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hily, aud August. Inhabits a range of hills East of Boschjesmans Riter, 

 where if was first discovered by Mr. Bowie.* 

 Duval, yianttr Succulentce. in Horto Alenconio. A. D. 1809. p. 6. 



Aloe gracilis.— (Soft distant sword-leaved Aloe), leaves sheathing the 

 stem, placed at a distance from each other, incurved, narrowing towards 

 the point and bending downwards, sea-green, smooth, margins set with 

 small remote teeth.— Aloe gracilis. Haworth in Phil. Mag. Oct. 1825. 



This species, with slender sterns ahout bfcet high, was found on the hills 

 r Camtoos Hirer, and also near the stone quarries of Uitenhage, groiv- 

 among the rigid and more woody productions of a Karoo soil. 



Aloe albispina.— (VVhite-spined Mitre Aloe), caulescent, leaves ovate- 

 acuminated dark green : margins set with white spines which become yel- 

 low by age, and turn black on decay.— Aloe albispina. Haworth in Linn. 

 S. Transactions. 8. 22. 



Observ. — This species of Aloe may be considered as the only one found in- 

 digenous in the Cape District. Inhabits Blaauwberg and Koeberg. 



Genus, Gasteria — Calyx, (flower,) petal-like, reversely club-shaped, 

 curved; stamens inserted at the base. Capsule slightly ribbed. Plants 

 partially caulescent; leaves fleshy as in Aloe. Flowers pendulous. 



Gasteria pulchra — (Marbled narrow shrubby Gasteria,) leaves acutely 

 sword-shaped : peduncles of the flower lengthened, thin or slender.— Gaste- 

 ria pulchra. Synopsis Plantarum Succulent arum, p. 86. — Aloe maculata. 

 ■:r. pulchra. Aitorfs Hortus Kewensis. Edition 1 and 2. — Gasteria pul- 

 chra. Haworth in Phil. Mag. Nov. 1827. 



Inhabits the thickets of the kills near the Coega River in Uitenhage 

 District. 



Gasteria maculata. — (Short, marbled, shrubby Gasteria). General 

 m of the plant, the same as the preceding species. — Gasteria maculata. 

 ! Synopsis Plant. Slice. 85.— Aloe maculata. var. obliqua. Hort. Kew. ed. 

 1 and 2. — Aloe lingua. Botanical Magazine, 979. 



Observ.— Leaves shorter than in the preceding species, but broader, 

 wavedly-oblique, blunt; flowers, also much thicker. Inhabit the hills near 

 t 'itenhage. 



Gasteria picta.— (Marbled, shrubby Gasteria,) leaves sword-shaped, 

 plain, blunted, with a mucrome; peduncle shorter than the flower. Haw. 

 in Phil. Maq. Nov. 1827. H 



Observ.— The stem of this is shorter, thrie&ves twice the length of those 

 of the preceding species, plainer and less keeled, marked with dull white 

 spots; flower stem simple. 



A new species discovered on the Coast between Plettenberg and Algoa 

 Buys, by Mr. Bowie. 



Gasteria formosa.— (Beautiful marbled Gasteria,) leaves tongue-shaped, 

 smooth, entire, obtuse, with an acute point, marked with black and white 

 bauds. 



A new species, inhabits the hills of Sunday River towards the coast. 



Gasteria fasciata.— (Short, bifarious, marbled Gasteria,) leaves disposed 

 in two rows, short, thick, convex on each surface, blunt, entire ; neatly 

 marked with whitish spots. — Gasteria fasciata. Haworth in Phil. Mag. 

 Nov. 1827. 



Inhabits the thickets on the hills bordering the Graaff-Reinct and Uiten- 

 hage Districts. 



Seeds of Plants.— One plant of the white poppy (that from which opium 

 is ohtained) has been estimated to yield 32,0U0 seeds; a single plant of to- 

 bacco 360,000 ; a single stalk or ear of reed-mace, 40,670 ; while the spleen- 

 wort, a species of fern (a family which was long believed to be without 

 I), has been estimated to produce no fewer than 1,000,000 on one stalk 

 or frond— Quarterly Journal of Agriculture, vol i. p. 8. 



Tlir habitats of the plants have been furnished by Mr. Bown:. 



