Aloe.) LILIACEZ (Baker), 307 
ascending, lanceolate, 3-4 in. long, 3 in. broad, 3 in. thick in 
the middle, green, narrowed gradually into a long pellucid awn; 
teeth deltoid, horny, white, 3; in. long on the margin and also 
on the keel of the upper half of the back; peduncle simple, 6-9 
in. long; raceme simple, lax, 4-6 in. long; pedicels 1-12 in. long ; 
bracts lanceolate-acuminate, much shorter than the pedicels ; perianth 
straight, cylindrical, 1-1} in. long, bright red; segments keeled 
with green, longer than the cylindrical tube; stamens and style 
included. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 156. A. longiaristata, 
Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vi. 684 ; Salm-Dyck, Aloe, sect. xv. fig. 
7; Kunth, Enum. iv. 518. 
Vaz. 8, leiophylla (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 156); leaves thinner, 
smaller, with smaller teeth, wnich are almost confined to the margin ; perianth 
tm saretills Baker) ; 1 ish 14-2 in. long, } in. broad 
AR. ¥y, 3 1s In, > . > 
as thin Aas Sieenhgtion sf seria jeluehd-een, Oe small deltoid teeth both 
on the margin and also forming two rows on the back. 
_ SourH Arerica: without locality, Zeyher, 4186! Vars, 8 and ¥, living plants 
introduced and cultivated by Cooper ! 
Cenrrat Reoion : Graaff Reinet Div.; stony ridges of the Sneeuw Berg 
Range, 2900 ft., MacOwan, 1944! 
Introduced into cultivation by Bowie in 1824, 
8. A. Boylei (Baker in Kew Bullet. 1892, 84) ; acaulescent ; leaves 
thin, lanceolate, a foot or more long, an inch broad low down, 
tapering gradually to a long point ; marginal teeth close, spreading, 
small, deltoid, whitish ; peduncle robust, about as long as the leaves ; 
flowers many, aggregated in a dense globose head 5 in. diam. ; 
pedicels 13-2 in. long; bracts ovate-acuminate, the lower an inch or 
more long; perianth pale, 1-1} in. long; tube scarcely any ; seg- 
ments lanceolate ; stamens not longer than the perianth-segments. 
Katanart Reeion: Transvaal; Upper Moodies and Lomatie Valley, near 
Barberton, 4000-4500 ft., Galpin, 1207! : 
Eastern REGION: Griqualand East; near Kokstad, Haygarth in Herb. 
Wood, 4232! Natal; valley of the Tugela River, Allison! 
9. A. humilis (Miller, Abr. Gard. Dict. edit. vi. No. 10) ; acau- 
lescent; leaves 30-40, densely rosulate, multifarious, all asc a 
ing, ovate-lanceolate, very acuminate, 3-4 in. long, 3-% in. — 
low down, glaucous green, obscurely lineate, unspotted, ¢ in. 
thick, slightly tubercled on the face; margin with copious deltoid- 
cuspidate white prickles , in. long; back with copious, <3 
larly seriate, white horny tubercles and a few prickles ; peduncle 
stout, simple, about a foot long, furnished with numerous ovate- 
lanceolate empty bracts; raceme lax, simple, about $ ft, long; pee “4 
ascending, 3-1 in. long; bracts large, ovate-lanceolate ; 1 Tae ; 
straight, cylindrical, bright red, 1}-14 in. long; tube 4} in. Pong ; 
stamens and style finally just exserted. Thunb. Diss. No. 6; 490 - 
61; Fl. Cap, edit, Schult. 311; Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. iv. 10, saber : 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 157. A. perfoliata var. humilis, 
