$80 LILIACEZ (Baker). [ Apiera. 
Leafy stem always elongated ; leaves short, thick, fleshy, multifarious or 
quinquefarious ; flowers small, whitish, arranged in simple or compound lax sub- 
spicate racemes ; pedicels short, ascending ; bracts small, ovate. 
Distris. Endemic. 
Leaves arranged in five straight or spirally twisted rows: 
Leaves lanceolate-deltoid ... (1) pentagona. 
Leaves deltoid : 3 
Upper leaves flat on the face ... .. + (2) turgida. 
Upper leaves concave on the face... iy ... (8) deltoidea, 
Leaves multifarious, the spirals quite obliterated : 
Perianth smooth... ws. xn, ous, ewe, ~SCsenes (4) piri 
Perianth rugose : 
Leaves smooth on both back and face : 
Leaves deltoid... ona vie oe ... (5) foliolosa. 
Leaves lanceolate-deltoid ss ee (6) congesta. 
Leaves rugose with tubercles on the back : 
Leaves lanceolate-deltoid, 4 in. thick... ... (7) bicarinata. 
Leaves deltoid, }+} in. thick ... aes ... (8) aspera. 
1, A. pentagona (Willd. in Ges, Naturf. Fr. Berl. Mag. v. 278); 
leafy stem 3-1 ft. long, 23-3 in. diam., leaves included; leaves 
lanceolate-deltoid, arranged in five regular rows, 13-1 in. long, }-j in- 
broad, }-2 in. thick, bright green, flat on the face, rounded on the 
back, scabrous on the margins, with two obscure keels and a few 
scattered whitish tubercles on the back, the lower spreading, the upper 
ones ascending ; peduncle 11 ft. long including inflorescence, simple 
or forked ; racemes 6-9 in. long ; pedicels erecto-patent, 3-7 in. long ; 
bracts small, ovate, perianth 3—-§ in. long, smooth on the outside. 
Haw. Suppl. 62; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 217. Aloe 
pentagona, Haw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. vii. 7; Ker in Bot. Mag. 
t. 1838; Jacg. Fragm. t. 111; Salm-Dyck, Aloe, sect, i. fig. 4 
Haworthia pentagona, Haw. Syn. 97. 
Van. 8, spirella (Baker, loc, cit.) ; leaves smaller, more deltoid, about an inch 
long, irregularly quinquefario 1s. Haworthia spirella, Haw. Syn, 97. Aloe 
spirella, Salm-Dyck, Aloe, sect, i. fig. 3. iw r 
Var, y, A. bullulata (Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Mag. v. 273); 
leaves irregularly quinquefarious, with more numerous tubercles on the back. 
Haw. Suppl. 62. Aloe bullulata, Jacq. Fragm, t. 109. 
VaR. 3, Willdenowii (Baker, loc, cit.) ; more robust; leaves about 2 in. long, 
arranged in five spirally twisted rows. Apicra spiralis, Willd. in Ges. Naturf. 
Fr. Berl. Mag. v. 273. Haworthia spiralis, Haw. Syn. 97. Aloe spiralis, 
Haw. in Trans. Linn, Soe. vii. 7; Salm-Dyck, Aloe, sect. i. fig. 5, non Linn. 
Sour Arica: without locality, living cultivated plants! 
Introduced into cultivation about the beginning of the present century. 
2. A. turgida (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1889, 44); leafy stem 6-9 in. 
long, 2-25 in. diam., leaves included; leaves arranged in five 
spirally twisted rows, deltoid, an inch long, 2 in. broad, smooth in the 
face, scabrous on the margin, quite free from spots or tubercles, the 
lower spreading, dull green, tinged on the face, rounded on the back, 
++i in. thick in the middle, the upper pale green with several 
indistinct vertical ribs of darker green, flat on the face ; flowers 
not seen. 
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