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ALOE ReTusa. CusHion ALOE. 
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Clafs and Order. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGH¥NIA. 
Generic Charaé&er. 
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_ Cor. ere€ta, ore patulo fundo nef€tarifero. Filam. receptaculo— 
—ainierta, | = . 
Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. 
ALOE retufa acaulis foliis quinquefariis deltoideis. Thunb. 
Aloe, n. 15. Ait. Kew. 471. 
ALOE retu/fa floribus feffilibus triquetris bilabiatis labio 
feriore revoluto. Lina. Sp. Pl. 459. @ ; 
ALOE africana breviffimo crafliffimoque folio, flore viridi. 
Comm. hort. 2. p. 11. t. 6. Till. pif. 6. t. 5. 
Though the flowers of this Aloe have little to recommend 
them, there is much to admire in the form and ftru@ture of 
its leaves; and this pleafing circumftance attends it, it is per: 
fe€tly diftin& from all the other {pecies : when firft introduced, 
it was no doubt an obje& of great admiration; FarrcHILD, 
the celebrated Gardener of Hoxton, who preceded MiLLER 
had it engraved, with feveral other fucculents, on a pl 
_ which is prefixed to Dr. Biarr’s Botanic Effays, and whic 
infcribed to the Doftor, betwixt whom and Mr. FarrcuILD 
there appears to have fubfifted a great degree of intimac 
the Effays were printed'in tyao. 3 a 
This {pecies is a native of the Cape, 
but not regularly fo, increafes very faft by o 
makes it as he does all the Aloes indifcrimi 
_ Plants, but it may be kept ina 
to place it in the drieft and moft 
all times from much wet, but m 
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