296 LILIACEX (Baker). [ Gasteria. 
maculata, Thunb. Diss. No. 10, ex parte ; Salm-Dyck, Aloe, sect. 
xxix. fig. 1; Kunth, Enum. iv. 536. A. obliqua, Haw. in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. vii. 14. A. maculata, var. obliqua, Ait. Hort, Kev. i. 
469. A. Lingua, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 979, excl. syn. G. obliqua, 
Haw. Syn. 85. 
Var. B, fallax (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1827, 349); smaller in all its parts; 
leaves narrower, with more numerous white blotches. 
Coast Recion: George Div. ; Outeniqua, Thunberg. 
Introduced into cultivation early in the eighteenth century. 
27. G. pulchra (Haw. Syn. 86) ; shortly caulescent ; leafy part 
of stem 2 ft. or more long ; leaves 12-20, laxly arranged in a spirally 
distichous rosette, all erecto-patent, ensiform, 1-14 ft. long, an inch 
broad low down, narrowed gradually to the tip, smooth, often tinted 
with purple, furnished with copious, large, immersed, white confluent 
spots, one border doubled, edge not tubercled ; peduncle branched, 
8 ft. long including the inflorescence; racemes 1-1}. ft. long; 
lower pedicels 4-2 in. long; bracts small, lanceolate; perianth 
8 in. long, ball oblong, } in. diam. Haw, in Phil. Mag. 1827, 349; 
Baker in Journ, Linn, Soc. xviii. 191. Aloe pulchra, Jacq. in Hort. 
Schoenbr. t.419; Haw. in Trans. Linn, Soc. vii. 14; Salm-Dyck, 
Aloe, sect. xxix. fig. 2; Kunth, Enum. iv. 536. A. obliqua, DC. 
Plantes Grasses, t.91. A. maculata, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 765.— 
A. foliis linguiformibus variegatis, Miller, Ic. t. 292. 
Sour A¥Rioa: without locality. 
Introduced into cultivation early in the eighteenth century. Closely allied to 
G. maculata. . 
28. G. carinata (Haw. Syn. 87); leafy stem 1-14 in. long; 
leaves 12-20, arranged in a dense multifarious rosette, lanceolate, 
5-6 in. long, 14-2 in. broad low down, and } in. thick, narrowed 
gradually to the deltoid denticulate horny apex, concave on the face, 
obliquely keeled down the back, dull green, rough, with copious, 
raised, white, scattered papille, the margin and keel prominently 
papillose; peduncle simple, 1} ft. long; raceme 1-1} ft. long; 
lower pedicels 3-3 in. long ; bracts small, lanceolate ; perianth 3-1 in. 
long, ball oblong, 3 in. diam. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 192. 
Aloe carinata, Miller, Gard. Dict. edit. viii. No. 21 ; Haw. in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. vii. 13 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1331, ex parte ; Salm-Dyck, Aloe, 
sect. xxix. fig. 20; Kunth, Enum. iv. 541.—Aloe africana sessilis 2 
folits carinatis verrucosis, Dill. Hort. Elth. t. 18. 
Var. 8, G, strigata (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1827, 357); more robust; leaves 
8-10 in. long, less rough ; tubercles sometimes confi rinata var. 
lavior, Salm- Dyck, loc. cit. seal easter 
Var. y, G. parva (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1 : liferous 
form, with few alae ae TE, A) A a EP 
Sourn Argica: without locality, Zeyher, 4180! 
Introduced into cultivation early in the eighteenth century. 
