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Aloe Cymbiformis. Tender-Leaved 



Aloe. 



♦ Mi* ♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 



Clafs and Order. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Characler. — Fid. N um - 765. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



ALOE cymbiformis (acatdis ; parviflora ; brevifolia) foliis fub 

 rofaceo-multifariis, elliptico-obovatis cum acumine, 

 depreffis, fubtus carinato-convexis, integerrimis, nudis, • 

 teneris, fucculentis ; corolla fubventricofo-cylindrica, 

 recurvato-bilabiata, pedicello et organis ter longiore. 

 Stigmate fubfcflili, fubtrigono-capitato. G. 



ALOE cymbiformis. Haworth on Aloe. Linn. Tranf. v. 7. p- 8. 

 n. 10. 



This very diftinft fpecies of Aloe was, we believe, fkft 

 noticed by Mr. Hatvorth, in the tra£l above quoted; where 

 it is faid to have been introduced from the Cape of Good Hope, 

 by Mr. Masson, and, as we fuppofe, fome years back, being 

 now pretty common in our collections ; requires tte fam e 

 treatment as Aloe retufa of No. 455 of this work, to which it 

 approaches the neareft of any of the genus known to us. Its 

 name (with rather too much latitude by the way) is taken from 

 the leaves. The raceme is many-flowered and diftant ; the 

 corolla afccndent and fix-parted quite to the bafe into narrow, 

 lorate, fomewhat tapered, obtufe fegments ; ftyle fcarcely any; 

 braftes far longer than the pedicles and nearly equal to the 

 corolla ; leaves fcarcely two inches long and feveral times 

 ihorter than the fcape ; the other diainBive charaaeriftics are 

 fully given in the fpecific character. 



Our drawing was taken from a plant in MelTrs. Malcolm 

 and Co.'s grcenhoufe at Kenfington. G. 



