of the Genus Aloe. 



ii 



retusa. 

 is 



* reticulata. Aloe foliis multifariis aequilateri-triquetris obtu- 

 siusculis glaucesccntibus reticulatis ; supra sub- 

 concavis. 



Obs. This is a pTetty species, and perhaps the 

 smallest of all : its appearance, as well as size, very 

 much resembles the lesser species of Sempervivum, 



Aloe foliis quinquefariis retuso-delroideis pallide 

 viridibus ; apice perviridibus; supra lineatis. 



A. retusa. Jf'illd. Sp. PL 2, 191. Plantes Grasses, 

 p. 45, cum icone. Curt Bot. Mag. 455. 



A.africana, brevissimo crassissimoque folio, flore sub- 

 viridi. Comm. Hort. Amst. 2. t.6. 



A. africana, brevissimo crassissimoque folio, flore can- 

 dido. Till. Pis. t. 5. 



Obs. There is an icon of this very odd species 

 without flowers in the frontispiece to Blair's Bota- 

 nic Essays, between the two Stapelias. 



* mirabilis. 

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ttt Ciliatae, foliis ciliato-spinosis radicalilus. 



Aloe foliis quinquefariis retuso-deltoideis cuspida- 

 tis-: marginibus carinaque ciliato-spinosis ; supra 

 glabriusculis; subtus subtuberculatis obsolete reti- 

 culatis. 



Habitat ad Cap, Bon. Sp. JD. Masson. 



Obs. This and A. cymbiformis are tA\o extremely 

 singular species ; and such, had they been figured 

 in the dark ages of botany, as Ave should have 

 fancied more like the productions of art than the 

 genuine children of nature : A. mirabilis is a con- 

 necting, but very abrupt link, between the remote 

 species retusa and pumila. 



c pumila. 



