Gasteria.] Litacex (Baker). 297 
29. G. subcarinata (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1827, 358); leafy stem 
1-1} in. long ; leaves 10-15, arranged in a dense multifarious rosette, 
spreading, lorate, 4~6 in. long, 14 in. broad at the base, } in. thick 
in the centre, deltoid-euspidate at the apex, doubled on one of the 
borders, dull green, rough, with small raised whitish spots, the edges 
strongly tubercled ; peduncle simple, 1-1} ft. long ; raceme 1-13 ft. 
long ; lower pedicels }—4 in. long; bracts small, lanceolate; perianth 
i- in. long, ball oblong, } in, diam. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xvili. 192. Aloe subcarinata, Salm-Dyck, Obs. 51; Aloe, sect. xxix. 
fig. 21; Kunth, Enum, iv. 541. A. pseudo-angulata, Salm-Dyck, 
Cat. 16. . 
Var. 8, G. undata (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1827, 358) ; leaves smoother, brighter, 
narrower, and shorter. Aloe undata, Roem, et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 677; 
Kunth, Enum. iv. 541. A. subcarinata, var. minor, Salm-Dyck, Aloe, loc. cit. 
SourH A¥Rica: without locality. 
First described from the Vienna collections in 1815. Probably a garden 
hybrid between G. carinata and G. disticha. Var. striata, Salm-Dyck, is a form 
with the leaves striped with bands of white. 
30. G. decipiens (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1827, 357); leafy stem 
1-1} in. long ; leaves 12-20, arranged in a dense multifarious rosette, 
deltoid, 2-3 in. long, 13-14 in. broad and 3-3 in. thick low down, 
narrowed gradually to a deltoid cusp, concave on the face, obliquely 
keeled in the back, dull dark green, rough with copious concolorous 
raised spots; peduncle simple, a foot long; raceme a foot long; 
lower pedicels }—3 in. long; bracts lanceolate ; perianth 7-1 in. long, 
ball oblong, 4 in. diam, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 192. 
Haworthia nigricans, Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1824, 301. Aloe deci- 
piens, Roem, et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 674; Salm-Dyck, Aloe, sect. 
xxix. fig. 16; Kunth, Enum. iv. 539. 
Sourn Arica: without locality. 
Introduced into cultivation by Bowie in 1824. Very different from every 
other Gasteria in its habit, which resembles that of Haworthia viscosa. 
31. G. parvifolia (Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xviii. 193); acau- 
lescent; leaves 10-12, arranged in a dense multifarious rosette, 
lanceolate-deltoid, 2-23 in. long, 1-1} in. broad, and }-} in. thick 
low down, dull green, changing to purple when old, face very con 
cave, back obliquely keeled, spots on the face copious, small, whitish, 
immersed, forming irregular bands, borders and keel tubercled ; 
flowers not seen. 
SourH Arrica: without locality, living plants introduced into cultivation 
about 1860 by 7. Cooper ! 
32. G. gracilis (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 193); acau- 
lescent; leaves 9~10, arranged in a dense multifarious rosette, 
lanceolate, 3-4 in. long, 3-1 in. broad low down, outer recurved, 
narrowed from the base to the continuously horny tip, back 
obliquely keeled, spots on the face very numerous, small and 
immersed, those on the edges and keel raised ; flowers unknown. 
