Kniphojia.'] cxl. liliace^e (baker). 451 



2. K. Thoxnsoniy Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. -400. Root- 

 j&bres many, slender. Old leaves breaking up into fine fibres. Produced 

 leaves few, linear, 1-2 ft. long, ^-^ in. broad low down, not strongly 

 keeled, smooth on the edges. Peduncle moderately stout, li-2 ft. 

 long. Raceme dense, finally -J-1 ft. long ; pedicels short, deliexed ; 

 bracts ovate-lanceolate, ^ in. long. Perianth cylindrical, 1 in. long; 

 lobes small, obtuse. Stamens and style not exserted. Capsule globose, 

 ^ in. diam. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 163. 



IVXozamb. Bist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; at 8000-11,000 ft., 

 Thomson ! Johnston, 19 ! Meyer^ 225, JEhlers, 18, above Mumba, 8500 ft., Volkens, 

 790 ! at Morang, and the biglier slopes, 5000-10,000 ft., Taylor. Aruslia and K:ilie, 

 plains and forests, about 3000 ft., Taylor. 



3. K, Grantii, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 3G3. Root-fibres 

 many, cylindrical. Leaves few, linear, acutely keeled, 1-1 J ft. long, 

 -J— J in. broad low down, smooth on the edges. Peduncle slender, 

 as long as the leaves. Raceme dense, 2-3 in. long ; pedicels short, 

 deflexed ; upper flowers red, lower yellow ; bracts lanceolate, the lower 

 J in. long. Perianth subcylindrical, under 1 in. long, constricted above 

 the ovary, J in. diam. at the throat ; lobes ovate, obtuse. Stamens 

 about as long as the perianth. Style finally exserted. — Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xxix. 150, t. 101 B. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Swamps in the Mgunda M kali, 4400 ft., 

 0° S. lat., Speke Sf Grant, 31 ! 



" The natives collect the flowers for spinach, which is very good, but honey- 

 tasting." 



4. K. longistyla. Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1893, 158. Rootstock 

 subglobose, with many slender fibres. Leaves numerous, erect, linear, 

 l|-2 ft. long, \-^ in. broad low down, not acutely keeled, smooth on 

 the edge. Peduncle as long as the leaves. Raceme dense, finally A ft. 

 long ; pedicels very short ; bracts oblong, ^ in. long. Perianth cylin- 

 drical, nearly 1 in. long ; segments small, oblong. Stamens not 

 exserted. Style much exserted. Capsule ovoid, \ in. diam. 



Mozaml). Blst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Zomba, amongst 

 stones, 6000 ft., Kirk ! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 1482 ! 



5. K, isoetifolia, Hochst. in FU/ra, 1844, 30. Root-6bres much 

 thickened. Leaves few, flaccid, linear, 6-9 in. long, J in. diam., 

 channelled down the face, rounded on the back, smooth on the margin. 

 Peduncle slender, longer than the leaves. Raceme short, dense ; 

 pedicels short, curved ; bracts lanceolate, \-\ in. long. Perianth cylin- 

 drical, 15-18 lin. long, much constricted above the ovary; lobes small, 

 deltoid. Stamens not exserted. Style finally exserted.— A. Rich. 

 Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 324 ; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. ^gypt. 294 ; Baker in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 362 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 162. Rudol- 

 pho-Roemeria isoetifolia, Steud. ex Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 30. 



Wile Iiand. Abyssinia: Samen ; in mountain meadows, near Enjedcap, 

 Schimper, 752 1 Nofas Motuha, Steudner, 4l4ii and without precise locality Schimj>er, 

 511! 



