Plate 2423. 



ALOE MINIMA, Baker. 



LiLiACE^. Tribe Aloine^ 



A. minima, Baher in Kew Bull 1895 ; acaulis, foliis suberectis 

 multifariis auguste linearibus basi valde dilatatls facie canahculatis 

 copiose albido-maculatis aculeis marginalibus crebris minutis patuhs 

 interdum leviter uncinatis albidis, scapo simplici bracteis vacuis 

 plurimis apice abrupte attenuatis prajdito, floribus dense racemosis, 

 pedicellis adscendentibus bracteis ovato-acuminatis subsequilongis, 

 perianthio cylindrico pallide miniato, tubo brevissimo segmeutis 

 ovali-oblongis obtusis 3-nerviis nervis in segmentis intenoribus arete 

 parallelis, genitalibus inclusis, antheris late oblongo-ellipticis, ovario 

 lanceolato- oblongo. 



Hab. Natal : ' Solitary among grass, South Downs,' M. S. Evam 

 (No. 409). 



Folia 5-8 poll, longa, supra basin U lin. lata, ^cai^ws 6-12 poll, 

 longa. Pedicelli 4-6 lin, longi. Perianthium c. 5 Im. longum. 



Allied to Aloe Cooperi, Baker, and A. Kraussii, Baker.— J. G. Baker. 



Fig. 1. Portion of leaf-margio ^^'ith acu'ei. 2. Flower. 3 and *• P"'''"»\- 

 sogiueuts with stamens adnate to base. 6. Anlher, back view. t. iiscii. 

 enlarged. 



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