Aloe. ] LILIACEE (Baker). 815 
yellowish-red, 1-1} in. long; tube constricted above the ovary ; 
segments as long as the tube ; stamens about as long as the perianth. 
Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 699; Kunth, Enum. iv. 525; 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xviii. 166. 
SourH Arica: without locality. 
Introduced into cultivation about 1820. Both this and A. latifolia have been 
hybridized by Mr. Lynch with A. striata. 
27. A. Greenii (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 165); well- 
grown plants with a short simple stem 2 in. diam. below the dense 
rosette of leaves ; leaves 12-15 in a rosette, lanceolate, 15-18 in. 
long, 23-3 in. broad, narrowed gradually from below the middle to 
an acuminate apex, bright green, with obscure vertical lines and broad 
irregular wavy bands of confluent oblong whitish spots, 4-3 in. thick 
in the centre; margin with brown, horny, deltoid-cuspidate prickles 
$-+ in. long; peduncles stiffly erect, about a footlong; panicle about 
as long as the peduncle, with 5-7 branches ; racemes oblong or 
oblong-cylindrical, the end one 6-9 in. long ; lower pedicels 3 in. 
long ; bracts small, lanceolate ; perianth pale red, 1} in. long; tube 
much constricted above the ovary ; segments shorter than the tube ; 
stamens and style not distinctly exserted. Bot. Mag. t. 6520, 
SovrH Arrica : without lucality, Cooper ! 
Described from living plants introduced by Cooper about 1860. 
28. A. gasterioides (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 166); 
stem short, simple below the dense rosette of leaves ; leaves lanceo- 
late, 4-5 in. long, 14-2 in. broad, green, strongly lineate and marked 
' with copious, oblong, whitish blotches on the face; margin with 
deltoid, horny prickles } in. long ; peduncle simple, about a foot 
long; raceme lax, oblong; lower pedicels }-} in. long, much ex- 
ceeding the small acuminate bracts; perianth bright red, an inch 
long ; tube much constricted in the middle; segments shorter than 
the tube ; stamens not exserted. 
Sourn Arica : without locality. 
Described from a plant that flowered in the Kew collection in May, 1875. A 
near ally of A. obscura and A. grandidentata. 
29. A. tricolor (Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6324) ; mature plants with 
a very short simple stem below the dense rosette of leaves; leaves 
12-16 in a rosette, lanceolate, 5-6 in. long, 13-2 in. broad low down, 
narrowed gradually from below the middle to an acuminate point, 
3~i in. thick in the centre, slightly turgid on the face, dead green 
with irregular transverse bands of small oblong whitish spots ; 
margin with close, deltoid-cuspidate, horny, red-brown prickles ,, in. 
long, the outer leaves of the rosette much recurved; pedunele purplish, 
glaucous, 14 ft. long ; racemes 3-5 in a lax deltoid panicle, 3-4 in. 
long; lower pedivels 4-1 in. long; bracts small, deltoid-cuspi- 
date; perianth bright red, an inch long; tube slender, cylindrical, 
