298 LILIACER (Baker). [ Gasteria. 
Eastern Region: Natal, living plants introduced into cultivation about 
1860 by T. Cooper. 
33. G. obtusa (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1827, 359); leafy stem 
14-2 in. long; leaves 12-18, arranged in a dense multifarious 
rosette, outer spreading, inner ascending, lanceolate, about half a 
foot long, 14 in. broad and i in. thick low down, concave on the 
face, obliquely keeled down the back, dull green, with copious, 
seattered, immersed, small whitish spots, margins tubercled ; peduncle 
simple, a foot or more long; raceme a foot or more long; pedicels 
t-3 in. long; bracts small, lanceolate; perianth under an inch 
long, ball oblong, } in. diam. Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xviii. 
194. Aloe obtusa, Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 679. A. trigona, 
Salm-Dyck, Aloe, sect. xxix. fig. 18; Kunth, Enum. iv. 540, A. tri- 
gona, var. obtusa, Salm-Dyck, Obs. 46. 
South Arnica: without locality. 
Introduced into cultivation about 1820. 
34. G. letepunctata (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1827, 357); leafy 
stem 13-2 in. long ; leaves 15-20, arranged in a dense multifarious 
rosette, lanceolate, 4—6 in. long, 14-2 in. broad and } in. thick low 
down, narrowed gradually to the apex, concave on the face, obliquely 
keeled down the back, bright green or tinged with purple, smooth, 
with copious, small, pure white, immersed spots and tubercled edges ; 
peduncle a foot or more long, simple or forked; racemes a foot long ; 
pedicels }-4 in. long; bracts small, lanceolate ; perianth 7 in. long, 
ball oblong, fin. diam. Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xviii. 193. 
Aloe latepunctata, Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 676; Kunth, 
Enum, iv. 537. 
SourtH Arrica : without locality. 
Introduced into cultivation by Bowie in 1825. 
35. G. marmorata (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 194); — 
shortly caulescent ; leafy part of stem 6-10 in. long; leaves 20-30, 
arranged in a multifarious rosette, lorate-lanceolate, 5-6 in. long, 
1}-1} in. broad low down, rounded and with a horny cusp at the 
apex, very smooth, dull green, with obscure, large, immersed, con- 
fluent spots, one border conspicuously doubled, edge not tubercled ; 
peduncle branched; raceme a foot long; pedicels 3-3 in. long; 
bracts small, lanceolate; perianth 3 in. long, ball oblong, { in. 
SoutH Argica : without locality. 
Described from living plants in the Peacock and Kew collections. Allied to 
G. maculata and G. picta, but truly multifarious. 
36. G. trigona (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1827, 359); leafy stem 
about 2 in. long; leaves 12-15, arranged in a dense multifarious 
rosette, lanceolate, all except the outer ascending, 6-8 in. long, 
1}-1} in. broad and }-4 in. thick low down, narrowed gradually 
to the apex, face concave, back obliquely keeled, green, very 
