Tis. 8128: 
ALOE paturpirLora. 
South Africa 2? 
Littaczar. Tribe ALorras. 
Atoz, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii: p. 776. 
Aloe pallidiflora, A. Berger in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. vol. xxxvi. p. 58; A. macra- 
canthae, Biker (B. M. t. 6580), affinis, foliorum spinis marginalibus inter 
se propior:bus, perianthioque extus concolore differt. 
Acaulis, simplex. Folia dense rosulata, erecto-patentia, lineari-lanceolata, 
longe acuminata, circa 35 cm. longa, 6-8 em. lata et 1°3-1°5 em. cras<a, 
faciebus convexis, supra obscure viridia, maculis albidis lineari-oblongis 
Saepe geminatis vix fasciatim dispositis sed saepissime confluentibus 
marmorata, lineisque concoloribus obscurioribusque praesertim secus 
Margines striato-nervata, sibtus pallide viridia, immaculata; margines 
rinuato-dentati, aculeis deltoideis apice corneis brunneis pungentibus 
3-6 mm. longis armati. Inflorescentia 0°8-1'3 m. alta; scapus glaucus, 
infra nedium ramosns, ramis lateralibus 8-13, erecto-patentibus, terminali 
brevioribus ; racemi superne densi. 4-10 em. longi; pedicelli circa 1°5 em. 
longi; bracteae scariosae, deltoideae, subulatae, 3-nerviae, 1-1°5 cm. 
longae. Perianthiwm pallidum, incarnatum, supra ovarium leviter con- 
strictum, faucem versus leviter ampliatum et curvatam, 3 cm. longum, 
subhexagonum; segmenta ultra medium connata, marginilus albidis, 
medio pallide striato-nervata, apice leviter recurvula, intus luteola. 
Filamenta vix exserta ; antherae obiongae, aurantiacae. 
The plant of Aloe pallidiflora, Berger, here figured 
flowered in the garden of Sir Thomas Hanbury at La 
Mortola in April, 1906. It was obtained some years ago, 
without name, from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Berlin, 
and first flowered in March, 1904. Its native country is 
unknown, but it certainly is not from German South- 
West Africa, nor from German East Africa, neither have 
_I seen jt in any of the herbaria to which I have had access. 
Possibly it is a native of South Africa, and perhaps of 
the eastern regions, as it seems to me to be related to 
A. Greatheadi, Schoenland, in ‘‘ Records Albany Museum,” 
vol. i. p. 121, and A. transvaalensis,O. Kunze, in “ Rev. 
Gen.” vol. iii. 2, p. 314, both natives of the Transvaal. 
So far it has produced a few capsules, but the seeds 
did not germinate, neither has it thrown up suckers as so 
many of its near allies generally do. At La Mortola it is 
quite hardy, though last year the flower-spike and the 
tops of the leaves seem to have suffered from the cold of 
the previous winter. 
Marcu Ist, 1907, 
