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ALOE PiicaTiuis. FAN ALOE, 
Clafs and Order, 
‘HEXANDRIA MOoONOGYNIA, 
Generic Charader. 
Cor. erefta, ore patulo, fundo neétarifero. Filam. receptacula 
inferta. 
Specific Charager and Synonyms. 
ALOE piicatilis fubacaulis, — foliis linguzformibus levibus 
diftichis, floribus racemofis pendulis cylindricis. Ait, 
Kew. v. 1. p. 470. igo 
ALOE difticha var. «. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 9. P- 459- 
ALOE plicatilis foliis enfiformibus inermis ancipitibus, flo- 
ribus laxe f{picatis, caule fruticofo. Mill. Di. ed. 6. 410. 
ALOE africana arborefcens montana non fpinofa, folio lon- 
giffimo plicatili, flore rubro. Comm. Hort. 2. Pp. 54s Ge 
“ The Fan Aloe grows to the height of fix or feven feet, 
with a ftrong ftem, towards the upper part of which are 
produced two, three, or four heads, compofed of long, com- 
“ preffed, pliable leaves, of a fea-green colour, and ending 
obtufely ; thefe are placed in a double row, lying overeach | 
* other, with their edges the fame way ; the flowers are pro- 
“ duced in fhort loofe {pikes, are of a red colour, and appear 
“at different times of the year.” Mill. Did. ee 
_Linw £vs originally made this plant a variety of his Alse 
diflicha, the leaves in their mode of growth are indeed truly 
diftichous, few plants afford a better example of fuch, but they — 
differ materially from thofe of the real. diflicha both in form 
and colour: Mr. Mitier, with great propriety, made a 
diftin& fpecies of it, by the name of Plicatilis, or Fan Aloe, — 
which Mr. Arron has continued; and by the name of Fan 
Aloe it is very generally known: we may remark, however, 
that though this term may be juftified by the form into which | 
the leaves expand, the Solium plicatile of Linnavs is a very 
different kind of a leaf. | oe eo 
_ Both the foliage and flowers of this plant are very handfome, 
in the courfe of many years it grows to a great fize; in the 
Chelfea Garden there are fome fine plants of it; which grew 
there in the time of M1 LLER, by whom it was cultivated in 1 731. 
__Itisa native (of Africa, requires the fame treatment as_ 
one Aloes, and is propagated by dividing and plant 
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