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PLATE 206. 



KNIPHOFIA MULTIFLORA, Wood & Evans (Journ. Bot. Vol. xxxv. p. 353). 



Natural Order, LILIACE.E. 



Leaves lorate, somewhat rigid, erect from base then spreading, veins 

 numerous, margin finely and irregularly serrate ; 3 to 4 or more feet long, ^ to 1 

 inch wide. Peduncles equalling or exceeding the leaves, stout. Racemes densely 

 many flowered, 12 to 15 inches long, subspicate, pedicels very short. Bracts 

 linear, longer than pedicels. Flowers erect, very numerous, and crowded 300 to 

 400 in the raceme, very light yellow, or white at maturity. Perianth subcylin- 

 drical, constricted above the ovary, ^ to f inch long, 2 lines wide, segments very 

 short, about as wide as broad. Stamens 6, long exserted. Style much exserted. 

 Ovary 3-celled, cells many ovuled. 



Habitat : NATAL : Summit of Drakensberg between Van Reenen and De 

 Beer's Pass. Wood 5972. March, 1896. 



This is the tallest of the Natal Kniphofias known to us ; some plants of it 

 were sent to Mr. Max Leichtlin of Baden-Baden who reports that the peduncle 

 was 7 feet high, and the flowers not yet open. It is also remarkable as being the 

 only Natal Kniphofia having the flowers erect, not declined on the peduncle. It 

 does not appear to be known to the natives. 



Fig. 1, flower with bract ; 2, flower opened out ; 3, stamen ; 4, section through 

 ovary ; all enlarged. 



