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foot or more long, ancipitous towards the base. Racemes finally 
6-9 in. long, lax, especially in the lower half; bracts under } in. 
long, white, membranous, with about 5 distinctly spaced brown 
ribs on the back. Pedicels ascending ; lower 4 in. long. Peri- 
anth Z-1 in. long, the ligulate obtuse segments nearly as long as 
the tube, furnished with 3-5 close green ribs down the back.— 
Central Madagascar, Baron 752!946! Allied to A. humilis and 
A. pratensis of the Cape. 
ALOE CAPITATA, N. sp. 
Caulescens ?, foliis lanceolatis immaculatis dentibus parvis patulis sub- 
contiguis deltoideis stramineis marginatis, pedunculo simplici elongato, 
racemis capitatis, bracteis parvis oblongo-deltoideis, pedicellis uncialibus et 
ultra, perianthii segmentis lingulatis tubo cylindrico zequilongis, genitalibus 
inclusis. 
Probably caulescent. Leaves lanceolate, under 2 in. broad, 
narrowed gradually upwards, margined with spreading strami- 
neous deltoid prickles 1-1 lin. long, 4-4 in. apart. Peduncle 
simple, under a foot long. Raceme with 30 flowers or more, 
with an axis not more than 1-13 in. long ; bracts white, membra- 
nous, } in. long, with 2-3 brown ribs down the back; pedicels 
1-11 in. long, the upper ascending, a few of the lower shorter 
and spreading. Perianth under an inch long, the yellow seg- 
ments furnished with 3 green ribs down the back. Capsule 
trigonous-cylindrieal, about an inch long.— Central Madagascar 
at Andringitra, Baron 897! 1353! Inflorescence like that of 
the Cape A. Saponaria. Of this and the other species notes taken 
from the living plant are needed to complete the description. 
ALOE OLIGOPHYLLA, n. sp. 
Longe caulescens, foliis productis 2-4 linearibus acuminatis dentibus 
coneoloribus patulis deltoideis distantibus marginatis, peduneulo elongato 
simplici, racemo simplici subdenso, bracteis minutis deltoideis, pedicellis 
ascendentibus fructu globoso æquilongis. 
Caudex slender, elongated. Produced leaves not more than 
2—4 to a rosette, 11-2 ft. long, 1-3 in. broad, tapering toa point 
from above the middle, margined by spreading green deltoid 
prickles 4—4 in. long, 1-1 in. apart. Peduncle slender, 6-8 in. 
long, simple, two-edged towards the base. Raceme moderately 
dense, 2-3 in. long; bracts minute, deltoid; pedicels finally 
3-3 in. long, arcuate, ascending. Flowers not seen. ; Fruit globose, 
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2 in. in diam.—Central Madagascar, Baron 1207! Allied to A. 
