458 cxL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [Aloe. 



mar<^inal teeth deltoid, cuspidate, horny, J in. long, not very close. 

 Panicle above 1 ft. long ; branches many, ascending, all simple ; 

 racemes dense, 2-4 in. long; bracts very small, ovate; pedicels very 

 short, ascending, articulated at the apex. Perianth under 1 in. long ; 

 tube short, campanulate ; segments long, linear. Stamens included. 



nZozamb. I>lst. Zanzibar, Stuhlmann, 21 ! 



No specimen at Kew. 



7. A. rabaiensiSy Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 410. Leaves 

 rosulate, lanceolate, fleshy, glaucous green tinged with red, 1 ft. long, 

 li-2 in. broad, tapering gradually to the point; teeth distant, deltoid, 

 J in. long, with a brown horny tip. Peduncle branched ; branches h ft. 

 long ; flowers in globose clusters at the end of the branches ; pedicels 

 ascending, 1 in. long; bracts ovate, minute. Perianth cylindrical, 

 ] in. long ; segments linear, three times the length of the tube. 

 Stamens nearly as long as the perianth. Style exserted. 



srile Iiand. British East Africa : Rabai Hills, at Mgandini, Taylor ! 

 No specimen at Kew. 



8. A. otallensis, Baker. Leaves lanceolate, i ft. long, lJ-2 in. 

 broad low down, tapering gradually to the point, thick, rigid ; marginal 

 teeth small, rather close, horny, deltoid. Inflorescence panicled ; 

 branches ascending; racemes dense, oblong, lJ-3 in. long; bracts 

 oblong, obtuse, scariose, J- J in. long ; pedicels ascending, rather shorter 

 than the bracts. Perianth 1 in. long; segments linear, much longer 

 than the tube. Stamens included. Style exserted. 



xrile ^and. Somaliland : Ahele Bekaka, between Coromme and Otallo, Riva, 

 1711! 



No specimen at Kew. 



9. A. vituensis. Baker. Leaves lanceolate, 1 ft. long, 15-18 lin. 

 broad low down, tapering gradually to the acuminate point, moderately 

 thick ; marginal teeth small, deltoid, horny, patent, not very close. 

 Peduncle simple, terete. Raceme lax, cylindrical, J ft. long; bracts 

 small, ovate ; pedicels very short. Perianth 1 in. long ; tube short, 

 campanulate ; lobes long, linear. Stamens and style included. 



Wile Iiand. British East Africa: Witu, on sandy steppes, Thomas, 113 ! 

 No specimen at Kew. 



10. A. montana, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 39. 

 Leaves lanceolate; marginal teeth minute, deltoid, green. Raceme 

 dense ; pedicels J-J in. long, cernuous at the apex ; bracts with a long 

 <}usp. Perianth yellow, IJ in. long; segments three times the length 

 of the tube or as long. Stamens as long as the perianth or just 

 exserted. 



Itower Guinea. German South-west Africa : Hereroland ; Gans Berg, Fleck, 

 461, 838. 



No specimen at Kew. 



11. A. Steudneri, Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 73. 

 Leaves probably lanceolate. Peduncle stout, branched, 2 J ft. long; 



