300 LILIACE® (Baker), [ Gasteria. 
mersed spots of greenish-white, edges smooth or only very 
obscurely papillose; peduncle about a foot long; racemes 8-10, 
forming a large deltoid panicle, end one 2 ft. long; pedicels 
1_1 in, long ; bracts lanceolate, as long as the pedicels; perianth 
% in. long, tube oblong, } in. diam. 
Coast ReGion: King Williamstown Div.; near the Chalumna River, living 
plants introduced into cultivation about 1860 by T. Cooper / 
40. G. fuscopunctata (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xviii. 195); 
leafy stem 2-3 in. long; leaves 12-20, arranged in a dense multi- 
farious rosette, stiffly erecto-patent, lanceolate, 4-1 ft. long, 23-3 in. 
broad and #-1 in. thick low down, face slightly concave, 
back obliquely keeled, dull green, when old reddish-brown, with a 
few whitish immersed and many brown star-like often confluent 
spots, smooth on the margin; peduncle simple, 1} ft. long ; raceme 
simple, 13-2 ft. long; pedicels j-1 in. long; bracts lanceolate ; 
perianth 1 in. long, tube oblong, j~4 in. diam. 
Sour Arrica: without locality, living plants introduced about 1860 by 
T. Cooper! 
41. G. acinacifolia (Haw. Suppl. 49) ; leafy stem 14-2 in. long; 
leaves 10-20, arranged in a dense multifarious rosette, stiffly erecto- 
patent, ensiform, about a foot long, 13-2 in. broad and 4-# in. thick 
low down, narrowed gradually from the base to the apex, slightly 
concave on the face, unequally keeled on the back, smooth, shining, 
dark green, with copious, small, immersed, greenish-white spots, 
margins slightly rugose; peduncle 3-4 ft. long including the 
inflorescence ; racemes 1-1} ft. long ; pedicels 3-4 in. long ; bracts 
lanceolate; perianth 13-2 in. long, tube oblong-cylindrical, { in. 
diam. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 196. Aloe acinacifolia, 
Jacq. Eclog. 49, t. 31; Ker in Bot. Mag. t.2369 ; Salm-Dyck, Aloe, 
sect. xxix. fig. 11; Kunth, Enum. iv. 537. 
Vaz. 8, G. venusta (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1827, 360); leaves narrower, more 
glossy, with whiter spots aggregated into obscure bands. 
Var. y, @. ensifolia (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1825, 282); leaves shorter and less 
acuminate. Aloe ensifolia, Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 681; Salm-Dyck, 
Aloe, sect. xxix. fig. 12; Kunth, Enum. iv. 538. 
Vag. 5, G. pluripuncta (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1827, 360); an immature form 
with subdistichous lorate leaves of thinner texture, not keeled on the back. 
Var. ¢, G. nitens (Haw. Suppl. 48) ; leaves longer, sometimes 1} ft. long, less 
acuminate, very smooth, light green, with copious confluent spots. Aloe nitens, 
Roem, et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 680; Kunth, Enum. iv. 538. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality. 
Cultivated at Vienna before 1810. 
42, G. candicans (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1827, 361); leafy stem 
13-2 in. long; leaves 12~20, arranged in a dense multifarious rosette, 
lanceolate, 6-15 in. long, 23-3 in. broad and 4—3 in. thick low 
down, face concave, back obliquely keeled, bright green, smooth, 
with copious, immersed, minute whitish spots, margins and 
keel not tubercled; peduncle 3-4 ft. long including the inflores- 
