* r a . as 
TAER AN, ENC ETA r | 
A e Ea EAE Aree E a “= Aloe—continuéd, ~ < weet gt 
= DE A. ra)* l. erect, dly sa: ittate, rich ne à s cked at the to pas i nsif 1ft. to Lift. 
3 ~*~» born Xoo footstalks, pon ys git ale ps mottl na * cE ; ins diameter 3 S 3 i orm, cha: sane 
E F ` Tripod with : les, 1808 Sel of dark green, Pell t. or more, gma “mi ae two to thirse li nee pale, rather i 
: ~ pine Isles, aon? r gex e to one and a half lines) brariched.- A 
ALOE (from Bloch, its Arabic Bisa. “Allied queue’: ote Or g tmunk 4ft. to’ Lag in diameter, ‘SY zi phat a A 
- This hitherto much confused genus of greenhouse succ- 
- J. G. Baker“ (vide “Journal, of, the Linnean“ Society, 
vol. xxviii, pp. 152—182), to whose pcooupty we e in- 
debted for many of the following particulars: —Plant with ` 
= | or without stems; shrubs or (rarely) trees 5 ‘sgt thick,” 
$ + “fleshy, frequently ina rosette; peduncles sim] émed, 
I 
i endowed with few or many empty practes. Mig! amog! 
i -pedicels bracteated at base, solitary; -tube straight 
E or slightly recurved ; segments, ated ; stamens hypo-, 
P gonous, asiglong as the perian longer: Mr. 
_. describes over eighty speci many € s which, for. various | 
and important reasons, — 
Natives the Cape of Goo 
hese very” interesting an 
eis bone fe “And. peat, together 
Se an A ee eto wise” with the 
| pon ‘our: space. 
better. Wate 4 must be carefully 
administered. l ry greenhouse, and . 
ae cana have too TE E at See time. - * 
; ianth twelve to fifteen lines 
nd 2in. to. Sin: 
ong; aan rA 
se twenty in a’ coe 2 eee 1 
è 
es long ; racemes dense, ift. in length, 3in. in diameter ; 
ong, branched, 7, ina dense rosette, ensiform, 1} 
in. to 3im broad, slowly narrowing from Base to th 
ed above tpi, where it is four to five lines thick: m 
marginal prickles one anda half to two lines long. Stem 
simple, when fully. grown, wn, 20ft. s te 
bispina (y Bees: ra 
Ay loosely disposed, lanceolate, 
to 8in. Bami tr A wroan sty ry 
ve up’ 
green “without ts or 
ogo four. lines Mok: back 
broad, glaucous, obscurely lined and ` 
ines thick ; margin 
- tinted. Eag in old specimens 1ft. to ait. long 
> diameter. Syns. A. Hanburyana, A, paniculata, and 
A. arborescens (tree-like).* Jl., perianth red, fifte n 
lines long ; raceme PaA soit . ; pedicels ascendi 
to fifteen 1 Hines lor pagne les: > hft., simp le be 
1. (rosette 3ft. tos it. diameter) . ae lenia, aggre be; : 
lift. to. 2it. ; base 2i. broad, thence -to ap < attenuate 
minated, green, rather Ay eR without s or press. 
„three to four lines long ; ; basefiye to six linestthicks 1 aur i 
e beyond the base ch? dunelled ;. marginal prick es close, one and, 
Balt t to two lines long, horny.- Stem. simp e, finally 10ft. to 12ft, 
2in. to in. in diameter. 1700. æ 
(shrubby). arfer. l. often loose, and shotter, 
ple. a a acenetinen 
red or white 
oop ped uncl 
ed), H, ‘iicianth sei four een to EER lines 
4in, to bin. mg, ard about 4in. 
thirteen to eighteen lings long ; scape 
in a dense t , ascending, lanceolate 
thtlines broad, without spots or lines ; 
d; middle one and a half lines thick ; h 
| Apicra Haworthia, Pachidendron,Phylloma. ORD. Liliaren, s 
~ lents, and its allies, have been. completely ee by . Mrr. 7 
ige, so much the- 
A ‘africana (African). OE Pace: fifteen to faaie m 
cle 
t 
esno` ; 
e Hope, except where otherwise] > lanceolate 
dycurious plants thrive | 
šin. to 4in. in r 
Astri Faw 
Be tor twin in a dense rosette. 
A, Zeyheri. 
- A. barbadensis (Barbadoes). EA with Fa vera” 
| “As Barberze (Barbers). _ Synonymous with 4.Bainesii, * 
| A, brevifolia (hort. aroa) ae, & th red, fifteen to eighteen 
` lines long 3" éin., "long, 24in. to 3in. in diameter ; 
. 
* 
“be _-pediéels wu é isi elve lines long; peduncles simple, ge | 
; lft. long. 1, thirty orty in a dense rosette, lanceolate, din. to 
* Gin, longyand in. broad at the base, glaucous, without spots or 
lines; ed, below swollen or flat; middle three to four _' 
k convex; sparingly tubereled ; marginal teeth,” 
oe and a half lines long. Stem short, simple. 
s j 
e sed). somewhat larger ; peduncles in 
Nos leaks ljin, to ie broad ; bes some- 
sixteenlines long; 
ter ; pedicels * 
dense, 
Panna 
channe 
d, ard tof ro G 
Pe 
b 
anid (De Candote Dk ad 
iasg inpe gin ne ee ŝin. gr 
lines long ; 
halite 
pon B yon lin. Jong ; raceme 
4 oe 4 
oy wattle’ to 12in, 
iin. 
y 
f ensiform, 9in. to 12in. on: 
green, lined; base near! 
ae upper surface channelled; 
one to one one anda half lines long. 
ciliata ( iated).* yt, perianth 
bri red, twelve to fifteen 
ines long ; raceme simple, loose, 2in. n. long ; pedicels three to 
four li long; peduncles slender, simple. J, linear, widely 
ee f am lexicaul, green, 4in. to Ga ong; base six to nine 
We A nes; mi 
wly narrowing towards the apex, without spots or 
e one line thick ; marginal teeth minute, w 
long, sarmentose ; branches three to four lines in diam 
six to twelve lines long, obscurel, y striated with i i 
Fh Commelyni (Co: ’s), A mere form of A. mitre, i 
brina (related). fl., perianth zeug h red, twelve s 
fiftee i loose, long, ¢ 
es long; raceme rather 
in. ĝin. long, and 2in. in dicels he to four 
lines. long; scape 1jft., slender, mear SEa l. loosel 
ensiform, bin. to.8in. long, and lin. broad, PE 
face eee he m iddle three lines thi Fag is oh margina pikes 
mingte, brownish ; garer 10ìn. to 12in. (sometimes igini in da. 
> ing open ; 
_ lower ones deflexed. Stem ait, * South 
broad at the page p 
- middle three to four 
-. em y: prickles distant, 
Poke -, short, simple. China, 1817. 
upper leaves ascending ; hese ‘ta 
Africa, 1845, 
Me ins hite, horny, ‘two lines 4 s 
ort, din. to lin. in diameter. 1796. = ee wc i an 
, perianth brilliant red, tên to 4 diameter lower | 
os t) or more, shortly MoS 2i. - 
ae ee ed; pedicels ascend. » Six to ; 
pe stout, bra nched, lift. to m twelve f ae ly spotted ; middle 
nse rosette, outer ones recurved, la late, s ž nes t marginal th minute, close, 
Plangstenieng. Natal, bee 
two-branched).* th oblong” ten t 
food (two i Joose, SF ines jong, and 2in, an diameter ; 
ree to four lines lon. 
ng y peduncies stout, branched. č 
y ceeked. at the top of apc, lanceolate, 8in. to 12in. 
; bottom ety be to fifteen line: 
ad, glaucous, without soe 
ightly channell@d above the base ; middle three our 
thick, marrow-margined wi ickles 
SYN. . Schmidtiana. 
welve 
f 
} 
white ; marginal : 
minute, pale. Arborescent, branched: A. 20ft. to 30ft; tr short, 
ageren 3ft. to 4ft. in diameter, a. ae 
A. (distant) fl, peria påle ied "Ätte 
lines long; raceme « snsely capitate, Sin. to 4in, 
lower. pedicels twelve to fifteen lines long; 
usually simple. l ase ending, gg wd disposed, 
šin. to Sin. long, and 1}in. to 2in, broad, green, sligh 
without spots and lines; face co vo; mide three | 
lines thick ; back sparingly tolg sauegina! prickles cl 
white, horny, one to . Stem short, 
simple, lin. in ‘capa Tiesin od green. 1732. 
. A. glauca (m fifteen to six- 
Ton: er sin ite, to hah ite to 4in. 
x he base 
tecn lines 
‘ ter; Bet x s~ lin. 
Ka ‘lin. oa ee ‘broad ae 
care it sone 
tubercled | at marginal 
“to ei 
di 
