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Phylloma aloiflorum. The Bourbon 



Aloe. 



Clafs and Order. 



Hexandkia Mo.vocynia. 



Generic Chamber. 



Jnflor. erefta, bra&eolis fmgularibus interftinfta. Cat. o. Cor. 

 infera, hexapelalo-partita, tubulofo-connivens, laciniis imbri- 

 catis. Stem, immediate hypogyna, erecia, inclufa; fil. filiformia, 

 squalia ; anth. ereclae, ovatas. Stylus fetaceus ; fig. fimplex. 

 Bacca coriaceo-carnofa, oblato-fpbaerica, fulcis 3 futuris totidem 

 intermediis levius notata, 3-loc, loculis biferiate polyfpcrmis j 

 fern, horizontalia, oblonga, angulofa, tefta cruftacco-cartilaginea 

 nigro-fplendente epidermide folutili opacata ; albumen aaiyg- 

 dalinum. G. 



Obs. Pahnoldeo-arborefcens ; cnudex fimplex, Vgnofus ; fdilaflmpl'cia? 

 temunalia, numerofa, conferta, f/Jcicu/ato-divergentia inferiera recurva, 

 imbricato-amplexicaulia, hrato-elongata, lanccolato-attenuata, convoluto- 

 concava, coriaceo-imrtifata, margine rubra cartilaginea fpinulofo-f errata ; 

 caules axillareSy plures, iftis breviores, complanato-ancipites, racemof* 

 panic ulati, racemuli panel, mult fori, of'urgenti-divcrgcntes, faliolo arido 

 ad divifuram ; pedicel ii fit formes, ajfurgeutes, fore fubhngiorts ; bra&eolag 

 aridw ovato-acuminatce. Ah Aloe difcrepat faminibm non incline tis 

 frucluque non capfulari ; a Drac^na filament is baud medio incrvjfatis, 

 bacccfaue loculis baud manofpermis ; ab utraaue babitu fat is dive rf urn. G, 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



PHYLLOMA aloiflorum. G. 



DRAC/ENA margimta. Hort. Kern. 1. 454- cd. 2. 2. 277. 



Mild. Sp. PI. 2. 157. 

 ALOE mar°inata. Willd. En. PL Hort. Berol. 383. 

 ALOE marginalis. Decandolle PL Gr. 31. cum lc 

 ALOE purpurea. Lamarck Encyc. 1. 85. 



Stem in our oldeft fpecimens about eight feet high, and nearly 

 *e thicknefs of a man's thigh; leaves fmooth, about three feet 



long, 



