LILTALS, 59 LULYWORTS. 
Autor. JLinneeus. 
Caulescent. Leaves permanent, succulent. Flowers cylindrical. Stamens 
 hypogynous. Ovules00. Fruit a membranous capsule. 
1. A. socotrina Haworth.—(Socotrive Auoz.) Fig. 94. 
‘Stem arborescent; leaves ensiform, green, with small white serratures ; 
flowers yellow, or red and yellow. 
Wediiat, Yaland of Socotra. oe 
Quality. Purgative, tonic, emmenagogue. V4 
Uses, Habitual costiveness, dyspepsia, hy 
i ar menses, worms, imperfect (\ 
secretion of bile. uN’ {| 
wih 
2. A. purpurascens Haworth.— 
(CarE ALOE ?) 
Stem arborescent ; leaves ensiform, 
glaucous, recurved at the point, 
with white serratures ; flowers 
deep red. 
Habitat. Cape of Good Hope. 
Quality and Uses. As in the last. 
3. A. spicata Linneus. — (Care 
ALoz.) 
Stem arborescent ; leaves ensiform, 
flat, dentate, spotted with white; 
flowers spiked, campanulate, 
horizontal, whitish. 
Habitat. Cape of Good Hope. 
Quality and Des. As in ahs ait. 
4. A. vulgaris Lamarck. A. bar- 
badensis Miller.—(BarBADoES 
ALoz.) 
i SSS 3 
_ Stem arborescent, throwingupmany 2. — 
: suckers from the base; leaves 
ensiform, sinuate-serrated, white-spotted ; flowers yellow. 
Habitat. Uncertain. Found in the East and West Indies, Italy, Sicily, aud Malta. 
Quality and Uses. Asin the last. 
Frititiarta. Linneus. 
Bulbous. Sepals and petals campanulate, distinct, with a — 
honey-pore at the base. Style trifid at apex. Fruit a capsule. 
tt 00, thin, flat. Flowers often almost om 
- B. imperialis Limwus.—(Crown Imrertat.) Fig. “9: -— 
me short, eomose ; flowers nodding, with six large white honey pores os o 
the base inside. 
Habitat. Persiat B C tinople. 
. rought to Europe from Constantinop: ok ‘ 
Quality, Bulbs acrid, senelic es A with a peculiar heavy hircine mee a 
“ses. It is said that these bulbs are equally powerful as the corms pee 
- Orfila killed dogs by making them swallow pieces of the bulb. pe 
Fig. 04,—A sketch of the habit of Aloe socotrina.— 
