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ALOE brevifolia. 
Lesser proliferous Aloe. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Asphodeles:. . 
ALOE Tourn.— Calyx fundo nectarifer, 6-fidus aut fer6 6-partitus, 
laciniis rectis aut revolutis, basi staminiferis. Stigma subtrilobum. 
Caudex in quibusdam frutescens etfoliosus; folia succnlenta, imbricata in 
pluribus marqine et superjicie spinosa; spictB axillares aut terminates, inter- 
dum ramoscB. Seminis germinantis lobus sessilis appingitur lateri vagina 
primaries. Juss. gen. 52. 
A. brevifolia; subacaulis, foliis lanceolatis acutis glaucis : margmibus carma- 
que apice spinosis vix cartilagineis: subtils subtuberculatis. Hawoit 
revis. succ. 202. . . ; 99 
Aloe Africana caulescens foliis glaucis brevissimis. Comm. prat. n. 
Aloe brevioribus foliis, &c. Mill. diet. ed. 8. 
A. prolifera. Haworth in Linn, trans. v. 7. 16. 
For the synonyms, and what else we can say respec in-, 
his plant, we are indebted to Adrian Har y aw °*, ’ 
Esq., whose valuable remarks upon the su jec Ave 
;he liberty of laying before our readers. 
“ This Aloe? Mr. Haworth informs us, “ appears to be 
:he Aloe prolifera. of my paper in Linn. T). v. . p. > 
Aloe brevioribus (rectius brevifolia) oi MU. Diet. ed.S, an , 
finally, my Aloe brevifolia , in Revis. pi. succ. p. 
“ My reason for not originally calling it 
Linn. Tr. in loco, was, because another p an w as 1 
A. perfoliata , brevifolia, by Solander, in ot . ew- • 
v. 467 ; and it was in submission to such authon y, 
followed it, but raised Solander s plant to the rank . ® 
species. This last plant, afterwards ( rom " „ 
leaves) became the Aloe distans of my Si/tiops. p 
