C 758 ] 



Tritoma Uvaria. Serrulate-Leaved 

 Tritoma. 



Oafs and Order. 

 Hexandria Monocynia. 



Generic Cbara8er. — Fid. N UM ' 744. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



TRITOMA Uvaria ,* foliorum margine carinaque fpinulofo- 



ferrata ; fpica ovali-cylindrica, corolla clavato- 



cylindrica. 

 VELTHEIMIA Uvaria. Willd.Sp. Pl.i.p. 182. Jacq. Fragm. 



7 .t. 4 .f. G. 

 ALETRIS Uvaria. Syji. Veg. 277. Hort. Kew. 1. p. 464. 



Mart. Mill. DicJ. n. 4. 

 ALOE Uvaria. Sp. PL 460. Kniph. cent. 9. n. 5. Knorr delic. 



1. /. A. 13. 

 ALOE foliis linearibus radicalibus membranaceis. Hort. Cliff. 



133. Roy. Lugd. 23. 

 ALOE africana folio triangulari longiffimo et anguftiffimo, 



floribus luteis foetidis. Commel. Hort. 2. p. 29. 



/. 15. Seb. the/. 1. />. 29. /. 19./- 3. 

 ALOE africana folio triangulo, longo, floribus ex luteo rubris, 



vulgo Iris uvaria. IVetnm. Pbyt. lc. 45. a. 



A native of the Cape of Good Hope. Cultivated in our 

 gardens fo long ago as the year 1707. Blooms in the Autumn. 

 Is fufficiently hardy to refill the cold of our milder Winters, 

 but in very (evere weather requires to be protected from the 

 froft. Is ufually propagated by fuckers, as alfo feed, which it 

 produces freely. C. 



