KNIPHOPIA 



LILY OBDEB 



KNIPHOFIA 



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markable on aooount of the long protru- 

 ding stamens, which aire about twice the 

 length of the perianth tube. The variety 

 splendens has orange-red or yellow 

 flowers, and is very handsome. 



Culture dc. as above for K. aloides. 



K. corallina. — A beautiful hybrid 

 probably between K. Macowcmi and K. 

 aloides, the characters of both of which 

 it inherits. It has a dwarf tufted habit, 

 and produces brilliant scarlet flowers 

 shading into orange-red. 



Culture Sc. as above for K. aloides. 



K. foliosa (K. quartiniana). — A dis- 

 tinct species 1-3 ft. high, with tufts of 

 sword-shaped tapering green leaves 3-4 

 in. broad at the sheathing base. The 

 bright yellow flowers, sometimes tinged 

 with red, appear in August in dense 

 cylindrical racemes 6-12 in. long. Native 

 of Abyssinia. 



Culture dc. as above. 



K. Leichtlini. — A handsome Abys- 

 sinian species with bright green trique- 

 trous leaves about 4 ft. long, and spikes 

 of vermilion-red and yellow flowers in 

 August. The variety distachya is a 

 strong-grovdng plant, with broader leaves 

 than the type, and two or three heads of 

 deep yellow flowers produced on the 

 same stem. The anthers of the protru- 

 ding stamens are crimson or blackish- 

 purple and make a beautiful contrast 

 with the colour of the perianth tube. 



Culture do. as above. 



K. Macowani. — A small species 

 12-18 in. high with narrow awl-shaped 

 green leaves 1-2 ft. long, deeply channelled 

 in front, and strongly keeled behind. The 

 bright orange-red flowers appear in 

 August in cylindrical ovoid racemes 3-5 

 in. long, and have the perianth segments 

 reflexed. K. citrina is closely related to 

 this species, but has shorter pale lemon 

 flowers. E. primulina is another yellow- 

 flowered species about 4 ft. high, the 

 tubular flowers being in a truss about 

 9 in. long at the end of the purple-spotted 

 scape. 



Culture d-c. as above. A suitable 

 plant for the rock garden in sunny well- 

 drained spots. Grown in the ordinary 

 border it is apt to die out. K. primulina 

 is probably too tender for outdoor culture, 

 except in the mildest parts. I have only 

 seen it in blossom in pots about the 

 middle of March, it having been protected 

 in a cool greenhouse from frost. 



K. Northiae. — This is closely related 

 to K. cauleacens, but has broader leaves 

 with serrulate edges. The pale yellow 

 flowers are borne in dense heads about 

 1 ft. long, the upper ones being tinged 

 with red at the tips of the segments. 



Culture dc. as above. May be grown 

 and increased in the same way as K. 

 caulescens. 



K. pumila {Tritoma pumila). — A very 

 old garden plant with rough-edged 

 glaucous leaves 12-18 in. long and about 

 } in. wide. Flowers in August, bright 

 orange-red, in dense racemes 3-5 in. 

 long, at the top of a short scape over 

 Ij- ft. long. K. Tuchi is related to this 

 species, but may be distinguished from it 

 by its shorter and broader green leaves, 

 by the perianth tube widening from the 

 base to the throat, and by the less pro- 

 truding stamens. 



Culture dc. as above for K. aloides. 



K. Rooperi [Tritoma Booperi). — A fine 

 species from GafEraria with sword-like 

 tapering, deep green, not glaucous, leaves 

 about 18 in. long and about 2 in. broad, 

 strongly keeled behind, with serrulate 

 edges. The orange-red flowers, about 

 IJ in. long, are borne in summer in dense 

 ovoid-oblong racemes 6-8 in. long, on 

 the top of a stout stem about 2 ft. high, 

 and as they become old change to yellow. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 requires a warm sheltered position and 

 a little protection in severe winters. It 

 must not be confused with a laie-flower- 

 ing form of K. aloides, which is errone- 

 ously given the same name. 



K. sarmentosa A species with creep- 

 ing underground stems and glaucousleaves.- 

 It comes near E. aloides, having dense- 

 cylindrical heads of flowers 6-12 in. long,, 

 those on the upper portion of the spike- 

 being bright red in colour, while those on 

 the lower portion are yellow, more or less 

 suffused with red. 



Culture dc. as above. This species is 

 readily increased by the shoots from itS' 

 underground stems, which may be de- 

 tached almost at any time. A form called 

 hybrida is the result of crossing K. sar- 

 mentosa and K. aloides, and is well worth- 

 growing. 



K. triangularis. — This is a very desir- 

 able plant, and may possibly be a hybrid' 

 between K. Macoiuani and K. aloides,. 

 and may therefore be a form of corallinuy 



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