PHALANGIUM non ramofum fpicatum luteum P. B. S. foliis 

 magnis cepae, pulpolis. Pluk. Amath. p. 168. 



Obs. Vix (ad tabulamf altem) a longifcapo Jacquini dijlinguendum, 

 ni forte fuo caudlce baud ramojo-multklphi atque altiore t JoUiJque baud adeo 

 snjigniter glaucinis. G . 



This fpecies, formerly known in our gardens by the name 

 of " The Onion-Leaved Aloe/' is a native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope; was cultivated in Chelfca Garden as long fince 

 as 1702 ; is now very common in our greenhoufes, where it 

 requires the treatment of the common Cape Aloes. Its caudex 

 throws out the longeft fcape of any of the genus known to 

 us, and is generally covered with dried and often perfiftent 

 leaves below the upper fafcicle ; when thefe fall or are 

 plucked off it has a learned and jointed appearance; from 

 beneath the upper leaves long fimple fibres are generally 

 protruded. Often ripens the feed ; the fruitlefs pedicles are 

 as in iome other fptcies very much incurved or hooked, (7. 



