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 Aloe Humilis. Soft-Spined Aloe. 



C7tf/jr tf«,i Order. 

 Hexandria Monogynia, 



Generic Charatler. 



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

 culo inferta. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms, 



ALOE humilis (acaulis) foliis ambientibus, caefpitofis, afTur- 



gentibus, lato-fubulatis, piano convexis ; fpinis albis, 



mollibus, inermibus, undique erumpentibus ; bra&eis 



pedicellos fubaequantibus ; corolla cylindrica hexape- 



talo-partita, ore patulo, reflexo. G. 

 ALOE humilis, acaulis, foliis undique inerme fpinofis, ad- 



fcendentibus, fubulato-trigonis, floribus cylindricis. 



Dec and. PL Gr. liv. 7. n. 39. 

 ALOE humilis. Willd. Sp. PL v. 2. p. 187. Thunb. Diff. n. 



6. Prod. 61. 

 ALOE perfoliata var. humilis. Sp. PL 458. Hort. Kew. 1, 



467. Mart. Mill. Die!. 

 ALOE foliis ereclis fubulatis radicatis undique inerme fpinofis. 



Hort. Cliff. 131. Roy. Lugd. 24. 

 ALOE africana humilis, fpinis inermibus et verrucis obfna.' 



Comm. pr<el. jj. /. 26. rar. 46. /. 46. oplime. Bocrh. 



ind. alt. 2. 130. n. 23. Til. Hort. Pif. p. 7. /. 6. male. 

 ALOE africana foliis glaucis margine et doifi fuperiori parti 



fpinofis. Weinm. Phyt. t. 73. a. 



Desc. Stem. none. Leaves furrounding the fcape tuftwife, 

 affurgent, and often (lightly incurved upwards, broad-fubulate, 

 plano-convex, fometimes nearly tr befet with white 



fubcartilagineous foftifh fpines ; tlicfc at the edges are 

 teerhlike, regularly arranged^ more numerous and perfect 

 in fliape, but in the other parts are often abortive and 



appearing 



