Aloe. | CXL, LILIACEA (BAKER). 465 
stricted above the ovary ; tube longer than the segments. Stamens as 
long as the perianth. Capsule oblong-trigonous, 14-14 in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: at Sena and Lupata, on the River 
Zambesi, Kirk ! 
36. A. brachystachys, Baker in Bot. Mag.t. 7399. Caudex long, 
slender, simple. Leaves densely rosulate, ensiform, 18-21 in. long, 2 in. 
broad at the base, bright green, very smooth, unspotted; marginal 
teeth middle-sized, deltoid, spreading. Peduncle simple, flexuose, as 
long as the leaves. Raceme oblong-cylindrical, dense, 4 ft. long ; pedicels 
ascending, the lower 1 in. long; bracts orbicular, } in. long, pale green, 
with 5-7 distinct brown stripes. Perianth pale red, tipped with green, 
1} in. long ; segments as long as the tube. Stamens shortly exserted. 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, cultivated specimens, Kirk ! 
Described from a plant that flowered at Kew, January 1894. 
37. A. Rivze, Baker. Leaves long, ensiform, 3 in. broad low down, 
thick, rigid ; marginal teeth deltoid, horny, }in. long, moderately close. 
Peduncle long, terete. Inflorescence panicled ; branches 4, erecto-patent; 
racemes lax, cylindrical, 4-5 in. long; bracts very small, ovate, cuspi- 
date ; pedicels ascending, }-} in. long. Perianth 1 in. long ; segments 
linear, as long as the cylindrical tube. Stamens included. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: Gobbo Duaya, Riva, 1509! 
No specimen at Kew. 
38. A. vera, Linn., var. wethiopica, Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. 
Boiss. ii. App. ii. 61. Caudex short, usually simple. Leaves densely 
rosulate, ensiform, unspotted when mature, above 1 ft. long, 24 in. broad 
low down; marginal teeth distant, deltoid. Peduncle forked, 2-3 ft. 
long ; racemes dense, about 4 in. long; rhachis glabrous ; pedicels erecto- 
patent, lower 4—3 in. long ; bracts small, ovate. Perianth 1 in. long ; 
tube oblong, constricted above the ovary. Stamens not exserted. Capsule 
oblong, glabrous, shortly stipitate. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre; near Abba Gerima, 8000 ft., Schimper, 927! 
Var. puberula, Schweinf. loc. cit. Leaves 20 in. long, 4 in. broad, green or tinged 
with red; marginal teeth 4-3 in, long. Rhachis of raceme pruinose and rather 
rough; pedicels nearly 1 in, long; bracts half as long as the pedicels. Perianth 
yellow, above 1 in. long, with scattered hairs outside; tube rather longer than the 
Segments, Stamen slightly exserted, Capsule oblong-cylindrica], pulverulent with 
scattered hairs, 
Wile Land. Eritrea: Barasio Valley, 5000 ft., Schweinfurth, 2076. 
No specimen at Kew. 
39. A. percrassa, 7odaro, Hort. Bot. Panorm. i. 81, t. 21. Sub- 
acaulescent. Leaves densely rosulate, lanceolate-ensiform, sometimes 
spotted, deep green, reaching a length of 2} ft. and a breadth of 6-7 in. 
low down, narrowed gradually to the point; marginal teeth small, 
deltoid, brown and horny at the tip. Peduncle branched, 3 ft. long, 
including the inflorescence; racemes cylindrical, above 1 ft. long ; 
rhachis pubescent ; pedicels }-} in. long; bracts ovate, much longer 
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