452 CXL. LiLiACEiE (baker). [Kniphofia, 



0. K. Iieichtlini, Baker ex Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 671 G. Root- 

 fibres many, slender. Leaves many, linear, strongly keeled, reaching 

 in cultiv^ation a length of 3-4 ft., ^ in. broad low down, smooth on the 

 edges. Peduncle moderately stout, as long as the leaves. Raceme very 

 dense, oblong, 3-4 in. long ; pedicels very short, deflexed ; bracts 

 lanceolate, acute, J-J in. long. Perianth bright yellow, narrowly funnel- 

 shaped, |-J in. long, J in. diam. at the throat ; lobes ovate, very obtuse. 

 Stamens and style distinctly exserted. 



irile Xiand. Abyssinia : cultivated specimens ! 



Introduced into cultivation by Schimper between 1872 and 1876 ; described 

 from living plants cultivated by Leichtlin in 1881. 



Var. distachya. Baker in Gard. Chron. 1884, xxii. 230, is a form with a forked 

 peduncle and small accessory lateral raceme. 



XTile Ziand. Abyssinia : cultivated specimens ! 



7. K. comosa, Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 31. Rootstook thick and 

 short, sending out copious cylindrical root-fibres. Leaves numerous, 

 linear, bright green, acutely keeled, lJ-2 ft. long in wild specimens, 

 -i- in. broad low down, twice as long under cultivation, smooth on the 

 edges. Peduncle moderately stout, as long as the leaves. Raceme 

 very dense, oblong, 3-4 in. long in flower ; pedicels very short, deflexed ; 

 bracts large, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate. Perianth bright yellow, 

 funnel-shaped, J in. long, dilated suddenly at the middle ; lobes very 

 obtuse. Stamens and style twice as long as the perianth ; filaments 

 bright red. Capsule globose, \ in. diam. — Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 

 4; Bot. Mag. t. 6569. K.foliosa, Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 164, 

 not of Hochst. 



M"ile Ziand. Abyssinia : Begemeder ; Gafat, 8300 ft., Schimper, 1145 ! Jan 

 MedM, 8500 ft., Schimper, 1192 ! Somaliland : between Oi and Jaribule, Riva, 642 ! and 

 between Biddume and Volghe, Riva, 237 ! 



8. K. Schimperi, Baker in J^yurn. Bot. 1874, 4. Relics of old 

 leaves split into fine fibres. Produced leaves few, Ij ft. long, J- J in. 

 broad above the dilated base, channelled down the face, smooth on the 

 margin. Peduncle slender, lJ-2 ft. long. Raceme very lax, J-1. ft. 

 long ; pedicels J-^ in. long, the lower much decurved ; bracts lanceolate, 

 \-\ in. long. Perianth subcylindrical, curved, pale yellow, 1—1 J in. 

 long; lobes small, deltoid. Stamens and style included. — K. elegans, 

 Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 162. 



ITile Iiand. Eritrea : near Habab, 6000 ft., Hildehrandt, 378. Abyssinia : 

 Begemeder ; near Debra Tabor, 8200 ft., on rocks near the banks of streams, 

 Schimper^ 1200 ! 



A Somaliland plant gathered by Riva (728) in meadows between Surro and Rogoijo, 

 is either this or a near ally. It has closer flowers and a stouter peduncle than the 

 Abyssinian plant. I have not seen the leaves. 



9. K. insignisy Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1896, 131. Leaves numerous, 

 thin, linear, 2 ft. long, J-f in. broad low down; midrib plicate; edge 

 scabrous. Peduncle rather longer than the leaves. Raceme 10 in. 



