TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



LINNEAN SOCIETY. 



I. A new Arrangement of the Genus Aloe, with a chronological Sketch 

 of the progressive Knowledge of that Genus, and of other succulent 

 Genera. By Adrian Hardy Haworth, Esq. F.L.S. 



Read December 1, 1801. 



1 he genus Aloe is composed almost entirely of African plants, 

 which are not less remarkable for their succulent and strange- 

 shaped leaves, than for the very stately and magnificent flowers 

 with which the species of the section Grandiflora in the following 

 arrangement, in particular, are annually adorned. It must how- 

 ever be confessed, that there is the least possible variety, either 

 in the natural structure and position of those flowers, or in their 

 colour, Avhich in every species of that section (except barbaden- 

 sis), and in every species of my section Curvifora, is of a lovely 

 coral hue, often ending in highly softened shades of yellow and 

 green. Dillenius bestows very great praise upon his Aloe tnitrce- 

 formis : he says, (Hort. Elth.p. 21.) " Inter numerosas, quas Hor- 

 tus Elthamcnsis alit, Aloes species, tetissime viget elegans haec 

 species, et singulis fere annis copiosa florum corona superbit." 

 Towards the close of this account he adds, "Odor floribus nullus, 

 sed color et dispositio elegans, et tota planta venusta." 



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