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Aloe arborescens. Narrow-leaved 



Sword-Aloe. 



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Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



ALOE arhorefcens i (fubarboreo-caudefcens ; flores c majoribus, 

 refto-cylindrici, hexapetalo-partiti, nutantes ; ) foliis 

 amplexicaulibus, in coraam terminalem ambienter 

 aggregatis, lorato-acuminatis, fere a bafi attenuatis, 

 convoluto-concavis, recurvato-reflexis, fucculentis, 

 gtabris, glaucefcentibus, margine ferrato-fpinofis, den- 

 tibus junioribus viridibus ; caule fimplici, brafteis 

 vagis confito ; racemo pyramidali-oblongato, den- 

 fiore ; pedicellis ereao-divergentibus, bradeas ovato- 

 acuminatas fubaequantibus ; corolla his fublongiore, 

 rotundato-trigona, ore brevi-patula ; ftaminibus fub- 

 inclufis; ftylo fubexferto. G. 



ALOE arborefcens. Mill. Dicl. ft. 3. Decandolle PL Gr. 38. 

 cum 1c. Haworlh in Linn. Tranf. 7. 20. n. 43. (excL 

 perfoliata. j3. Linn, et Comm. Prat. 69. /. 18.) Bot. 

 Rep. tab. 468. 



A. perfoliata. a. arborefcens. Hort. Kew. 1. 466. Mart. 

 Mill. Dicl. 



A. perfoliata. *. Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1. v. 1. 320. ed. 2. v. 1. 

 458. Willd. Sp. PL 2. 186 ,• ubi ut et in ed. 2. Sp. PL 

 ex lapfu typographic omittitur * propria varietatts ?tota. 



A. africana caulefcens foliis glaucis caulem ampleaantibus. 

 Comm. Hort. 2. 27. tab. 14. 



A. caulefc. fol. reflexis margine fpinofis africana. Pink. Pbyt. 



129. /. 3- 

 ALOES a cornes de belier. Lam. Did. Encyc. 1. 87. 

 Common Cape Tree-Aloe. Pet. Gaz. Dec. 7 et 8. p. 10. tab. 

 86. / 3. 



Caudex fometimes attaining the heighth of ten or twelve 

 f eet; leaves about two inches broad at their bafe; braeJes 

 reddifh, ftriate, membranous-fphacelate ; corolla or a bright 

 red colour, greenifh at the end ; alternate ftamens fomewnat 

 loader and firmer than the others as well as fhorter; anthers 

 *nile entire vermillion coloured ; JlyU flexuofe upwards with a 



fimple ftigmatofe point. , 



A grqenhoule 



