Aloe.] 



CXL, LILIACILE (bAKER). 



4r.5 



Aliform ; anthers oblong, versatile, dehiscing down the face. Ovary 

 ovoid, 3-celled; ovules many in a cell; style subulate; stigma small, 

 capitate. Capsule oblong-trigonous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds 

 triquetrous or flattened, sometimes winged ; testa black ; albumen 

 fleshy ; embryo straight. — Caudex produced or obsolete. Leaves fleshy, 

 very various in shape, margined with spines. Peduncle simple or 

 forked. Flowers many, racemose, usually bright red or yellow, tipped 

 with green ; pedicels articulated at the apex ; bracts scariose, 

 persistent. 



Species 100, the others mostly Cape, a few reaching Madagascar, Socotra, India, 

 China, and the Mediterranean region. 



Acaulescent. Leaves long, thin, linear, erect. 

 Perianth |— | in, long. 



Leaves ^ in. 

 Leaves i in. 



broad 

 broad 



Perianth Ij; in. long ..... 



Caulescent. Leaves lanceolate, under 1 ft. long, densely 

 rosulate. 

 Perianth-tube short. 



Flowers secund ...... 



Flowers not secund. 

 Perianth 7-8 lin. long 

 Perianth |-| in. long 

 Perianth 1 in. long. 



Inflorescence paniculate. 

 Bracts small 

 Bracts large 

 Inflorescence racemose . 

 Perianth 1^ in. long. 

 Pedicels short 

 Pedicels long 

 Perianth-tube as long as the segments. 

 Bracts small .... 



Bracts large .... 



Perianth-tube longer than the segments. 

 Pedicels short .... 



Pedicels long. 



Marginal teeth of leaf small. 

 Leaves 2 in. broad 

 Leaves 4 in. broad 

 Marginal teeth of leaf large 

 Caulescent. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, under 

 densely rosulate. 

 Pedicels long ..... 



Pedicels short .... 



Caulescent. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, densely 

 rosulate, much spotted. 

 Leaves thick. 



Racemes short, very dense. 



Leaves 2 in, broad ....•• 



Leaves 6-7 in. broad . . . . • 



Bacemes oblong or cylindrical. 

 Perianth ^-1 in. long. 



1. A. Johns f oil i, 



2. A. Buchanani . 



3. A. Nuttii. 



4. A. secundiflora. 



1 ft. 



5. A. andongensis. 



6. A. Stuhlmanni, 



long, 



7. A. rahaiensis. 



8. A. otalleiisis. 



9. A. vituensis. 



10. A. montana. 



11. A. Sieudneri. 



12. A. Kirlcii. 



13. A. Scliinzii. 



14. A. macros iphon. 



15. A. Menyharthi, 



16. A. rubrolufra. 



17. A. venenosa. 



18. A. horziana. 



19. A. ruspoliana. 



20. A. latent ia. 



21. A. Schimperi. 



