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 Aloe Variegata. Partridge-Breast 



Aloe. 



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Clafs and Order. 



Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Characler. 



Cor. erefta, ore patulo fundo ne&arifero. Filam. receptaculo 

 inferta. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



ALOE variegata fubacaulis, foliis trifariis pi&is canaliculars : 

 angulis cartilagineis, floribus racemofis cylindricis. 

 Tbunb. Aloe> n. 12. Ait. Kew. v. 1. p. 470. 



ALOE variegata floribus pedunculatis cernuis racemofis prif- 

 maticis : ore patulo aequali. Linn. Sp. PL ed. 3' 



A 459- . . .. _ 



ALOE africana humilis, foliis ex albo viridi variegatis. Comtn. 



pr<el. 79. /. 28. var. 27. /. 27. 



So many defirable points unite in this Aloe, that we are 

 not to wonder at its being held in fuch very high efteem by 

 all that have the leaft tafte for plants, efpecially thofe of the 

 fucculent kind ; we frequently fee it nurfed up with great care 

 by thofe who have only the convenience of a parlour window, 

 and fucceed better with fuch than in the greenhoufes of many "♦ 

 it grows readily and blows freely but irregularlv, duiing moll 

 of the fummer months ; its foliage is beautiful both in its form 

 and markings, and its flowers are no lefs handfome ; it rarely 

 exceeds a foot or a foot and a half in height, when in flower; 

 is increafed by offsets, and requires the fame treatment as 

 the Aloe tribe in general. 



Is a native of the Cape, and was cultivated here by Mr. 

 Fairchild in 1720, Blair's Bot. E[f. 



Millkr informs us, that he raifed a variety of it from 

 Cape feeds with broader and more fpreading leaves and » 

 taller flowering Item. 



