50 Transactions oj the South African Philosophical Society. 



A very handsome plant, which seems to grow only in a few, not 

 easily accessible spots, and as the flowering season hardly lasts one 

 month the plant would not be noticed dm^ng the remainder of the 

 year. The flowers were visited by sugar birds (Anthohaphes violacea) 

 and a butterfly (Meneris Tulhaghia). It is quite distinct in foliage as 

 well as in its inflorescence from the only other species of the genus 

 which grows so far west, viz., Kniphofia aloides, Moench, the common 

 "red-hot poker." 



Growing on moist precipices at the southern side of Table Moun- 

 tain at an altitude of 900-950 m. Marloth No. 4366, Jan., 1907. 



