Plate 2523. 



NOTOSCEPTRUM NATALENSE, Baker. 



Liliace.e. Tribe Hemerocalltde^:. 

 N. natalense (Baker in Fl. Cap. vi. 285) ; habitu et foliis omnino 



specierum typioarum angolensium, recedit perianthii tubo segmentis 

 triplo longiore. 



Herba perennis, acaulis, glabra. Folia rosulata, lanceolata, acuta, 

 coriacea, distincte multinervia, pedalia vel sesquipedalia, medio 9-12 

 lin. lata. Pedunculus validus, foliis sequilongus. Spica densa, cylindrica, 

 semipedalis, 7-8 lin. diam. ; bractese ovatffi scariosse, persistentes, flori- 

 bus breviores. Perianthium campanulatum, rubrum, 2 lin. longum, 

 segmentis ovatis obtusis tubo subtriplo brevioribus. Stamina hypogyna, 

 distincte exserta, iilamentis filiformibus, antheris parvis oblongis. 

 Ovarium globosum, stylo subulato. 



Natal : Klip river country, Mrs. Katherine Saunders ; Wood, 

 3895. 



The genus Xotosceptram has entirely the habit of Kniphojia, from 

 which it differs by its short bell-shaped perianth. When I originally 

 described in 1877 the two Angolan species collected by Welwitsch 

 I did not separate them from Kniphofia. This was done by Mr. 

 Bentham, when he worked out the order for the ' Genera Plantarum.' 

 None of the species have been brought into cultivation, and this is the 

 first time the genus has been figured. — J. G. Baker. 



Fig. I, bract; 2, perianth ; 3, pistil. — All enlarged. 



