Pentandria, Pentagynia. "Turgosea. 
tatis viridibus ; seapis alté braeteolatis puberu- 
Fr oxmmar in hort. Chels. Nov. 1820. G. H. XJ, 
Hamer fere Globulee, cum Larochez inflores- 
Folia radicalia decussatim imbricantia semipeda- 
lia, lorato-lanceolata plana: superiora sive 
bracteacea, lorato-subulata, subtus convexa: 
omnia ad lentem punetis numerosis sparsis im- 
pressis, untrinque, at forte majoribus in foliorum 
pagina superiore. Cilia (lente) cartilaginea 
alba obtusa creberrima. — Scapus flexuosus i 
lidior, braeteis omni no foliiform ibus (8i in 
exemplari) per paria distantib 
sim minoribus ; supremis pedunculos non su- 
perantibus, et solum florigeris. Flores subver- 
ticillato-capitati terminales, breviter pedicellati. 
Corolla infundibuliformis nivea 5-partita fere ad 
drea 
Cs: Calja 5-phyllus exiguus, foliolis lineari-ob- 
m corolla 3-plo brevioribus eique adpres- 
(s. '] believe this extraordinary plant to be no 
other than the Alo africana glabra folio minu- 
tissimis cavitatibus notato of Com. preel. t. 29; 
and (on the authority solely of that figure) my 
heretofore ambiguous Aloé dedii Vide € 
soc. lond : rans, v. i ous 9. 
