Aloe. 



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Species unica. 



2i. A. virens lluw. 

 83; Ker in Bot. Magaz. ( 

 AI. (1836—49) § 18 fig. 



Kimm. pl. IV. (1843) 51 8 



,in Trans. Linn. Soc. VII. (4 804) 17, Syn. pl. succ. (1812) 

 1811) t. 1355; Salm, Cat. rais. (1817) 22, Mon 

 8; Roem. et Schult. Syst. veg. VII. (1829) 686; Kuntb, 

 Hak. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XVIII. (4880) 457 et in Tli. Dver, 



Fl. capens. VI. (1896) 308. — Copiose caespitosa. Folia nuinerosa erecto-patentia, 



Aloe virtm> Haw. Habitus. (Icon. orig. 



angusle luuceolata, longc acuminata, supra plana, subtus convexa, lade \iridia, li i s 

 parce maculata, 20 cm longa, basi 2 — 3 cm lala, aciileis marginalibus reinotis ileltui- 

 deis 3 — 5 mm longis albidis prac<lila. Intloies« tntiae 50 — 60 cm altae BCaptU >implex, 

 rarissime furcatus, basi nudus, superne braeteia pam-is racuifl tritngulari-ovalis longo 

 cuspidatis munitus; raccmus 10 — 15 cm longus, ca. 30-fiorus, laxus; bracteae ovatae, 

 cuspidatae, 15 mm longae; pedicelli erecto-patentcs . 30mm longi; pefeigonii miniati 

 40 mm longi subclavato-cylindracei leviter dccurvati cl lateraliter eompretsi legmtnta 



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