44 Albany Museum Seeords. 



dried specimen sent to Mr. J. G. Baker, F.R.S., he writes : " Is not 

 this arborescens ?" but again its flowers are quite diff'erent from 

 the published figures of this species, besides the leaves are pale to 

 dark green, never glaucous and their prickles are not close-set. 



51 (323). A. Sjieciosa, Bak. This species is common in the Addo 

 Bush. It is also found in the Kowie bush, near Alicedale, &c. It 

 flowers in August and September. In shape and general structure 

 of flower it is very close to A. ferox, with which it should be 

 united in one group. When in bud, the perianth is reddish-pink 

 with longitudinal greenish lines. When the flower opens, the 

 outer petals, which form a short tube, are wiiite with green lines, 

 the inner, which are free, are white with three green lines through 

 the centre. 



54a. In the Kew Bulletin (1001, p. 135), Mr. Baker describes a 

 new species A. Galjrini, Bak. (Mountain sides, Queenstown, 

 Galpin, 2335), which he says is allied to 54 (324) A. platylepis, 

 Bak. I do not know either of these species, but a photograph of 

 living plants of A. Gcilpini, Bak., which I owe to Dr. R. Marloth, 

 looks very much like A. ferox ^ and Mr. E. E. Galpin, F.L.S., 

 writes that he compared plants from Grahamstown (which are un- 

 doubtedly .4. /ey'o.r), and he cannot find any difference. A. Gal- 

 pim', Bak., should therefore be considered a synonym of A. ferox. 



55 (324). A. fidgens, Todaro.— Mr. Alwin Berger of La Mor- 

 tola, Ventimiglio, Italy, informs me that this species is identical 

 with 



57 (325) A. Sabn-Dyckiana, Scliult. fil., which I only know 

 from plants grown in the Capetown Botanic Garden. It flowers 

 in July. 



59 (325). .4. dichotoma, L.f. — Fine specimens of this striking 

 species, the "Koekerboem" of Namaqualand, are growing in the 

 Capetown Municipal Garden. Flowers and leaves are represented 

 in the Herbarium of the Albany Museum by MacOwan and Bolus' 

 Herb. Norm., no. 800, which was collected in June, 1887, near 

 O'okiep at an altitude of 3000'. 



60 (320). A. Bainesii, Dyer. — This species, the giant among 

 the Aloes, is frequently grown in Grahamstown gardens, where, in 

 some instances, it has, though a slow grower, attained magnificent 



