8b0 KNIPHOFIA 



shorter aud stricter Ivs. than Sauntlersii, the spikes more 

 ovoid, the fls. uniformly red and less deUexed. Lvs. not 

 glaucous. Gn. 55, p. 167. Var. Satindersii, in R. H. 

 1882:504, is shown with "red-orange fls." in an elliptical 

 spike and said to grow 6 ft. and more high. Woolson 

 finds it grows 4-G ft. high in rich soil, with cylindrical 

 spikes 18-24 in. long and fls. often }4 in. across- Var. 

 ser6tina is a late-fld. form. 



Baker's treatment of the varieties is as follows: 



Var. maxima, Baker ( K. and T. grandifldra, Hort. T. 

 Saundersii, Carr.). More robust: lvs. 4-5 ft. long, 1 in. 

 wide: raceme and fls. longer: stamens more decidedly 

 exserted. B.M. 6553 (fls. yellow, more or less tinged 

 red). R.H. 1882:504 (colored like the type). 



Var. nbbilis, Baker (T. ndbilis, Guill.). Still more 

 robust: scape including raceme sometimes 6-7 ft. long: 

 fls. 1% in. long. R.H. 1885:252. 



Var. serdtina, Hort. A late-flowering form with slender 

 perianth 1% in. long and distinctly exserted stamens. 

 Baker also mentions varieties camosa and glaucescens 

 without discrimination. Other varieties with Latin 

 names are mentioned in Gn. 36: 727. 



2. Bodperi, Lera. Lvs. 4 ft. long, scabrous on the 

 margin, glaucous. Later-fld. than No. 1: fls. paler. B. 

 M. 6116. 



3. BiircheUi, Kuntli. Lvs. 2-3 ft. long, %-H in. wide, 

 smooth on tlir in:ir-in: spike 6-12 in. long: fls. bright 

 yellow, iiiiHli iiML'.l Willi red when young. "A much 

 dwarfer pl.iiil ih;m No. 1 and for many purposes 

 equally dc-siraljlc. lliif;ht l}4 ft. Fls. tinged green." 

 J. B. Keller. 



4. NMsoni, Mast. Lvs. lK-2 ft. long, with athick mid- 

 rib and recurved serrulate edges. G.C. in. 11:561. Gn. 

 50, p. 400; 55:1213 (brick-red, no trace of yellow). 



5. Macdwanii, Baker. Lvs. with a thickened scabrous 

 margin, many upper fls. bright dark red. B.M. 6167. 

 B.H. 1879:390. -"A very neat dwarf species with orange- 

 scarlet fls. in early autumn, 1-2 ft." WoolsoH. K.coral- 

 Ihui, Hort., R.B. 19:25 (1893), a hybrid between this 

 species and K. l/t'(tri(t,'was raised by Deleuil, of Mar- 

 seilles. Woolson savs it grows 18-24 in. high and bears 

 ovoid spikes of coral red fls. all summer and fall. He 

 says it is imod for cutting. K. corolinianum of one of 

 our nurs< 1 -. r:,i:i l.i.n. is presumably an error for A'. 

 coroUiii"- /- ' U u,',wanii,HoTt. "A hybrid be- 

 tween y\'. • ' /''i-a fmd K. Macowanii. This 

 is an eatlii r iii."i,,iirii- sort than either of its parents, 

 as dwarf as ■'\l:ii'nwaiiii and much earlier and more 

 brilliant. Thoroughly tested." Woohon. 



6. caulfiscens. Baker. Lvs. sword-shaped-acuminate, 

 broadly channelled, not acutely keeled on the back, 4-5 

 ft. long, 5-6 in. wide, margin serrulate: spike over 1 ft. 

 long, 3 in. thick: lower fls. yellow, upper ones red. G. 

 C. III. 6:564. R.H. 1887: 132. -This differs from all de- 

 scribed above in having stamens much exserted. Gn. 

 41:861 is perhaps the most artistic of all colored plates 

 of Kniphofias. 



7. Tiickii, Baker. Lvs. ensiform (linear in Nos. 8-10), 

 1-lK ft. long, ?< in. wide, margin serrate: spike very 

 dense, 5-6 in. long: fls. yellow, tinged bright red when 

 young. One of the hardiest. 



8. paucifldra, Baker. Lvs. 1-1>$ ft. long, margin 

 smooth: raceme lax (dense in Nos. 9-10), 2-3 in. long: 

 fls. pale yellow; stamens shortly exserted, as in No. 7. 

 G.C. III. 12:65 shows it with only 25 fls. and the loosest 

 raceme of any species here described. 



9. Leiclitlinii, Baker. Fls. bright yellow; perianth 

 more narrowly funnel-shaped than in No. 10, becoming 

 ?4in. long: scape speckled with red, sometimes bearing 

 a bract 4-5 in. long. This and No. 10 are from tropical 

 Africa; the rest from South Africa. B.M. 6716. R.H. 

 1884, p. 557. Var. dist^chya. Baker, has a forked scape 

 and small accessory lateral raceme. 



10. comdaa, Hochst. Fls. bright yellow, dilated sud- 

 denly at the middle, % in. long; filaments red; anthers 

 yellow. B.M. 6569. — This has relatively longer stamens 

 than any other species and is perhaps more conspicuous 

 by reason of its mass of stamens than the outline of the 

 spike. One of the tenderest. 



Supplementary list of imperfectly known Latin names rep- 



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K6CHIA (atte W D J Koch 1771 849 professor of 

 botany at Erlangen; wrote a flora of Germany and Switz- 

 erland). Chennpodiacew. This includes a plant treated 

 as a hardy annual which is called the Mock Cypress 

 or Summer Cypress. J. Wilkinson Elliott says, "It 

 grows 2-2% ft. high, resemblingasmall, closely sheared 

 evergreen, the foliage being light green until Septem- 

 ber, when the whole plant is a solid mass of crimson. 

 The fls. are minute but countless. The plant dies within 

 two weeks after blooming. It germinates very quickly, 

 even in the warm spells of late winter." Elliott called it 

 the Mexican Fire Plant, because the seeds were procured 

 in Mexico. However, the genus has no species native to 

 the western hemisphere. It is probably this same plant 

 which is advertised by Bridgeman as Belvidere Kochia. 

 There is no genus called Belvidere. The French popu- 

 lar name for this plant is Belvedere, and it is a native 

 of Europe and northern Asia. Bridgeman, however, 

 says the fls. are yellow, and gives the height as 3 ft., 

 while Voss (Vilmorin's Bluraengartnerei) says it is 3-5 

 ft. highormore. Voss advises a clay soil aud sunny posi- 

 tion, and since it likes a salty soil recommends that 

 about an ounce and a half of saltpetre be sprinkled over 

 each square yard of soil. Ttiis plant is used abroad as a 

 "foliage plant," because of the vivid color of the whole 

 plant from July to September. 



The seed m ay be sown indoors in April, and the plants 

 set out in May, or the seeds may be sown in the open 

 ground about May 1. The plants should stand about 2 

 ft. apart. 



Kochia is a polymorphorus genus of about 30 species 

 of herbs which are often woody at the base: lvs. often 

 minute and narrow, alternate, more or less silky, rarely 

 glabrous: fls. small or minute, sessile, solitary or clus- 

 tered in the axils of the lvs.; calyx enlarging into a 

 fiask-shaped body, which incloses the fruit ; perianth 

 orbicular; lobes 5, incurved and bearinghorizontal wings 

 on the back or on the tube which are membranous or 

 scarious, distinct or confluent; stamens 5; filaments 

 short or long and compressed; stigmas 2, rarely 3. 



scopilrla, Schrad. Mock Cypress. Summer Cypress. 

 Erect, much-branched, densely pyramidal : branches 

 striate, slender, and close to the main stem: lvs. 

 linear-lanceolate, ciliate, 2-3 in. long, 2-t lines wide: 

 fls. incon.spicuous, green; perianth in fruit provided with 

 very short, triangular, pointed appendages. 



KffiLfiRIA (O,. or- L.i.lH-i- Km Lr, pr.if.-sorof natural 

 history at M^iin/, ],iil.|M,r,l in 1-.il' :i .l.-rri|,ti..n of the 

 grasses of (ic-riiiiinv and I'rancc). <i r,n,i im ,i . This in- 

 cludes a tuftfil. [M ronnial u'tass sonntiim-s oiVcred bv col- 

 lectors of native plants. Wilfred Brothertou suggests its 

 cultivation for ornament in dry, silvery sand. It is a 

 very variable plant, growing 1-2K ft. high, erect and 

 unbranched, and has shining spikes. The genus con- 

 tains about 15 widely scattered species, and its nearest 

 cultivated allies are Eatonia and Molinia, which are dis- 

 criminated elsewhere. Important generic characters are 

 the spicate panicles, which are cylindrical or somewhat 

 interrupted: flowering glumes more or less hyaline- 

 scarious, blunt, or tipped with a mucro or rarely a short 



cristita, Pers. Stems rigid, pubescent just below the 

 panicle : sheaths often shorter than the intemodes. 



