C 765 ] 



Aloe Maculata. Spotted Aloe. 



Clafs and Order, 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character, — Fid. N um ' 756. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



ALOE maculata (fubacaulis) foliis inaequaliter trigonis, macu- 

 latis, junioribus fubdiftichis, longe acuminatis ; fcapo 

 elongate, furfum ramofo ; floribus racemofis, pedi- 

 ceiiON parum excedentibus • corolla curvata, deorfum 

 ventricofa, laciniis externis longius unitis ; organis 

 inci ufts. G. 



ALOE maculata. Thunb. Dijf. 10. Hort. Kew. 1. 469. Mart. 

 Mill. DicJ. mild. Sp. PL 



ALOE maculata (pulchraj. Mill. f. 195. /. 292. 



ALOE obliqua. Decand. PL Gr. I. 16. t. gi. 



Stem very (hort, generally covered with leaves, the lower 

 of which are ambient, the younger commonly diflich and far 

 acuminate; all variegated or fpotted with white, quite fmootb, 

 polifhed, with entire even edges. Scape tall, (lender, branched 

 upwards. Flowers growing in a loofe pendulous raceme, ra- 

 ther longer than the pedicles, as thefe are than the bracles. 

 Corolla cylindrical, ventricofe downwards, curved towards the 

 middle ; the three outer fegments are connate as far as the 

 curve; inner thinner. Stigma fimple. Filaments enclofed in 

 the (lender part of the corolla. Seeds flat, membranoufly alate. 



Cultivated here by Miller. Found at the Cape of Good 

 Hope by Thunb erg, growing wild in the Houtniquas moun- 

 tains ; but often cultivated at Cape Town. 



To be treated like the other Cape Aloes. Blooms freely, 

 and is eafily propagated by offsets; very common. G. 



