Tar. 81384. 
ALOE cCAMPYLOSIPHON, 
as 
Tropical Africa. 
LintaceaE. Tribe ALOINEAE. 
Aoz, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 776; A. Berger in 
Engl. Bot. Jahrb. vol. xxxvi. p. 42. 
Aloe campylosiphon, A. Berger in Notizbl. Kénigl. Rot. Gart. Berl. vol. iv. 
p- 151; Engl. Bot. Jahrb. vol. xxxvi. p. 59; A. saponariae, Haw., proxi- 
mas, foliis recurvatis lanceolatis differt. 
Acaulis. Folia circ. 15, dense rosulata, lanceolata, longe acuminata, re- 
curvata, apice subcarinata, circ. 12 cm. longa, basi 6 em. lata, laete 
viridia macalis oblongis rotundisve albidis picta, subtus albo-marmorata ; 
margines cartilaginei, purpurei, sinuato-dentati; dentes patentes, inter 
se 4-8 mm. distantes, purpurei, 2-3 mm. longi. Inflorescentia circ. 30 cm. 
alta, ramosa; racemus 10 cm. longus, densiflorus; bracteae 1-2 cm. 
longae, lancevlatae, acuminatae, scariosae, 3-5-nerviae; pedicelli erecto- 
patentes, per anthesin 1°5 cm. longi. Perianthiwm 3 cm. longum, coralli- 
num; tubus circa ovarium globoso-inflatus deinde conspicue constrictus 
et manifeste decurvatus; lobi oblongi, subacuti, 1 cm. longi, ad margines 
pallidiores, intus lutei. Filamenta perianthio paullo longiora, basi 
complanata; antherae lineares, aurantiacae, dorsifixae. Ovariwm 
oblongum, profunde trilobatum. 
Aloe campylosi¢zhon was discovered by Dr. A. Engler in 
Usambara, amongst rocks, on the dry summit of Bomule 
Mountain, at an altitude of 3,450 ft., and introduced into 
cultivation by him in 1902. He sent a plant to the late 
Sir Thomas Hanbury, K.C.V.O., in whose garden at La 
Mortola it first flowered in June, 1905, it was from this 
plant, at its second flowering in June, 1906, that our figure 
was taken. Mr. A. Berger writes: “It somewhat re- 
sembles the old A. saponaria, but differs in every way, and 
is a very distinct species.” 
In habit this species very strongly resembles A. soma- 
liensis, C. H. Wright (ex W. Watson in Gard. Chron, 1899, 
vol. xxvi. p. 480; Kew Bulletin, 1901, p. 135), but the 
perianth of the latter is not constricted above the ovary. 
Descr.—Stemless. Leaves about 15 in a dense rosette, 
lanceolate, long-acuminate, recurved, slightly keeled at 
the apex, about 4% in. long, 23 in. wide at the base, bright 
green, and marked with oblong or round whitish spots 
above, marbled with white beneath ; margins cartilaginous, 
purple, wavy and toothed; teeth standing out at right 
May Ist, 1907. 
