466 CXL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [Aloe. 



than the pedicels. Perianth above 1 in. long, red ; tube as long as the 

 segments. Stamens as long as the perianth. Capsule oblong-cylin- 

 drical, pubescent, under 1 in. long. — Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. 

 App. ii. 62. A. abyssinica, var. percrassa, Baker in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xviii. 175 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 164. 



Wile :band. Eritrea : Selet Valley ; below Acrur, 5200 ft., Schioeinfurth, 

 1804, and below Saganeiti, 5500 ft., Schweinfurth Sf Biva, 1664! Ginda Vnlley, 

 3000-4000 ft., Schweinfurth ^ Riva, 2229! 2291! Barasio Valley, Schweinfurth, 

 2077. 



Introduced into cultivation in 1873. . 



Var. albopicta, Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 64, is a form with the 

 leaves persistent and spotted with white all over the surface. 



»rile &and. Eritrea : Ginda Valley, 3900 ft., Schweinfurth, 1846, 1847. 



No specinaen at Kew. 



A variety is also found in Arabia. 



40. A, Volkensii, Engl Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 141. Caudex 12-15 ft. 

 long. Leaves lanceolate, above 1 ft. long, 3 in. broad low down ; teeth 

 small, deltoid, moderately close, slightly curved. Inflorescence panicled ; 

 branches arcuate-ascending, J ft. long, densely flowered at the apex ; 

 bracts very small; lower pedicels \ in. long, articulated at the apex. 

 Perianth straight, | in. long. Segments red on the back, orange in- 

 side and on the edge. Filaments 5-6 times the length of the oblong 

 anthers. 



Mozambo Slsto German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; Marangu, 4500-5000 ft., 

 Volkens, 406 ! and by the River Himo below Marangu, 3000 ft., Volkens, 1757 ! 

 No specimen at Kew. 



41. Ae angolensis. Baker in Trans. lAnn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 263. 

 Subacaulescent. Leaves densely rosulate, ensiform, 2 ft. long, 1 J-2 in. 

 broad low down, unspotted ; marginal teeth spreading, deltoid, ^ in. 

 long. Peduncle very short, much compressed, 2 ft. long, including the 

 inflorescence. Racemes 1—3, dense, oblong, 3-4 in. long ; pedicels 

 \-\ in. long ; bracts ovate, acute, lower \-\ in. long ; central flowers 

 spreading, lower deflexed. Perianth yellow, under 1 in. long; tube 

 very short. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth. — Baker in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xviii. 162. 



Sbo-wer Guinea. Angola : Barra do Bengo ; on wooded hills, Welwitsch, 

 3728! 



42. A, palxnifonuiSy Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 

 263. A shrub 3-5 ft. high, with a simple or forked trunk. Leaves 

 densely rosulate, glaucous green, unspotted, ensiform, 1 ft. or more 

 long, 21-24 lin. broad low down ; marginal teeth deltoid, horny, crowded, 

 J in. long. Peduncle simple or forked ; racemes moderately dense, 

 cylindrical, 6-8 in. long ; pedicels J-^ in. long ; bracts minute, ovate, 

 acute. Perianth under 1 in. long ; tube short. Stamens as long as the 

 perianth. — Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 173. 



Slower Guinea. Angola : Huilla : Morro de Lopollo, subtemperate region, in 

 high stony woods, Wehvitsch, 3726 ! 



