286 Alhany Museum Records. 



Mr. Berger writes, " the genuine plant gives one the impression of 

 a hybrid." 



19a. A. Schonlandi, Bak. — I have come to the conclusion that 

 this species must probably be looked upon as a hyl:)rid between 

 A. striata and a plant of the Saponaria group. The plant received 

 by Dr. Becker from Somerset East and referred to by me on p. 37 

 is after all not quite identical with A. Schonlaridi and is probably 

 also a hybrid of similar origin. I am confirmed in my opinion 

 owing to the fact that I received some years ago some seedlings 

 from Mr. Chalwin of the Capetown Municipal Gardens marked 

 '■''A. sa/ponaria ivova European seeds." These seedlings resemble 

 now A. Schonlandi in a marked degree. However they have not 

 flowered yet. They are quite different from any form of A. 

 saponaria with which I am acquainted, and as Aloes (especially 

 A. striata^ are frequently hybridised in European gardens, it is 

 perhaps not far-fetclied if I think that these are also hybrids. 



19 (311). A. striata. Haw. — Ecklon and Zeyher, No. 17, 

 marked A. paniculata, Jacq. (in Burke's ? handwriting) belongs 

 to this species. The localities mentioned on the original label are 

 " Bothasberg on the Fish River, and between Coega and Sunday's 

 River." Flowered July, Aug., 1829. 



21 {Z12). A .saponaria. Haw. — Schlechter's No. 9775 mentioned 

 under this species on p. 38 is .4. niiti'iforim's (as was first pointed 

 out to m.e by Mr. A. Berger). Even now I am unable to separate 

 by tangible characters the numerous varieties of A. saponaria. A 

 plant from Zeyher's collections marked " =D. No. 8635; 1st to 

 2nd alt. : rocky places on the bank of the Kenko river Oct." 

 belongs to .4. saponaria, Haw. I must even refer to it : 



22 (313) A. lati folia, Haw., as was done originally in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 1346. I have at the present time ]dants growing side by 

 side from suckers of a plant collected in this neighbourhood, 

 which last year exhibited in a marked degree all the characters 

 ascribed to A. lati folia, but the majority of the plants now sprung 

 from it would unhesitatingly have to be referred to A. sa^ponaria. 



24 (314). A. macracantha, Bak.— Plants received from Mrs. 

 C. Hutton, who collected them at Ripplemcad, Kabousie, in 

 Kaffraria, and which flowerexl in Grahamstown in April and May . 



