348 LILIAcEE (Baker). [ Haworthia. 
Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 641 ; Salm-Dyck, Aloe, sect. xiii. 
jig. 2; Kunth, Enum. iv. 514. 
SoutH Arrica: without locality. 
Introduced into cultivation by Bowie in 1824. 
40. H. chlorocantha (Haw. Revis. 57) ; leafy stem short; rosettes 
about 2 in. diam. ; leaves 20-30, ovate-lanceolate, ascending, multi- 
farious, 1-11 in. long, }— in. broad, } in. thick, a uniform dead 
green on both sides, firm in texture, flat on the face, rounded on 
the back and keeled in the upper half; margin ciliated with 
minute deflexed teeth ; peduncle slender, simple, about 4 ft. long; 
raceme lax, simple, few-flowered, under } ft. long; pedicels very 
short ; bracts small, deltoid ; perianth § in. long; limb half as long 
as the tube. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 211. Aloe chloro- 
cantha, Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 641 ; Salm-Dyck, Aloe, 
sect, xiii. fig. 1; Kunth, Enum, iv. 514. 
Sours Arrica: without locality, living cultivated plants ! 
Introduced into cultivation by Bowie in 1819. 
41. H. tessellata (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1824, 300) ; rosette of leaves 
sessile, about 2 in. long, 3-4 in. diam.; leaves 12-15, multifarious, 
deltoid, recurved, 13-14 in. long, $-1 in. broad, 1-4 in. thick, firm 
in texture, flattish on the face, marked with six pale green anastomos- 
ing vertical lines on a darker shining green ground, dull green on 
the rounded back and rough all over with small raised coriaceous 
tubercles, euspidate at the apex; margin ciliated with minute re- 
flexed teeth ; peduncle slender, simple, about } ft. long ; raceme lax, 
simple, secund, few-flowered ; pedicels 2,-} in. long ; bracts minute, 
deltoid ; perianth } in. long; limb half as long as the tube. Baker 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 211. Aloe tessellata, Roem. et Schultes,. 
ee eo. vii. 685; Salm-Dyck, Aloe, sect. viii. fig. 1; Kunth, Enum. 
lv, . 
_ Var. 6, H. parva (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1824, 301); leaves shorter, 1-14 in. 
long and broad ; rosette 2 in. diam. Aloe parva, Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. 
vii. 653 ; Salm-Dyck, Aloe, sect. viii. fig. 2. 
‘Vag. inflexa (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 211); rosette 2-3 in. long, 
2 in. diam.; leaves dull purplish-greeu, with a concave face and inflexed 
margins, 
Sours Arzica: without locality, living cultivated plants ! 
Introduced into cultivation by Bowie ubout 1822, 
42. H. venosa (Haw. Revis. 51); rosette of leaves 1} in. long, 
33-44 in. diam.; leaves 12-15, multifarious, lanceolate-deltoid, 
rather recurved, 23-3 in. long, in. broad, } in. thick, firm 1m 
texture, flat on the face, dull green with a purplish tinge, with 
about five pale green vertical anastomosing lines, rounded on the 
back, keeled and rugose in the upper half, cuspidate at the apex; 
margin minutely denticulate; peduncle slender, simple, } ft. long; — 
raceme lax, simple, 6-9 in. long; pedicels ,-} in. long; bracts 
