Hexandria Monog. Haworthia. 
which might be spiral. The first edition of - 
Hortus kewensis divided these, by the sub- 
specific names of imlricata and spiralis: aud 
as it is the practice of Botanists, when name 
varieties are. elevated to the rank of species, 
to adopt their subspecific names for specific 
ones ; [I followed this rule in Linn. soc. tr. 7. 
p.77. by So ats them: and the more rea- 
dily, because I had also another plant (the first 
and largest of this section) for the name spi- 
ralis, with leaves most manifestly disposed in 
flowers,) would hardly have rompe him to 
make even varieties of. them. . Be this as it 
may, I called the cH sw species spiralis ; 
x have here contin 
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H. (Many small- ordi iin multifariis MS rdgpeneee 
vissimis confertissimis orbiculato-ovatis lzevi- 
"— horizontalibus lzte D MEI Jfo- 
iolosa. Nobis in linn. tr. 7. 27.—Hort. kew. 
ed. 9. v. 9. 5. 998. A Bak magaz. ian. 
HammarTC.B.S. . G. H. 5. 
FLonET Jun .—Aug. 
INTROD. 1795. 
Ons. This is the smallest and thinnest leaved 
species in the Genus. The leaves are also the 
most numerous, most spreading, and most - 
srovded, 
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