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THE GAKDENER'S ASSISTANT. 



K. comosa. — Smaller than K. aloides, with narrow, 

 three-cornered leaves in dense rosettes, erect, bright-green. 

 Flowers drooping, in dense oblong heads, canary-yellow, 

 with bright-red stamens. Abyssinia. 



Fig. 564.— Kniphofia maxima tgrandis). 



K. foliosa (Quartiniana).— One of the most robust. 

 Leaves 4 inches wide, green, with rough edges. Flower- 

 spike stout, 2 to 3 feet high, bearing a head nearly a foot 

 long, densely packed with bright -yellow flowers tinged 

 with red. Abyssinia. 



K. Leiehtlini. — Leaves wide at the base, 3 to 4 feet 

 long, bright-green. Flower-spike 3 to 4 feet long, with 

 heads of pendent, bell-shaped, dull-red flowers ; stamens 

 and styles slightly exserted. Introduced from Abyssinia 

 in 1880. Var. distachya is a more robust form, with 

 smaller lemon -coloured flowers. 



K. longicollis (primttlina). — Dwarfer than K. aloides, 

 the leaves long, narrow, and flaccid; the flower -spike 

 3 feet high, bearing a raceme a foot long of bright 

 canary-yellow flowers. Should be grown under glass, as 

 it flowers in mid-winter. 



A'. Macowani (fig. 565). — A dwarf species and a general 

 favourite. Suitable for the rockery. The short stem is 

 covered with the remains of the old leaves. Flower- 

 spikes 1 to 2 feet high, bearing dense heads. 2 to 6 inches 

 long, of reflexed, bright orange -red and yellow flowers. 

 A handsome hybrid between this and K. aloides is called 

 corallina. 



K. modesta. — Like K. pallidijlora. Leaves linear, pale- 

 gieen, 2 to 3 feet long. Flower-spike slender, 2 feet high, 

 bearing a loose cylindrical raceme of white funnel-shaped 

 flowers 6 to 12 inches long. 



K. natalensis.—A tender species from Natal which 

 requires cool greenhouse treatment. Flower-spike 2 

 to 3 feet high, with loose heads of orange-red flowers, 

 changing to a yellowish colour with age. 



K. Nelsoni. — A recent acquisition and one of the best. 

 Leaves slender, 18 inches long. Flower-spike rising 

 above the leaves and bearing cylindrical heads of brilliant 

 orange-scarlet deflexed flowers, 



K. Norikice.. — Allied to K. caulescens, but with much 

 broader leaves, which are not keeled. Should be planted 

 in a warm corner, and protected in winter. Stem stout. 

 Leaves glaucous, tapering from a 6 -inch base to a long 

 narrow point, finely serrated. Flower-spike stout, short, 

 with dense heads of dull-yellowish flowers, the upper ones 

 flushed with red. Found near Grahamstown, and intro- 

 duced by Miss North. 



K. pallidijlora. — Dwarf with white flowers, requiring a 

 warm greenhouse. 



K. pauciflora. — A small plant. Leaves few in tuft 

 and keeled. Racemes lax, with drooping pale -yellow 

 funnel-shaped flowers. Doubtfully hardy; should be 

 planted against a warm wall. 



K. pumila. — A handsome Cape species distinguished 

 by its distichous leaves and short cup -shaped flowers. 

 Flower-spike stout, bearing heads of orange-red flowers. 



K. Rooperi. — Near K. aloides. Leaves broad, glaucous. 

 Spike stout, with dense heads of orange-red flowers, be- 

 coming yellow with age. Produced in summer. 



K. rufa. — Allied to K. lax (flora, but with shorter 

 smooth -edged leaves; flowers shorter, with exserted 

 stamens ; racemes lax, 4 to 6 inches long, with primrose- 

 yellow flowers, the upper ones tinged with red. Natal. 



K. sarmentosa. — Distinguished from K. aloides by its 



Fig. 565 —Kniphofia Macowani 



smaller glaucous leaves with smooth edges and keeL 

 Spike 2 to 4 feet, with heads of flowers which are red 

 above and yellow below. 



