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Aloe Arachnoides. Spider-Footed- 

 Leaved Aloe. 



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Clafs and Order, ^ 



Hexandria Monogynia* 



Generic Character. 



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Cor. ere£ta, ore patulo, fundo ne&arifero. Filam. recepta- 

 culo inferta. 



Specific CharaRer and Synonyms. 



ALOE arachnoides (acaulis) foliis erefto et ar&atim ambienti- 

 bus, fublanceolatis, furfum cufpidato-trigonis, exquc 

 fpinis parallelis filiformibus membranaceo- lends 

 echinatis ; bra&eis pedicellos breviffimos fuperantibus ; 

 corolla fubventricofo-cylindrica, ore ringente. G. 



ALOE arachnoides. Decand. PI. Gr. liv. 9. /. 50. 



ALOE arachnoides a communis. IVilld. Sp. PI. 2. p. 183. 

 HorL Kew. 1. p. 4.67. Thunb. Aloe, n. 7. Prod. 61. 

 Mart. Mill. Ditt. n. 3. 



ALOE pumila $ arachnoides. Sp. PL 460. 



ALOE africana bumilis arachnoidea. Comm. Prelud. 78. /. 27. 

 op time. Knorr del. 1. t. A. 11. Brad. Succ. 3. p. 12. 

 /. 30. 



ALOE arachnoidea humilis. Wetnm. Phyt. Icon. 73. 6. male. 



ALOES patte d'araignee. Lamarck Lncyc. n. 13. var. «. 



Leaves very fhort, remarkable for the foft membranous 

 fpines that edj^e the upper part of their fides and keel; which 

 fomewhat relemble the legs or feet of fome fpiders, whence it 

 takes its trivial name, and not from the leaves being covered 



with 



