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 Aloe Microcantha! Small-spined Aloe. 



Class and Order, 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cor. erecta, ore patulo, fundo nectarifero. Filamenta 

 receptaculo inserta. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 

 Sect.* Corollis cylindricis reflexis. 



Aloe microcantha ; foliis lineari-loratis canaliculatis mar- 

 gine spinulosis,, racemo umbellato laxo, pedunculis 

 corolla longioribus. 



Aloe microcantha; foliis anguste ensiformibus inferne albo- 

 maculatis, maculis ssepe tuberculiformibus oblongis 

 sparsis numerosis, spinis marginalibus rectis albis 

 minutissimis. Haworth Suppl. PI. succul. p. 105. 



Descr. Leaves linear-lanceolate, scarcely a foot and a 

 half long, half an inch wide at the base, and gradually 

 tapering to the point ; deeply channelled, margins armed 

 with very minute white spines somewhat recurved, palish 

 green with white oval distinct spots, not very fleshy, and of 

 a supple consistence. Scape nearly a foot long, semicylin- 

 drical at the lower part and rounded above, clothed with 

 distinct, ovate, acuminate, streaked, scariose Bractes, half 

 embracing the stem. Flowers in a terminal, subumbellate, 

 lax raceme, at first erect, then nodding. Peduncles white, 

 erect, longer than the corolla, which is cylindrical, an inch 

 and a half long, with rose coloured petals tipped with 

 green, a little recurved at the point : the three exterior 

 ones somewhat the shortest. Filaments unequal : Anthers 

 oval, orange coloured : Style the length of the corolla : 

 Stigma capitate. 



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