of the Genus Aloe. 7 



*fo1iolo$a. Aloe foliis multifariis brcvissiniis orbiculato-ovatis lae- 



3 vigatis horizontalibus laete-viridibus, caule stricto. 

 Habitat ad Cap. Bon. Sp. D. Masson. 



Obs. This is the least-leaved of all the Aloes ; the 

 leaves are at the same time the thinnest, the most 

 numerous, and most crowded. 

 imbricata. Aloe foliis multifariis erectiusculis laevigatis immacu- 



4 latis, caule stricto. 



A. spiralis a. imbricata. Willd. Sp. PL 2. 191. Ait. 



Kew. 1. 471. 

 A. africana erecta rotunda, folio acuminato. Comm. 



Pral. t. 32. 

 A. africana, &c. Dill. Elth. t. 13. /. 14. 

 A. spiralis. Plantes Grasses, p. 55, cum icone. 



* tortuosa. Aloe foliis spiraliter trifariis patulis nigricantibus ; ex- 



5 terne minime tuberculatis, caule valde tortuoso. 

 Habitat ad Cap. Bon. Sp. D. Lewis. 



pentagona. Aloe foliis quinquefariis patentibus glabris viridibus; 



6 subtus obsolete maculatis, caule rectiusculo raris- 

 sime subtortuoso. 



A. spiralis B. pentagona. Willd. Sp. PL 2. 191. Ait. 

 Kew. 1. 471. 



* spiralis. Aloe foliis spiraliter quinquefariis patentibus glabris 



7 viridibus; subtus obsolete maculatis, caule valde 

 tortuoso. 



Obs. This species has not yet been in any collection 

 but my own: it is very much like A. pentagona, but 

 somewhat larger : the plant is so much twisted as to 

 make the position of the leaves seem multifarious : 

 in pentagona they are usually in five regular angles. 



• erpansa. 



