Aloe.] 2 LILIACER (Baker). 805 
Leaves slightly glaucous, much recurved : 
Perianth if long... sat ss ... (65) rupestris. 
Perianth an inch long val ane .. (66) Thraskii. 
Subgenus III. Gonratow. Perianth cylindrical ; stamens not exserted ; leaves 
short, imbricated spirally bifarious. 
The only species... 4: Be a es ... (67) variegata. 
Subgenus IV, Kumara (Rhipidodendron, Willd.). Arborescent, with.a much- 
branched trunk and distichous leaves; perianth straight ; inner segments free. 
The only species ae asa es tee ... (68) plicatilis. 
Garden hybrids ., su ; (O) : sera cen 
1, A. minima (Baker in Hook. Ic. t. 2423); leaves about a dozen 
in a sessile rosette, suberect, narrowly linear, channelled deeply 
down the face, 5-6 in. long, spotted with white; margin armed 
with abundant, spreading, minute, white teeth; peduncle simple, 
6-9 in. long, with several empty bracts in the upper part; 
flowers many in a dense subcapitate raceme, the lower cernuous; 
pedicels ascending, }-} in. long ; bracts ovate-acuminate, nearly as 
long as the pedicels; perianth pale-red, cylindrical, 4~5 lines long ; 
tube very short ; stamens and style not exserted. 
Eastrgn RgGion: Natal; solitary amongst grass on the South Downs, 
Evans, 409! 
2. A. kniphofioides (Baker in Hook. Ic. t. 1939); acaulescent ; 
leaves linear, 1-13 ft. long, 3-2 in. broad, hardly at all fleshy; 
margin with minute deltoid spines; inflorescence a lax simple 
Taceme, nearly a foot long; bracts scariose, ovate-acuminate, the 
lower 1-8 in. long; pedicels ascending, the lower as long as the 
bracts ; perianth cylindrical, pale-red, 13-13 in. long; segments 
linear-oblong, 3 in. long, tipped with green; stamens and style 
shorter than the perianth. 
East : ; damp grassy places on Mount Enkansweni, near 
Ty “(Slayer ihe oe ies Taunrand and Emagusheni, 4000 ft. P 
son, 2829! 
3. A. Cooperi (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1874, i. 628) ; acaulescent ; 
produced leaves 8-10, distichous, linear, much dilated at the base, 
13-2 ft. long, an inch broad low down, tapering gradually to 
the point, thin in texture, dull green, deeply channelled, spotted 
with white, obscurely striped; margin narrow, white, horny, with 
minute deltoid teeth ; peduncle simple, 1-2 ft. long, with several 
Ovate-cuspidate empty bracts ; flowers 20-30 in a dense eet ia a 
raceme ; lower pedicels 1-2 in. long; bracts ovate-lanceolate, j—-1 in. 
long ; perianth cylindrical, 13-13 in. long, reddish-yellow, tipped 
with green; tube very short; stamens and style included. Bot. 
Mag. t. 6377; Journ. Linn. Soc, xviii. 155. A. schmidtiana, 
Regel, Gartenfl. 1879, 97, t. 970. 
Coast Recton: Port Elizabeth Div.; between Drostdy Farm and the 
mine, Burchell, 4482! and at Cragga Kamma, Burchell, 4564! 
Eastern Reeton: Natal; Inandu, Wood, 843! near Ladysmith, 8000- 
4000 ft., Wood, 5610! and without precise locality, Cooper, 1193 ! 3623! 
