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Aloe rhodacantha. Red-spined 

 Glaucous Aloe. 



CA//} a«i Order. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Char after. — TO. Ab. 765. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



ALOE rhodacantha ; fcaudex brevis ,• junior loins folio/us 1 

 vetuftior infra denudatus g flores refli, cylindrici, e 

 majoribus j) foliis amplexicaulibus, conferte ambienti- 

 bus, lanceolato-acuminatis, brevibus, patuiis, mollibus 

 glaucis, fpinis denfioribus re&is fulvis margine et 

 nunc parce acuminibus vagis ad fummum dorfum 

 munitis ; caule fimplici toto fere ab imo braSieis lpha- 

 celato-membranaceis Iafius lanceolatis ftipato; racemo 

 fpicatim produ&o, raiiufculo; pedicellis ere&o-di- 

 vergentibus, flori fubaequalibus ; corolla pendulo- 

 cernua, laciniis bafin ufque liberis, apice breviter re- 

 volutis ; filamends has aequantibus ; ftigmate acutiuf- 

 culo. G. 



ALOE rhodacantha. Becandolle PL Gr. 41. tab. 41. 



A - glauca. Haworth. Linn. Tranf. 7. 18. ». 39. 



A. perfoliata. v . mild. Sp. PL 2. 186. 



A - perfoliata. £ glauca. Hort. Kew. 1. 466. Mart. Mill. Biff, 

 excl.fyn. 



A - Perfoliata. *. Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2, v. 1. 458. 1'hunb. Biff. 5. 

 n> 3. 



A* africana fpinis rubris ornata. Weinm. Phyt. t.ji. 

 • a f"cana foliis glaucis margine et dorfi parte fuperiore fpi- 

 nofis, flore rubro. Comm. Pral. 75. tab. 24. cum ft. 

 Hort. Amji. 2. 23. tab. 12. fine fl. 



Decandolle obferves that this fpecies differs from mitr<e- 

 J°rmis (No. 1270J by a trunk that is not arborefcent, foft 



glaucous 



