Plate 251° 



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ALOE NUTTII, Baker. 



LiLiACEiE. Tribe Aloine^. 



A. Nuttii, Baker (sp. nov.) ; ad A Cooperi accedit ; differt 

 perianthii tubo elongato oblongo, foliis multo angustioribus. 



Herba acaulis. Folia linearia, erecta, sesquipedalia, vix carnosa, 

 immaculate, facie canaliculate, deorsum 3-4 lin. lata, dentibus 

 marginalibus minutissimis. PeduncuJus validus, simplex, erectus, ses- 

 quipedalis. Racemus subdensus, cylindrieus, 6-9 poll, longus ; pedicelli, 

 ascendentes, apice cernui, articulati, inferiores 12-15 lin. longi ; 

 bractese ovate, scariosse, persistentes, 6-9 lin. longre. Perianthium cy- 

 hndricum, pallide rubrum, 15-16 lin. longum, tubo oblongo, segmentis 

 linearibus apice viridibus tubo paulo longioribus. Stamina hypogyna, 

 perianthio paulo breviora, filamentis filiformibus, antheris parvis oblon- 

 gis. Ovarium ampullseforme ; stylus subulatus, elongatus, stigmate 

 minuto, capitato. Capsula oblonga, perianthio multo brevior. 



East Central Africa : Fwambo, south-east of Lake Tanganyika. 

 A. Carson ; W. II. NntU 



This new Aloe belongs to a group having acaulescent rosettes of 

 long scarcely fleshy narrow leaves, which is represented by six species 

 in Cape Colony and three in Tropical Africa. The number of Aloes 

 known in Tropical Africa now amounts to nearly forty, and every new 

 district that is explored yields new species.— J. G. Baker. 



Fig. 1, portion of leaf; 2, flower; 3, anthers; 4, pistil.— All enlarged. 



