352 LILIACER (Baker). - [Haworthia. 
and keeled towards the apex; margins denticulate; pedunele 
simple, stiff, about 3 ft. long; raceme simple, dense upwards; 
pedicels very short ; bracts lanceolate-deltoid ; perianth 2-} in. long; 
limb half as long as the tube. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xviii. 214. 
Soutu Argica: without locality, Cooper ! : 
Described from living cultivated plants introduged by Cooper about 1860. 
53. H. minima (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 215); leafy stem 
very short; rosettes cespitose, 1}-13 in. diam.; leaves 40-50, 
multifarious, oblong-lanceolate, 3% in. long, 3—} in. broad, +5 in. 
thick, pale glaucous-green, turgid om the face, not pellucid and lineate 
at the apex, rounded on the back and keeled upwards, tipped 
with a large pellucid awn; margins and keel ciliated with pellueid 
lanceolate teeth 3 line long; peduncle simple, 3—4 in. long ; raceme 
10-12-flowered ; lower pedicels 3-3 in, long ; bracts lanceolate-deltoid, 
as long as the pedicels; perianth } in. long ; limb half as long as 
the tube, 
South Arrica: without locality, Tuck! 
Described from a living cultivated plant introduced by Tuck in 1866, 
54, H. translucens (Haw. Suppl. 52); leafy stem short; rosette 
25-3 in. diam.; leaves 30-40, dense, multifarious, ascending, 
lanceolate, 13-2 in. long, 3 in. broad, } in. thick, very acuminate, 
pale glaucous-green, often tinged with purple, turgid on the face, 
rounded and keeled upwards on the back, pellucid in the upper 
third with 5-7 green vertical lines, tipped with a pellucid awn, 
margined with pellucid deltoid cuspidate teeth 3 line long ; peduncle 
simple, } ft. long; raceme simple, lax, few-flowered; lower 
pedicels {1 in. long; bracts lanceolate-deltoid; perianth $ in. long; 
limb nearly as long as the tube. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xviii. 
214, Aloe translucens, Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, ii. 300 ; Salm-Dyck, 
Aloe, sect. xii. fig. 1; Haw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. vii. 10. A. 
arachnoides var. translucens, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1417. Apicra | 
translucens, Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl, Mag. v. 168. H. 
pellucens, Haw. Syn. 96. 
Coast Region: Algoa Bay, Cooper ! 
Introduced into cultivation by Masson in 1795. 
55. H. pallida (Haw. Revis. 56); rosette 1 in. long, 2-3 in. 
diam. ; leaves about 30, multifarious, ascending, lanceolate, 1-1} in. 
long, } in. broad, } in. thick, pale green, turgid on the face, the 
upper third with vertical lines of darker green, the tip furnished 
with a large pellucid awn, the back rounded and doubly keeled 
towards the apex, the edges ciliated with deltoid-cuspidate pellucid 
teeth } line long; peduncle simple, about a foot Icng; raceme lax, 
_ few-flowered, 4-6 in. long; pedicels short; bracts as long as the 
lower pedicels ; perianth § in. long ; segments nearly regular, about 
as long as the tube. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 214. Aloe 
