[ 1452 ] 

 Aloe albicans. Hard-leaved Aloe. 



C/^/i a#i Order. 

 Hex an dr i a Monogynia. 



Generic Character. — Vid* No. 1352. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



ALOE albicans ; (ecaudicata ; flores e minor ibus, bilabiati, 

 erecli ;) foliis numerofis rofaceo-aggregatis patentibus, 

 ovato-acuminads, brevibus, rigidiflimis, cruftam cartila- 

 gineam tenuem glabram diaphanam tod eorum fuperficiei 

 aequabiliter obdu&am pallide tranflucendbus, fupra de- 

 prefliufculis infra convexis, carinato-cufpidads, marginis 

 atque carinas cartilagine crafliore vitreo-pellucente quan- 

 doque imperfefte dentiente ; caule fubquadriramofo ; ra- 

 cemis laxius multifloris*; pedicellis flore quate/ breviori- 

 bus ; corolla fubventricofo-cylindrica pro tribus partibus 

 concreta, bilabiato-aperta, laciniis obtufis, externis duplo 

 anguftioribus, labii fuperioris explicadoribus, inferioris 

 media magis convoluta quam reliquae ; fructifkadonis 

 organis corolla duplo brevioribus. G. 



ALOE albicans. Haworth in Linn. Tranf. 7. 8. Hort. Kew. 

 ed. 2. 299. 



A. marginata. Lamarck Encyc. 1. 89. n. 17. 



A. africana humilis folio in fummitate triangulari et rigidiflimo, 

 marginibus albicantibus. CommcLPrahui. 8i. tab. 35; fine 

 flore. Id. in lc. Plant. Rat, 48. tab. 48 ; cum flore. 



Descr. Leaves about two inches long, about one and a 

 naif broad at the wideft part ; ftcm about a foot and half high ; 

 corolla upright-divergent, half an inch long, dingyly party- 

 coloured with white, purple, and green; the cartilaginous 

 efflorefcence which ufually (hews itfelf on the leaves of this 

 genus in varioufly difperfed tubercles, prickles, &c ; is here 

 confluent, and fpreads itfelf in a thin even coat over their 



whole 



