92 Kensit) th?t he pf terv^erds vStates (Seitschr. f. ^ukk., 1927, p. 

 105) is the tyre of the genus ^loinopsis and from which he states 

 the fruit - crisrecters are described (see ■^eitschr. f. ■^ukk., 

 1926, p. 178, under Titanopsis) , I have every reason to believe is 

 a nlant that at thpt time he had never seen. And as, according 

 to his o^'/h statement, the fruit he describes as being that of 

 Aloinopsis rosulata was a detached capsule sent to him from South 

 x'lfrica b'^ a distinguished South -tifrican botanist as being the fruit 

 of I'esembryanthemum Bolusii, it is evident thet the supposition 

 that that capsule was the fruit of M. rosulatum was evolved entirely 

 from a vivid imfigination, and is not a scientific method of founding 

 a genus. According to the description geven by "-^chwantes, the 

 fruit in cuestion would arspear to belong to some species (bf t'uncti- 

 llari'^. "i^herefore, as the generic description of -^-loinopsis does 

 not accord with the structure of any knovm plant, and all the 

 plants mentioned as belonp-'ng to it, with one exception, are the 

 verv same as those on which the genus ^Vnanthus was founded, it 

 follows that Aloinopsis cannot be maintained as a genus, ■i'-nd be- 

 sides the above, it is evident that the name -^-loinopsis (meaning 

 Aloe-like) was intended to be arrlied to i". A]oides and its allies, 

 which have a slight Aloe-like appearance, while I^^. rosulatum more 

 nearly resembles a ^aisj, and it appears evident that but for the 

 possession of a fruit v/rongly suriposed to belong to ^i. rosulatiim, 

 that 1-, aloides or some pillied species would have been selected ss 

 the type of the genus, but of these 1 believe '^chv/antes had not seen 

 fruits. 



The species of this genus are difficult to distinguish b3'- 

 means of v/ords, as the flowers «11 except N, aloides are alike, and 

 the vegetative differences are not easy to portray in words. 



Key to the Species. 



Leaves 1-2 inches long, 4-10 lines broad, lanceolate or 

 rhomboid-lanceolate, acute. 



Petals yellow, with a somewhat inconspicuous dsrker yellow 

 midline, " 3. aloides. 



Fetals yellow, with a very conspicuous bright red midline 

 on both sides. 4. rubrolineatus. 



Leaves ^-1^ inch long, S-4 lines broed; corolla about 

 1 inch in diameter; petals with a bright red midline 

 on both sides. 



l-eaves under natural conditions 6-10 lines long, ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate and broadest at the middle, but 

 under cultivation becoming 10-20 lines long and linear- 

 lanceolate, or with parallel sides to the middle then 

 tapering to an acute apex, 1. vittatus. 



Leaves l-l4 inch long, slightly spathulete-lenceolate, 



somexvhat dilated above the middle, where they are 3|-4| line 

 broad and narrowing to the base, or with parallel sides 

 below the dilated part. 2. Pole Svansii, 



1, N. vittatus, 1". S. Br., in Journ. ^ot., 1928, 78— (see 



