466 CXL. LILIACEE (BAKER). { Aloe. 
than the pedicels. Perianth above 1 in. long, red; tube as long as the 
segments. Stamens as long as the perianth. Capsule oblong-cylin- 
drical, pubescent, under 1 in. long.—Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. 
App. ii. 62. A. abyssinica, var. percrassa, Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xviii. 175 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 164. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Selet Valley; below Acrur, 5200 ft., Schweinfurth, 
1804, and below Saganeiti, 5500 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 1664! Ginda Valley, 
3000-4000 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 2229! 2291! Barasio Valley, Schweinfurth, 
2077. 
Introduced into cultivation in 1873. 
Var. albopicta, Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 64, is a form with the 
leaves persistent and spotted with white all over the surface. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Ginda Valley, 3900 ft., Schweinfurth, 1846, 1847. 
No specimen at Kew. 
A variety is also found in Arabia. 
40, A. Volkensii, Zngl. Pf. Ost-Afr. ©. 141. Caudex 12-15 ft. 
long. Leaves lanceolate, above 1 ft. long, 3 in. broad low down; teeth 
small, deltoid, moderately close, slightly curved. Inflorescence panicled ; 
branches arcuate-ascending, 4 ft. long, densely flowered at the apex; 
bracts very small; lower pedicels } in. long, articulated at the apex. 
Perianth straight, 3 in. long. Segments red on the back, orange 1n- 
side and on the edge. Filaments 5-6 times the length of the oblong 
anthers. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro ; Marangu, 4500-5000 ít., 
Volkens, 406! and by the River Himo below Marangu, 3000 ft., Volkens, 1757! 
No specimen at Kew. 
41, A. angolensis, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 263. 
Subacaulescent. Leaves densely rosulate, ensiform, 2 ft. long, 1}-2 in. 
broad low down, unspotted; marginal teeth spreading, deltoid, yz in. 
long. Peduncle very short, much compressed, 2 ft. long, including: the 
inflorescence. Racemes 1—3, dense, oblong, 3—4 in. long; pedicels 
4-4 in. long; bracts ovate, acute, lower 4-4 in. long; central flowers 
spreading, lower deflexed. Perianth yellow, under 1 in. long; tube 
very short. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth.—Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xviii. 162. 
e Lower Guinea. Angola: Barra do Bengo; on wooded hills, Welwitsch, 
3728! 
42, A. palmiformis, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. 1. 
263. A shrub 3-5 ft. high, with a simple or forked trunk. Leaves 
densely rosulate, glaucous green, unspotted, ensiform, 1 ft. or more 
long, 21-24 lin. broad low down; marginal teeth deltoid, horny, crowded, 
A in. long. Peduncle simple or forked; racemes moderately dense, 
cylindrical, 6-8 in. long; pedicels }-4 in. long; bracts minute, ovate, 
acute. Perianth under 1 in. long; tube short. Stamens as long as the 
perianth.—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 173. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla: Morro de Lopollo, subtemperate region, in 
high stony woods, Welwitsch, 3726! 
