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ALOE PERFOLIATA SOCOTORINA. SOCOTORINE ALOE 
S TNONTMA. Aloe focotorina. Pbarm. Lond. fc? Edinb. Aloe 
Americana ananse florihufqui 
/. 240. f. 4. Aloe (vera) foS 
ginibus fpinofis, floribus fpicat 
fu 
ave rubent 
mgiffimis < 
Mill. Dift. 
Pluk. Almag 
guftiffimis, mar 
Clafs Hexandria. Ord. Monogynia. Lin. Gen. Plant. 43 
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Cb 
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ctarife 
Filam 
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Cb 
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caulinis dentatis amplexicaulibus vaginantibus^ 
floribus corymbofis cernuis pedunculatis fubcylindricis 
5 A. S. foliis longiflimis et anguftiffimis, marginibus fpinofis, floribus 
fpicatis. 
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THE root is perennial, ftrong, fibrous : the flower-fterris rife three 
or four feet in height, and are fmooth, erect, of a glaucous green 
colour, and towards the top befet with ovate bra&eal fcales: the 
leaves are numerous, and proceed from the upper part of the root: 
they are narrow, tapering, thick, or flefhy, fucculent, fmooth, glau- 
cous, and befet at the edges with fpiny teeth : the flowers are pro- 
duced 
