ALOE F E R O X 



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Aloe yerox, caule arborescente , foliis perfoliatis , undlquaque spinosis j stainlnibus 

 corolla duplo longloribus. 



Aloe ferox. Munt. Mold. p. 16./ 17. Phyt. p. 20./ ^5. maid, sinefiore. 



Aloe ferox, foliis amplexicaulibus , nigricantibus , undiqiie spinosis. Mill. Diet. n. 22. 



Alo^s feroce. Lam. Diet. 77. 7. 



Aloe perfoliata ferox. Ait. Ke-w. 1. p. 467. n. 1. 'var. ^. 



Aloe Africana caulescens foliis glaucis caiilem amplectantibiis , latlorlbus et imdiquaque 

 spinosis. CoMM. Prwl. 70. t. 19. sine flore. Aubr. Piet. Hort. Par. 



Aloe Africana caulescens perfoliata angustiori spinosissimo folio. Boerh. Ind. alt. PI. 2. 



p. i3o. ji. 16? 



Hadix Ugnosa , ramos a , fibrosa ; fihris crassiusculis y cylindricis , 



gris 



AULis lignosus , arhorescens , simplex, infernb nudus , foliorum 

 liquiis exasperatus , superne foliosus. 



Folia sparsa vel irregulariter spiralia, sessilia , amplexicaulia , 

 mfertay magna, patiila , lanceolata , marginihus spinosa , obscure 



dia, sup erne con cava, inft 



uque superficie muni t a 



spinis duris , conicis , cacumine subincurvis et fusco-rubris , spars is 

 in lined longitudinali scepe ordinatis , inferne numerosioribus. 



Pedunculu s floral is eras s us , subcompressus , irregulariter sulcatus , 

 ramosus; ramis 1-5 , patulis , cylindricis, bracteis latis inferne onustis. 



Flo RES in spicas longas , cylindricas , densas dispositi , circa axin 

 trispirales , penduli , pedicellati ; pedi cello brevi, cylindrico, basi bracted 

 lata, lanceolata, brevi , marcescente muni to. 



ALYx nullus. 



Corolla cylindrica , in f undo nectarifera , hexapetala ; Fetalis erectis ^ 

 hasibus sub conn ati s ; tribus externis oblongis , obtusis, concavis, ex albo 

 rubentibus et apice viridibus ; tribus internis ovato-oblongis , obtusis- 

 simis , apice parimi extiis revolutis , albis cum lined longitudinali viridi 

 et apice atro-violaceo. 



Stamina sex, extra corollam longe exserta. Filamenta alba in parte 

 petalis tectd,flava in parte nudd, tria coram petal is internis longiora , 

 cylindrica, tria coram externis breviora , planiuscula. Antherce lineares , 

 primo aurantiacce y erectce , post fecundationem fuscce , vers utiles. 



P 1ST I llu M. Ovariwn cylindraceum , viride , sexsulcum. Stylus fill- 



formis , rectus , alb us , apice fiavus , longiorib 

 Stigma simplex , obtusum. 



bus cecnidli 



Pericarpium. Capsula cylindracea, sexsulca, trilocularis, trivalv 

 S EM IN A numerosa, interne adfixa, in quocjue loculainento dupli 

 vie disposita. 



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