324 LILIACEH (Baker). [ Aloe. 
2 in. long; peduncle stout, branched; racemes dense, about a foot 
long; pedicels ascending, }-} in. long; bracts ovate, acute, about as 
long as the pedicels; perianth cylindrical, yellowish-white, about 
an inch long; tube very short; stamens and style conspicuously 
exserted. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xviii. 177. 
Soutn Arrica ? without locality. 
Described from a living plant that flowered in the Kew collection in 1877. 
54. A. platylepis (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1877, viii. 38); stem 
reaching a length of 10-12 ft. in cultivation below the dense rosette 
of leaves, 3-4 in. diam., simple or forked; leaves ensiform, 
14 ft. long, 3 in. broad at the base, }-3 in. thick in the centre, 
tapering gradually from the base to the recurved apex, very glaucous, 
unspotted, not prickly either on the back or face; margin with 
deltoid-cuspidate brown horny prickles 4-1 in. long; peduncle 
stout, sometimes with 3-6 branches; racemes dense, 3-1 ft. long; 
pedicels ascending, }-1 in. long; bracts ovate-oblong, as long as the 
pedicels; perianth cylindrical, 1-1} in. long, pale-red or yellow; 
tube short, campanulate; stamens and style distinctly exserted. 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 177. 
Sourn Arrica? without locality. 
Described from living plants in the Kew collection in 1877. 
55. A. fulgens (Todaro, Hort. Bot, Panorm. ii. 40, t. 33); stem 
simple, elongated; leaves lanceolate, densely rosulate, spreading, 
glaucous, about a foot long, 3 in. broad low down, unspotted ; 
margin with close, brown, deltoid-cuspidate teeth ; peduncle about 
2 ft. long, bearing about three dense long racemes; pedicels 
erecto-patent, 4-3 in. long; bracts ovate, about as long as the 
pedicels ; perianth cylindrical, deep red, about an inch long; tube 
short, campanulate ; stamens much exserted. 
Sourn Arrica? without locality. 
Cultivated in the Botanic Garden at Palermo. 
56. A. drepanophylla (Baker in Gard, Chron. 1875, iii. 814); 
stem slender, simple, reaching in cultivation a length of 7-8 ft. 
below the dense rosette of leaves; leaves ensiform, slightly falcate, 
2~2 ft. long, 2-25 in. broad low down, + in. thick in the middle, 
tapering gradually from the base to the apex, very glaucous, 
without either spots or lines, not at all prickly on the 
surfaces ; margin with small red-brown horny prickles; peduncle 
short, simple ; raceme dense, a foot long; pedicels ascending, } in. 
long; bracts oblong, as long as the pedicels ; perianth cylindrical, 
an inch long, red-tinted only at first, whitish when mature ; tube 
scarcely any; stamens much exserted. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. 
xviii. 176. 
Coast Region: Alexandria Div, ; Range ! 
CrentTRAL ReEGion: Somerset Div, Fark beticad: 
Described from living plants, introduced into cultivation about 1860 by 
TZ, Cooper. 
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