Gasteria. | LILIACEE (Baker). 299 
smooth, with copious, small, white, immersed spots, edges tuber- 
cled; peduncle a foot or more long, simple or forked ; racemes 
a foot or more long; pedicels 3-1 in. long; bracts lanceolate; 
perianth Z in. long, tube oblong, }in.diam. Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xviii. 194. A. trigona var. elongata, Salm-Dyck, Obs. 45. A. 
dal Salm-Dyck, Aloe, sect. xxix. fig. 15; Kunth, Enum. iv. 
539, 
Sourn Arrica: without locality. 
First raised in Europe from seeds sent home by Herr Swellingreben in 1790. 
Closely allied to G. obtusa and @. glabra. 
37. G. glabra (Haw. Syn. 87); leafy stem 14-2 in. long; leaves 
15-18, arranged in a dense multifarious rosette, lanceolate, 6-9 in: 
long, 2-3 in. broad and i~% in. thick low down, face concave, 
back obliquely keeled, smooth, dark green, with copious, small, 
immersed, whitish spots, edges tubercled ; peduncle simple, a foot 
long ; raceme simple, a foot or more long; pedicels }-4 in. long; 
bracts small, lanceolate; perianth 2-1 in. long, ball oblong, } in. 
diam. Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1827, 358 ; Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. 
Xviii, 194. Aloe glabra, Salm-Dyck, Obs. 48; Aloe, sect. xxix. fig. 
19; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 677; Kunth, Enum. iv. 540. 
A. carinata var. subglabra, Haw. in. Trans. Linn. Soc, vii. 14. 
A. carinata, Ker. in Bot. Mag. t. 1331, ex parte. 
: Var. 8, major (Kunth, loc. cit.); more robust, with leaves a foot or more 
ong. 
Sourn ArFrica: without locality. 
Introduced into cultivation by Masson in 1796. 
38. G. nitida (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1827, 359) ; leafy stem 13-2 in. 
long; leaves 12-15, arranged in a dense multifarious rosette, lanceo- 
late, 8-9 in. long, 2-24 in. broad and }~? in. thick low down, 
face concave, back obliquely keeled, smooth, bright green, 
with copious, small, immersed, whitish spots, edges and keel 
scarcely at all rugose ; peduncle simple, a foot or more long ; raceme 
simple, a foot or more long; pedicels }—2 in. long ; bracts lanceolate, 
about as long as the pedicels; perianth 3-1 in. long, tube oblong, 
¢ in. diam. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 195. Aloe nitida, 
Salm-Dyck, Cat. 13; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 2304; Salm-Dyck, Aloe, 
sect. xxix, fig. 17; Kunth, Enum. iv. 539 
_ Var. grandipunctata (Salm-Dyck, Obs. 47); spots larger, arranged in 
irregular bands. : 
Sovurn Arrica: without locality. 
Introduced into the Dutch gardens about 1790. 
39. G. excelsa (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 195) ; leafy stem 
2-3 in. long; leaves 10-30, arranged in a dense multifarious 
rosette, outer spreading, inner erecto-patent, lanceolate, 8-12 in. 
long, 23-8 in. broad and }~} in. thick low down, face con- 
cave, back obliquely keeled, dull green, with a few faint im- 
