Aloe.] cxL. LiLiACEiE (baker). 4') 9 



branches angled, bracteate from the base; racemes long, cylindrical, 

 moderately dense ; pedicels about 1 in. long, thickened and recurved at 

 the apex; bracts ovate, J- J in. long. Perianth IJ in. long; tube very 

 short. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth. Capsule oblong- 

 cylindrical, above 1 in. long. 



irile I.and. Eritrea : Peak of Sabr, 8000 ft., Penzig, 1424. Abyssinia : 

 Samen, 10,000-11,000 ft., Steudner. 



No specimen at Kew. 



12. A. Kirkii, Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 7386. Caudex very short, 

 stout, simple. Leaves thick, densely rosulate, lanceolate, nearly 1 ft. 

 long, 2 in. broad low down, plain green, very smooth ; marginal teeth 

 large, deltoid, spreading. Peduncle compressed, deeply forked, 2 ft. 

 long. Paceme dense, cylindrical, the end one nearly 1 ft. long ; pedicels 

 \-\ in. long, lower cernuous ; bracts small, ovate. Perianth pale-red, 

 tipped with yellow, above 1 in. long ; segments as long as the tube. 

 Stamens just exserted. 



AZozamba Dist. Zanzibar, cultivated specimen, Kiric ! 

 Described from a plant that flowered at Kew, January 1894. 



13. A, Schinziiy Baker. Leaves lanceolate, very thick and rigid, 

 nearly 1 ft. long, 2 J in. broad low down, tapering gradually to the point 

 teeth large, brown, horny, deltoid-cuspidate. Peduncle stout, com- 

 pressed, forked, above 1 ft. long. Racemes dense, oblong, 4-5 in. long ; 

 pedicels in the flowering stage shorter than the oblong scariose bracts, 

 which are J in. long. Perianth 1 in. long ; segments as long as the 

 oblong tube. Stamens not exserted. Capsule oblong-trigonous, J in. 

 long. 



BKozaxnb. Blst. British Central Africa : Kalahari, at Oliphant's Kloof, Schinz, 

 42 partly ! 



14. A. macrosiphon. Baker. Leaves ensiform, under 1 ft. long, 

 1 in. broad low down, tapering gradually upwards; prickles deltoid, 

 spreading, moderately close, moderately large, horn-tipped. Raceme 

 long, lax, cylindrical ; bracts oblong, scariose, J in. long, pale with 

 3 brown ribs ; pedicels half as long as the bract. Perianth 1} in. long ; 

 tube very long and slender, dilating at the base as the ovary grows ; 

 segments linear, spreading, -J in. long. Stamens distinctly shorter than 

 the perianth. Style reaching the tip of the perianth-lobes. 



XMCozamb. Bist. German East Africa : between Urundi and Karagwc, 4000- 

 5000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 8176 ! 



15. A. Menyharthi, ^a^er. Leaves short, acuminate, 2 in. broad ; 

 marginal teeth crowded, spreading, deltoid, ^ in. long. Panicle ample; 

 branches curved, ascending, the lower 1 ft. long ; racemes very dense 

 and short; pedicels spreading, J-| in. long, articulated at the apex; 

 bracts Unear, shorter than the pedicels, white, with a green keel. 

 Perianth pale-red, above 1 in. long ; tube slender, cylindrical ; segments 



