468 CXL. LILIACEH (BAKER). | Aloe. 
Dyck, Aloe sect. xviii. fig. 1; Kunth, Enum. iv. 521; A. Rich. Tent. 
Fl. Abyss. ii. 324; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 174; Engl. Hoch- 
gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 165; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii, App. ii. 66, 
110; A. vulgaris, var. abyssinica, DC. Plantes Grasses, sub t. 27. 
Nile Land. Nubia: between Atbara and the Red Sea, Schweinfurth, 19! 
between Suakin and Berber; at Singat, Schweinfurth, 206! and at Wady Sarranib, 
Schweinfurth, 274! 275! Eritrea: Haddas Valley, near Mahio, 3200 ft., Schwein- 
furth, 155! Kohaito Plateau, 8400-8700 ft., Schweinfurth, 156! Geleb, 9400 ft., 
Schweinfurth, 1234! 1430! 1796! near Acrur, 9400 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 
1350! 1696! 1797! and on the Mareb Plateau, Steudner, 476! Abyssinia, Dillon dr 
Petit, 50! 
Var. Peacockii, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 175. Leaves lanceolate ensi- 
form, 18-21 in. long, 5-6 in. broad low down. Flowers bright yellow. A. elegans, 
Todaro, Hort. Bot. Panorm. ii. 25, t. 29. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia. 
Cultivated by the late Mr. Peacock at Hammersmith, and by Todaro at Palermo, 
raised from seeds received from Schimper. 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
A. Deleuili, Hort., is a garden hybrid raised by Deleuil of Hyères by crossing 
this species with the South African A. ferox. 
48. A. Camperii, Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 67, 
110. Subacaulescent, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves densely rosulate, 
lanceolate-ensiform, pale green, subglaucous, unspotted, 14-2 ft. long, 
5-6 in. broad low down, tinged with purple at the base and apex; 
marginal teeth large, curved, not crowded. Peduncle 3 ft. long, much 
compressed, branched ; racemes short, very dense ; pedicels, bracts and 
perianth as in A. abyssinica. Capsule oblong-trigonous, under 1 in. 
long. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Kohaito Plateau, 8400-8700 ft., Schweinfurth, 154! 
49. A. crassipes, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 162. Leaves 
ensiform, in the only specimen seen 1 ft. long, under 1 in. broad 
low down; teeth large, distant, spreading, deltoid, rather hooked. 
Peduncle stout, 1} ft. long. Raceme moderately dense, cylindrical, 
4 ft. long, with 2 short branches at the base; pedicels ascending, the 
lower 1 in. long; bracts small, lanceolate. Perianth 1} in. long, slightly 
constricted above the ovary; tube short, campanulate. Stamens as 
long as the perianth. 
" Nile Land. Nubia: between Suakin and Berber, at Kishi, Schweinfurth, 
3765! 
50. A. dichotoma, Linn. f. Suppl. 206. Arborescent, much 
branched, reaching a height of 30—40 ft., with a trunk 3—4 ft. diam. 
Leaves in dense rosettes at the tip of the thick smooth branchlets, 
lanceolate, 8-12 in. long, 1-1} in. broad, thick, glaucous, unspotted. 
Peduncle short, branched ; racemes lax, 2-4 in. long; pedicels short, 
erecto-patent ; bracts small, lanceolate. Perianth bright yellow, 3-1 in. 
long ; tube campanulate. Stamens much exserted.—Thunb. Diss. Aloe 
No. 1; Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 309; Paterson’s Travels, t. 2-5; Kunth, 
Enum. iv. 534; Dyer in Gard. Chron. 1874, i. 567, figs. 118, 121; Baker 
