ALOE 



51 



BBB. Form of Ictt. elongated, gmclnti I It/ tapering: size 

 of Irs. large : border absent : teeth nsualli/ coorse. 

 U. BMnesii, Dyer. (A . Bdrbera', Dyer.). A very large 

 forking tree, in cultivation becoming tall, though at tirst 

 slender : Ivs. very concave, dark green, remotely den- 

 tate, spaced along the stem ahove, with white-margined 

 sheathing base : inflor. short and compact, the reddish 

 fls. tumid. S.Afr. G.F. 3:115. G.C. II. 19, pp. 566-571, 

 If. 117, 119, 120, 122. B.M. 6848. 



15. vera, Linn. (^1. vulgciris, Lam. A. £arhadhisiSf 

 Mill.). Low or small, slender tree : Ivs. broader, less 

 channeled, pale gray-green, coarsely dentate, not sheath- 

 ing: fls. yellow. Suckers,freely produced in cultivation, 

 have clear apple-green mottled linear Ivs. Mediterra- 

 nean region, and naturalized through the warmer parts 

 of the world. — The oldest known and probably the com- 

 monest species. 



Var. officinalis, Forsk. (A, rub^scens, DC. A. Indica, 

 Royle). Lvs. purplish: fis. red-orange. Orient. 



16. Succotrina, Lam.f-i. ,«i/H»(i/a,Thunb., not Willd.). 

 Related to the last : lvs. relatively narrower, dark gi-een, 

 coarsely serrate : fls. red, variously tipped and striped. 

 Cape, B.M. 472. Gn. 45, p. 303. -A hybrid with .4. c/?i- 

 aris is A.de LaetH. 



Var. purpurdscens, Gawl. {A. purpurdsvens. Haw. A. 

 r«m.d.s((. Haw.). Lvs. purplish. B.M. 1474. 



17. arbor^scens, Mill. (.4. frH^icd^a, Lam.). Low, slen- 

 dertree: st. roughened by old leaf bases: lvs. dark green, 

 glauceseent. coarsely green-dentate to hooked serrate 

 when separated, with whitish sheathing bases : fls. red. 

 Capf. H.M. i;{(lt.;. 



Var. frut6scens, Salm.t'^. frutescens, Salm.). Smaller, 

 suckering freely : lvs. blue-glaucous, the sheathing bases 

 coarsely green-striate. 



BBBB. Form of lvs. lanceolate, acute, flat: size of h'S. 

 small: border absent : teeth ciliate : mottling 

 absent : lvs. shea thing, with perfoliate margin. 



18. ciliiris.Haw. St.elongated,very slender.branched: 

 lvs. dark green, the slender white teeth longer about the 

 base: inflor. axillary, somewhat elongated, loosely few- 

 fld.: fls. red. Cape. 



BBBBB. Foryn of lvs. var iotis, thick, plano-convex : size 

 of Irs. small : border absent: mostly toothed 

 on the back: mottling absent: lvs. crowded. 



19. brevifdlia, Mill. {A. proUfera, Haw.). Short- 

 stemmed : Ivs. spreading, broadly lanceolate, acute, 

 shortly and junigently white-toothed; a few similar teeth 

 occasionally on buth surfaces. Cape. B.R. 996. 



20. Mmilis, Mill. (.4, echiudta, WiUd. A. subericta. 

 Haw A. subtubvrculAita, Haw.). Acaulescent : lvs. as- 

 cending, lanceolate, gradually attenuate, loosely soft- 

 serrate, both surfaces coarsely tuberculate or echinate: 

 raceme somewhat elongated, loosely fld: fls. red. Cape. 

 —An extremely variable species, of the habit of certain 

 Haworthias. 



Var. Canddllei, Bak. L.B.C. 15:1481. Var. inciirva, 

 Haw. B.M. 828. Var. acuminata. B.M. 757. L.B.C. 

 16:1504. Var. minor, Hort., is in cult. 



21. aristita, Haw. (^. ?0Hfir/aWs^()f«, Schult.). Lvs. as- 

 cending, attenuate into a long bristle. Cape. 



Ar 



mget) 



nt of Ivs.S-ranked: Iv 



ither small. 



22. varieg&ta, Linn. Short- stemmed : lvs. erect, 

 V-shaped, acute, with finely warty horny white margin 

 and keel, mottled, the pale blotches variously trans- 

 versely confluent: raceme short, rather loose: fls. red- 

 dish. Cape. B.M, 513. F.E. 8: 98. -Common. 



AAA. Arrangement of lvs, S-ranked : lvs. elongated. 



23. Co6T?eri, B&k. {A. Schmidtidna, Hegel.). Acaules- 

 cent: lvs. suberect, linear-oblong, sharply-grooved and 

 keeled, mottled, faintly striate, the small white teeth 

 subeonfluent: inflor. subcymose: fls. reddish or brown- 

 ish, tumid below. Cape. B.M. 6377. Gt. 970. 



24. plicAtilis, I\Iill. {Hhipidodhidron pUcdtile, Haw. ). 

 Becoming tall and stout, branching : lvs. glaucous, flat, 

 lingulate, obtuse, serrulate and bordered at least near 



the apex: inflor. shortly racemose: fls. reddish, the petals 

 nearly free within the"tuhe. Cape. B.M. 457. 



William Tuelease. 

 In III.' fntl^vvli)- :,li.l,:,l..-tl,- ]\ t avp Included (l) the more ini- 

 p(iri;iiit -•]•■• !.rred, and have been fully 



ilesriiiMii pi, IIS of the above (which are 



follnwrd l.\ liH- ,t-n Ml >.,iu.M,i,v ,iM.| ;i Humber) , (3) the less im- 

 portuut spL'cies K ^\ iiicii iue Itrit- il.v <lt^scribed in the present list, 

 but uot previously). Tliose marked with an asterisk (*) are 

 advertised in the catalogues: J.. A/jyssf?aca, Lam., var P^acocftii, 

 Bak. Lvs. 20-30 in a dense sessile rosette, Ij^ft. long, 5-6 in. 

 broad at base, glaucous green, not mottled, the margins with 

 close, spreading, deltoid spines, with horny reddish brown tips: 

 inflor. as long as the lvs., a 6-8-branehed panicle. B.M. 6620.— 

 *A. Africana, Mill. St. stout, marked with scars of fallen lvs. : 

 lvs. alternate, st. -embracing, concave ; teetli conical, reddish 

 orange at tip: scipe bearing a dense miny fld spike of long cy- 

 lindrical fls. B.M 2>17 — 4 agavcefoUa Tod Allied to A tri- 

 color. 8t. short hs dense copiously white spotted lanceolite; 

 teeth large: fls.ricemohe led Trop Afr —*A alba eincta'=l — 

 A. arbori'sccns, 17 — 4 aiistata 21 — A Barbadcnsts = 15 -—A. 

 -A Ba) bene ^li —A brachystachys Bsk Alhed 



St long <\o 





dense 



\ oungest, 

 i^lit green, 

 l)ednnele 

 \\ n stripes, 

 s Rik Al- 

 -1 ft long, 

 p irt p de 

 small del- 



to A. Abyss 

 rosette at tlir u^] r t 



lK-2ft.loil-." n I T 



not mottliil , 

 fiexuose; ran uj i 

 Zanzibar. B.M. " 

 lied to A. Abyssiui i 

 l^-Z in. wide at I < 

 green: scape simpl< 

 toid. B.M. 6301. H il 

 A.Cdimnufata,! — i Cvupm JJ ~A i.yaiiea=^H) —A dichot- 

 o?na, Linn. f. Allied to A Bainesu Arborescent st tall much 

 branched: lvs. in dense rosettes it the tops of branches lanceo- 

 late, 8-12 in. long NimaquaHnd GC 1873 713 f U71 1S74: 

 567, 571, f. 118,121 — 4 distans Haw (A mitrsformis vir brevi- 

 folia). St. 3 or more ft high lvs o\ ite acuminite concave, 

 scattered along the st with a few white spots on the back; 

 teeth short, distant fls red tipped green S Afr B M IWZ. 

 —A. dlsticha = 5—A echinatn^lO —A eleganf Tod Little 





70. Aloe mitrilormij 



known. Not mentioned by Baker. Hab.1— A, fkrox. 12.— *A. 

 frutescens, Salrn.^ 17.— *A. fruticdsa'^ 17.— A. glauca, 10.—^. 

 gracilis. Haw. Allied to A. arborescens. St. long : lvs. loosely 

 arranged, 6-10 in. long, 1 in. wide .it the base, ensiform, acumi- 

 nate, not lined or spotted; prickles minute, spreading, tipi>ed 

 brown: fls. yellow, tube with long lanceolate segments.— *^. 

 grandidentata, 9. — A. Grehiei, Bak., in the Pictre group, is 

 readily distinguished by the elongated racemes and the strong 



