of the Genus Aloe. 9 
* reticulata. Aloe foliis multifariis oequilateri-triquetris obtu- 
11 siusculis glaucescentibus reticularis; supra sub- 
concavis. 
Obs. This is a pretty species, and perhaps tin* 
smallest of all: its appearance, as well as size, very 
much resembles the lesser species of Sempervivum. 
retusa. Aloe foliis quinquefariis retuso-dcltoideis pallide 
12 viridibus; apice peryiridibus; supra linearis. 
A. retusa. Willd. Sp. PL 2. 191. Plantcs Grasses, 
p. 45, cum icone. Curt. Bot. Mag. 455. 
A. africana, brevissimo crassissimoque folio, flore sub- 
viridi. Comm. Hort. Amst. 2. t. G. 
A. africana, brevissimo crassissimoque folio, flore can- 
dido. Till. Pis. t. 5. 
Obs. There is an icon of this very odd species 
without flowers in the frontispiece to Blair's Bota~ 
nic Essays, between the two Stapelias. 
ttt Ciliatae, foliis cilialo-spinosis radicalilus. 
* mirabiUs. Aloe foliis quinquefariis retuso-dcltoideis cuspida- 
13 tis : marginibus carinaque ciliato-spinosis ; supra 
glabriusculis; subtus subtuberculatis obsolete reti- 
cularis. 
Habitat ad Cap. Bon. Sp. D. Masson. 
Obs. This and A. cymbiformis are two extremely 
singular species; and such, had they been figured 
in the dark ages of botany, as we should have 
fancied more like the productions of art than the 
genuine children of nature: A. mirah'dis is a con- 
necting, but \ery abrupt link, between the remote 
species retusa and pumi'a. 
vol. vn. c pumila. 
