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



Dyck, Aloe sect, xviii. fig. 1 ; Kunth, Enum. iv. 521 ; A. Rich. Tent, 

 n. Abyss, ii. 324 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 174 ; Engl. Hoch- 

 gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 1G5 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 66, 

 1 10; A. vulgaris, var. ahjssinica, DC. Plantes Grasses, sub t. 27. 



STile Ziand. Nubia : between Atbara and the Red Sea, Schweinfurth, 19 ! 

 between Stiakin and Berber; at Singat, Schweinf urth, 206! and at Wady Sarranib, 

 Schweinfurth, 274 ! 275 ! Eritrea : Haddas Valley, near Mahio, 3200 fc, Schwein- 

 ft'rfk,155l Kohaito Plateau, 8400-8700 ft,, Schweinfurth, 156! Geleb, 9400 ft., 

 Schweinfurth, 1234 ! 1430 ! 1796 ! near Acrur, 9400 ft., Schweinfurth ^ Riva, 

 1350 ! 1696 ! 1797 ! and on the Mareb Plateau, Steudner, 476 ! Abyssinia, Dillon Sf 

 Petit, 50 ! 



Var. Peacockii, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 175. Leaves lanceolate ensi- 

 form, 18-21 in. long, 5-6 in. broad low down. Flowers bright yellow. A. elegans, 

 Todaro, Hort. Bot. Panorm. ii. 25, t. 29. 



xrile Iiand. Abyssinia. 



Cultivated by the late Mr. Peacock at Hammersmith, and by Todaro at Palermo, 

 raised from seeds Received from Schimper. 



No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



A. Deleuili, Hort., is a garden hybrid raised by Deleuil of Hyeres by crossing 

 this species with the South African A.ferox. 



48. A, Caxuperii, Schweinf. in Bull. Herh. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 67, 

 1 10. Subacaulescent, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves densely rosulate, 

 lanceolate-ensiform, pale green, subglaucous, unspotted, lJ-2 ft. long, 

 5-6 in. broad low down, tinged with purple at the base and apex ; 

 marginal teeth large, curved, not crowded. Peduncle 3 ft. long, much 

 compressed, branched ; racemes short, very dense ; pedicels, bracts and 

 perianth as in A. abyssinica. Capsule oblong-trigonous, under -1 in. 

 long. 



If lie Z.and. Eritrea : Kohaito Plateau, 8400-8700 ft., Schweinfurth, 154 ! 



49. A. crassipes. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 162. Leaves 

 ensiform, in the only specimen seen 1 ft. long, under 1 in. broad 

 low down ; teeth large, distant, spreading, deltoid, rather hooked. 

 Peduncle stout, Ij ft. long. Raceme moderately dense, cylindrical, 

 h ft. long, with 2 short branches at the base ; pedicels ascending, the 

 fower 1 in. long; bracts small, lanceolate. Perianth l\ in. long, slightly 

 constricted above the ovary ; tube short, campanulate. Stamens as 

 long as the perianth. 



wile Iiand. Nubia : between Suakin and Berber, at Kishi, Schtveinfurt/t, 

 3765! 



50. A. dichotoma, Liim. f. Suppl. 206. Arborescent, much 

 branched, reaching a height of 80-40 ft., with a trunk 3-4 ft. diam. 

 Leaves in dense rosettes at the tip of the thick smooth branchlets, 

 lanceolate, 8-12 in. long, l-l:j in. broad, thick, glaucous, unspotted. 

 Peduncle short, branched ; racemes lax, 2-4 in. long ; pedicels short, 

 erecto-patent ; bracts small, lanceolate. Perianth bright yellow, J-1 in. 

 long ; tube campanulate. Stamens much exserted. — Thunb. Diss. Aloe 

 No. 1 ; Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 309 ; Paterson's Travels, t. 2-5 ; Kunth, 

 Enum. iv. 534 ; Dyer in Card. Chron. 1874, i. 567, figs. 118, 121 ; Baker 



