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Aloe mitr^formis. Mitre Aloe, 



Clafs and Order. 



Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Characler. — Fid. No. 765. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



ALOE mitraformis ; (caudefcens ,- caudex in annofioribus 

 deorfum nudus g corolla e grandioribus ;) foliis amplexi- 

 caulibus, fparfim ambientibus, confertis, ovato acu- 

 minatis, afturgenter convergentibus, margine fpinofo- 

 dentatis, nunc acumina pauca brevia dorfo vage ex- 

 ferentibus ; caule ramofo ; racemis denfioribus, fenfim 

 oblonge produ&is ; pedunculis afcendentibus, braftea 

 multum longioribus j corolla fexpartita, refta, cylin- 

 dracea, pendulo-cernua, pedunculis fere aequali ; fta- 

 minibus alternis longioribus corollae fubifometris. G. 



ALOE mitraformis. Mill. Dift. ed. 8 «. 1. Haworth on Aloe 

 in Linn. Tratif. 7. 23. Decand. PL graffes. 99. cum 

 tab. 



A. perfoliata. x. Willd. Sp. PL 2. 186. 



A. perfoliata. 0. mitraeformis. Hort. Kew.t. 467. 



A. perfoliata. v. Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2. v. 1. 458. 



A. pitta, v. Thunb. Dijf. de Aloe. 6. n. 4. 



A. africana ; caulefcens ; folio craffo, obfcure viridi, fpinis ad 

 latera et in dorfo armato. Boerh. ind. alt. 2. 131. 

 n. 39. 



A. africana mitriformis fpinofa. Dillen. Hort. Elth. 21. tab. 17. 



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ALOES mitre. Lam. Dicl. Encyc. 



In young plants the Jlem is fliort and entirely covered with 



eaves, in procefs of time the lower ones fall off, while the 



"em attains from two to fix feet in height, when the greater 



part 



