Tab. 7834. 

 aloe oligospila. 

 Native of Abyssinia, 



Nat. Oi-d. LiLiACE^. — Tribe Aloinejs. 

 Genns Aloe, Linn. ; {Benih. & Hooh.f. Gen. Plant, vol. iii. p. 776.) 



AiOE oligospila; acaulis, foliis multis dense roaulatis aacendentibus lanoeo- 

 latia acnrninatia obscure lineatis parce albo-maculatia facie deoratim 

 planis apice concavis dentibus raarginalibos ascendentibus maguitudine 

 mediocribus, pednncalo simplici foliis panic longiore, racemo oblongo denso, 

 pedicellia cernuis flore sequilongi?, bracteia ovatis magnia, perianthii 

 cylindrici pallide rosei apice viriduli lobis tubo longioribua, genitalibus 

 breviter exsertia. 



A. Bakeri, Hooh.f., mss. 



This new Aloe was raised by Mr. R. Irwin Lynch, A.L.S., 

 Curator of the Cambridge Botanic Garden, from seeds sent 

 from Abyssinia by Dr. Schinz, of Zurich. It was grown 

 at Cambridge, under the name of Aloe Schimperi, but is 

 totally different from that species. It comes nearest the 

 well-known Cape species Aloe ohscitra of Miller {A. pida, 

 Thunb., ex parte; Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 1323), but differs 

 by its sparingly-spotted leaves, shorter pedicels and 

 smaller pale red flowers, with lobes longer than the tube. 

 Amongst the Abyssinian species its nearest affinity is with 

 A. macrocarjm, Todaro, and A, commutata, Todaro. 



Descr. — Acaulescent. Leaves many, in a dense rosette, 

 ascending, lanceolate-acuminate, under a foot long, two 

 and a half inches broad low down, sparingly spotted with 

 white, obscurely lineate, flat on the lower part of the face, 

 concave tow^ards the point ; marginal teeth pale, ascending, 

 moderately large and close. Peduncle simple, rather longer 

 than the leaves. Raceme dense, oblong, three or four 

 inches long ; pedicels cernuous, the lower as long as the 

 flowers ; bracts ovate, rather shorter than the pedicels. 

 Perianth cylindrical, pale, red tipped with green, under an 

 inch long ; lobes linear-oblong, longer than the tube. 

 Stamens and style a little longer than the perianth. — /. G. 

 Baker. 



Fig. 1, a flower ; 2. front view of anther; 3, back view of anther; 'i, pistil :— 

 o// eiilarged; o, whole plant, much reduced. 

 May 1st, 19(>_'. 



