318 LILIACEZ (Baker). [ Aloe. 
Burchell, 3993! Albany Div.; hills near Grabamstown, 2000-2200 ft., Mac- 
Owan, 1146! Bolus, 2689! and MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 298! 
Introduced into cultivation by Bowie about 1820. 
36. A. striatula (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1825, 281); stems many 
yards long when fully developed, sarmentose; branches j-} in. 
diam. ; internodes 4-1 in. long, conspicuously striped with green ; 
leaves spreading, linear, 6-9 in. long, }~$ in. broad, acuminate, green, 
zy in. thick in the centre, not auricled at the base; all the marginal 
prickles’ minute and deltoid; peduncle lateral, slender, simple, 
6-9 in. long ; raceme oblong, 3-6 in. long; pedicels {-} in. long; 
bracts minute; perianth cylindrical, yellow, tinged with green, 
1-1} in. long; tube cylindrical; segments short, ovate ; stamens 
and style distinctly exserted. Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 703; 
Kunth, Enum. iv. 529; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 169. 
Cznrrat Reaion : Somerset Div.; in a woody ravine near Bruintjes Hoogte, 
Burchell, 3115 ! 
Introduced into cultivation by Bowie in 1823. 
37. A. gracilis (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1825, 280); stems elongated 
below the leaves; leaves laxly disposed, lanceolate, spreading, 
6-10 in. long, an inch broad at the base, unspotted, =}; in. thick 
in the centre; margin with minute, deltoid prickles; peduncle 
simple, 3-1 ft. long; raceme dense, simple, 2—3 in. long; lower 
pedicels } in. long; bracts lanceolate, as long as the pedicels; 
perianth cylindrical, yellow, 1}-14 in. long; tube short, campanu- 
late ; segments three or four times as long as the tube ; stamens as 
long as the perianth. Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 706 ; Kunth, 
Enum. iv. 531; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii, 170. 
_ Coast Reeion: Simons Bay, C. Wright! 
Introduced into cultivation by Bowie in 1823, but soon lost. 
38. A. Macowani (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 170) ; stems 
elongated, sarmentose ; leaves laxly disposed, lanceolate acuminate, 
a foot or more long, 13-2 in. broad below the middle, plain green, - 
distinctly lineate only at the very base; margin with very minute 
deltoid prickles; peduncle simple, moderately stout, about a foot 
long ; racemes moderately dense, 3 ft. long; flowers very deflexed ; 
e252 very short; bracts minute; perianth cylindrical, 1-1 in. 
ong; segments about as long as the cylindrical tube; stamens 
slightly exserted ; style finally exserted 4-2 in. 
Cenrrat ReGion: Somerset Div.; i : ae 
3500 ft., MacOwan, 1915! iv.; in woods on the sides of Bosc rg. 
39. A. aurantiaca (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1892, xi. 780); stems 
suberect, several feet long, $ in. diam.; leaves approximate ; inter- 
nodes white, with faint stripes of green ; blade lanceolate, 8-9 in. 
long, 13 in, broad low down, plain green; margin with small, pale, 
deltoid teeth ; peduncle as long as the leaves; raceme very dense, 
5-6 in. long, 2 in. diam. ; flowers all deflexed, bright yellow, just 
