. 

 Scarcely more than a variety of K. aloidcs. 



16. K. pauciflora Baker. — Leaves few, linear, firm in texture, 

 1-1^ ft. long, i-i^ in. broad, with 8-15 ribs and a thickened smooth 

 margin. Peduncle slender, terete, l|-2 ft. long. Raceme lax, 

 2-4 in. long ; pedicels ^^-^ in. long ; bracts lanceolate, acute, ^ in. 

 long. Flowers all yellow ; perianth between cylindrical and 

 infundibuliform, |-J in. long, l-12th in. diam. above the ovary, 

 ^-^ in. at the throat ; segments ovate, obtuse, as long as broad. 

 Style a little exserted, and sometimes also the longer stamens. 

 Ovary globose. 



Hab. Natal, Sanderson 416 ! luanda, Wood 1096 ! 



17. K. BuKGHELLii Kuntli Enum. iv. 552. — Leaves ensiform, 



