Tas. 7448, 
ALOE Lonytt.- 
Native of Southern Arabia. 
Nat. Ord. Lin1acka.—Tribe ALOINE. 
Genus Autor, Linn. ; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 776.) 
Atoz Luntii; breviter caulescens, foliis densis primum rosulatis distichis 
demum subrosulatis ensiformibus recurvatis pallide viridibus immaculatis 
supra basin facie canaliculatis aculeis marginalibus obsoletis, pedunculo 
stricto erecto foliis longiore, racemis laxis paniculatis lateralibus patulis, 
bracteis minutis, pedicellis brevibus apice articulatis superioribus ascen- 
dentibus inferioribus cernuis, perianthii cylindrici tubo elongato rubello, 
lobis lineari-oblongis erectis tubo brevioribus, staminibus omnibus exsertis, 
antheris oblongis parvis, polline rubro. 
A. Luntii, Baker in Kew Bullet. 1894, p. 342. 
This very distinct new Aloe was discovered by Mr. 
W. Lunt, now of the Trinidad Botanic Garden, when he 
was attached as botanical collector to the expedition 
organized by J. Theodore Bent, Esq., in the winter of 
1893-4, to explore the ruined cities of the province of 
Hadramaut, in Southern Arabia. This district had never 
been before explored botanically, and although the time of 
the year was unfavourable, about thirty new plants were 
discovered, of which three proved to be new genera. The 
present plant was found on the hills above Dobiabah, at an 
elevation of three thousand feet above sea-level. Both 
living and dried specimens were brought home, and one of 
the former flowered in the Royal Gardens at Kew last 
November. The leaves have no marginal prickles, and 
the flowers have an unusually long tube, resembling that 
of a Gasteria, but not dilated into a ball at the base. 
Descr.—Shortly caulescent. eaves seven or eight in a 
dense rosette at the top of the stem, at first distichous, 
ensiform, a foot long, two inches broad at the base, 
narrowed gradually to the point, pale green on both sides, 
without any spots, stripes or marginal prickles, deeply 
channelled down the face in the aed half. Pedunele 
stiffly erect, longer than the leaves. Panicle of four or five 
DecemBer lst, 1896. 
