Tas. 8448, 
ALOE Srevupnert. 
Eritrea and Abyssinia. 
LILIACEAE. Tribe ALOINEAE. 
ALoE, Linn.; Benth, et Hook. f. Gen, Plant. vol. iii. p. 476. 
Aloe Steudneri, Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vol. ii. App. ii. p. 73; Baker 
in Dyer Fl. Trop, Afr. vol. vii. p. 458; Berger in Engler, Pflunzenr. 
Liliaceae-Aloineae, p. 287; affinis A. Schélleri, Schweinf., sed foliis magis 
attenuatis marginibus cartilagineis angustioribus — multo 
longioribus et perianthii segmentis basi tantum connatis differt. 
Herba succulenta, acaulis vel subcaulescens, dichotome divisa. Folia circiter 
25, dense rosulata, erecto-patentia vel subineurva, carnosa, 5°5-6 dm, 
longa, basi 12-15 em. lata, gradatim attenuata, apice acuta, margine 
anguste cartilaginea, dentata, pallidissime roseo-tincta dentibus parvis, 
deltoideis, 1-2 mm. longis, 1-4 em. inter se sejunctis, supra plana vel leviter 
convexa sed prope apicem concavo-canaliculata, subtus versus marginem 
singulum crassiora ideoque oblique convexa, vix carinata. Injlorescentiae 
Saepe 2 ex eadem rosula, pedunculis simplicibus vel superne ramosis 
erectis glaucis sursum purpureo-tinctis 8-9 dm. altis, ramis racemosis 
15-25 em. longis; bracteae erectae, imae pedunculo ramove adpressae, eae 
flores subtendentes convolutae, pedicellos amplectentes, 1-5-2 cm. longae, 
ovato-lanceolatae, acuminatae, carinatae, nervis striatae, rubrae ; pedicelli 
1-8-2 em. longi, rubri, apice recurvi. Perianthum 4°7-5°3 cm, longum, 
1-4 em. latum, trigono-cylindricum, deflexum et prope apicem minopere 
recurvum, ad basin fere 6-partitum; segmenta lineari-oblonga, obtusa, 
exteriora 3 recta, intense rubra, interiora 3 apice recurva, inferne rosea, 
apice fusco-lutea, rubro-costata. Stamina inclusa vel subinclusa, filamentis 
pallide luteis, antheris brunneis, polline salmoneo-carneo. Sty/us demum 
exsertus, pallide luteus, 
- The handsome Aloe here figured, which was first 
described by Dr. Schweinfurth in 1894, is a species for 
whose introduction European horticulture is indebted to 
Professor Penzig of Genoa. Schweinfurth’s account of the 
plant was based on Abyssinian specimens gathered by 
Dr. Stendner in the Ghaba Valley at about 11500 feet above 
sea-level in 1862, and on some inflorescences collected by 
Penzig on Mt. Sabr in Eritrea at an altitude of 8500 feet in 
1891, along with the living plants whereof that whence 
our material has been obtained forms one. That A. Stewdneri 
is a species as distinct as it is striking has never been in 
doubt; its precise position and its exact relationship to 
other species have, however, been somewhat obscure. This 
Aveusr, 1912. : 
