TRANSACTIONS 
OF THE 
LINNEAN SOCIETY. 
I. A new Arrangement of the Genus Aloe, with a chronological Sketch 
of^the progressive Knowledge of that Genus, and of other succulent 
Genera. By Adrian Hardy Haworth, Esq. F.L.S. 
v Read December 1, 1801. 
X he genus Aloe is composed almost entirely of African plants, 
which are |^ot less remarkable for their succulent and strange- 
shaped leaves; than for the very stately and magnificent flowers 
with which the species of the section Grandiflora, in the following 
arrangement, in particular, are annually adorned. It must how- 
ever be confessed, that there is the least possible variety, either ' 
in the natural structure and position of those flowers; or in their 
colour; which in every species of that section (except barbaden- 
sis), and in every species of my section Curviftora, is of a lovely 
coral hue; often ending in highly softened shades of yellow and 
green. Dillenius bestows very great praise upon his Aloe mitra- 
formis : he says, (Hort. Elth. p. 21.) " Inter numerosas, quas Hor- 
tus Elthamensis alit, Aloes species, laetissime viget clegans hac 
species, et singulis fere annis copiosa floruin corona superbiL" 
Towards the close of this account he adds, "Odor floribus nullus, 
sed color et dispositio elegans, et tota planta venusta/' 
vol. vii. B The 
