306 . LILIACEZ (Baker). [ Aloe. 
4. A. microcantha (Haw. Suppl. 105); shortly caulescent ; leaves 
15-20, dense, multifarious, linear-lanceolate, thin in texture, tapering 
gradually to an acute point, 1-14 ft. long, {-1 in. broad low down, 
green, channelled down the face, copiously spotted with white; 
margin minutely denticulate ; peduncle simple, about a foot long, 
with copious ovate empty bracts; raceme dense, simple, corym- 
bose ; pedicels ascending, 1-14 in. long, bracts ovate, shorter than 
the pedicels; perianth straight, cylindrical, 1}-14 in. long, red, 
tipped with green; tube very short ; stamens and style as long as 
the perianth. Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 2272 ; Link and Otto, Ic. 87, t. 
40; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 697 ; Salm-Dyck, Aloe, sect. xx. 
Jig. 1; Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xviii. 159. 
Sourn AFrica: without locality. 
Introduced into cultivation by Bowie in 1819. 
5. A. Kraussii (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 159); acaules- 
cent; leaves 6-8, subdistichous, linear, 2-3 ft. long, 3-1 in. 
. broad low down, thin in texture, much spotted in the lower part; 
margin distantly and obscurely denticulate; peduncle simple, above 
a foot long, with many lanceolate-deltoid empty bracts; flowers 
12-20 in a dense corymb ; pedicels 4—# in. long; bracts lanceolate- 
deltoid, much shorter than the pedicels; perianth straight, pale 
yellow, 3-§ in. long; tube very short; stamens included; style 
finally slightly exserted. 
— minor (Baker); whole plant only 4-5 in. high, with leaves 2-3 in. 
Katanari Reaion: Var. 8, Transvaal; stony ridges on mountain tops of the 
Saddleback Runge, near Barberton, 4800 ft. Galpin, 873 ! 
Eastern ReoGion: Pondoland, Bachmann, 263! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 
1217! Camperdown, 2000 ft., Wood, 1959! and grassy places near the Buy of 
Natal, Krauss, 275! Swazieland; Piggs Peak, 4500 ft., Galpin, 1264! 
6. A. myriacantha (Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 704) 
acaulescent ; produced leaves 10-12, multifarious, linear, } ft. long, 
z~% in. broad, channelled all down the face, dull green, thin in 
texture, mottled with small white spots; margin minutely denticu- 
late ; peduncle simple, slender, a foot long, with many lanceolate 
empty bracts ; flowers 10-20 in a dense simple corymb ; pedicels ee 
in. long ; bracts lanceolate-deltoid, 4-2 in. long ; perianth cylindrical, 
rather recurved, § in. long; tube very short; stamens as long as the 
perianth ; style finally slightly exserted. Kunth, Enum. iv. 515; 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 156. Bowiea myriacantha, Haw. 
in Phil. Mag. 1827, 122. 
Coast Region: Albany Diy. ; i 2000 ft., 
MacOwan, Herb. Aust. Be 1554 eit dese toe honer. 
There is an unpublished drawing at K «mens sent home 
by Bowie in 1823. wing at Kew, made from the specim 
7. A. aristata (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1825, 280); acaulescent; 
Tosette 3-4 in. diam.; leaves 50-60, very dense, multifarious, 
