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 Aloe Viscosa. Triangular Aloe. 



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Clafs and Order, 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. — Vid. N um - 165. 



Specific Cbaratler and Synonyms. 



ALOE vi/co/a (parviflora ; caule/cens) foliis omnibus caulinis, 

 brevibus, lanceolato-ovatis, canaliculars, glabris, tri- 

 fariam fubverticillatis, congefio-imbricatis ; fcapo fili- 

 formi, fimplici ; racemo diftante, corolla cylindrica, 

 bilabiato-patula, fere tota coadunata ; ftigmate ob- 

 tufo. G. 

 ALOE vi/co/a. Linn. Sp. 460. Mill. Dicl. 11. thunb. Diff. 

 13. Prod. 61. Hort. Kew. 1. 470. Kniph. Cent. 4. n. 4. 

 Knorr Del. 1. t. A. 10. Willd. Sp. PL 2. 191. Dec and. 

 PL Gr. 16. /. 16. Hawortb Tr. Linn. Soc. j.p.6. 

 ALOE foliis canaliculars trifariam imbricatis caulinis apice 

 reflexo-patulis. Hort. Cliff. 132. Up/. 87. Roy. 

 Lugdb. 23. 

 ALOE africana ere&a triangularis et triangulari folio. Comm. 

 Pral. 82. /. 31. Dill. Elth. i 5 . t. 13. / 13. filK 

 Pi/. 7. Boerh. Ind. Alt. p. 131. n. 32. 

 ALOE triangularis. Medik. Bot. Bcob. 61. 

 ALOE triangulaire.. Lam. Dicl. n. 18. 



A Cape fpecies, introduced into our gardens by Dr. James 

 Sherard, about 1733, where it flowers in June and July ; 

 eafily propagated by offsets ; has fo very fingular an appear- 

 ance that it may be diftinguifhed at firft fight from all its 

 congeners known to us. 



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