224 A - Berger. — Liliaceae-Asphodeloideae-Aloineae. 



in Th. Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VII. (1898) 467. — Alte frutescens, 2 — 3 m alta, truncus 

 saepissime simplex, rectus vel adscendens, validus. Folia dense rosulata, erecto-patula, 

 demum subreflexa, ensiformia, acuminata, 60 — 90 cm et ultra longa, 6 — 7 cm lata, 

 immaculata, dentes marginales crebri, deltoidei, uncinati, apice cornei, 3 — 5 mm longi. 

 Pedunculus paniculatus, 1,20 — 1,50 m altus; racemi cylindracei, subdensi, ca. 30 cm 

 longi, floribus patulis, demum cernuis, corallinis; pedicelli 4 — 5 mm longi; bracteae 

 longiores, ovatae acutae, scariosae, plurinerviae, patulae, demum reflexae, 10 — 15 nun 

 longae; perigonium 25 mm longum, cylindraceum , supra ovarium haud constrictum, 

 segmenta in tubum brevem connata; filamenta vix exserta. — Fig. 81. 



Angola: In der ganzen Küstenregion von Loanda häuGg, auf trockenen Hügeln 

 und steinigem Boden, bei Maianga do Povo, Imbandeiro dos Lobos usw., Conceifao, 

 Penedo usw.; geht jedoch nicht bis in die Bergwälder (Welwitsch n. 3727! — Blühend 

 von Mai — Juli 1854); Loanda, ohne Standortsangaben (Gossweiler n. 181 ! — Herb. 

 Mus. Brit.). 



Nota. >Truncus brach», rarius femoris crassitudine« (Welwitsch). — >Leaves some 5 

 inches broad, concave above, apex ascending, from herbaceous green lo purplish. Flowers 

 beautiful coral red, infiorescence much branched, 4 feet high.t (Goss weiler). 



§ 13. Verae Berger in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXXVI. (1905) 47. 



Acaules usque caulescentes, e basi saepe proliferae. Folia =t dense rosulala, ensi- 

 formia, longe acuminata, carnosa, glaucescentia, saepe praesertim in planus juvenilibus 

 maculata, ad margines saepe linea cartilaginea cincta aculeisque d: validis armata. 

 Pedunculus elatus, simplex vel parce ramosus, rami erecti ; l'acemi elongati laxiusculi, 

 apice bracleis imbricatis comosi; bracteae florigerae albido-scariosae mediocres vel 

 grandes ovatae acutae deinde plerumque reflexae, pedicellos dt superantes ; perigonium 

 basi stipitatum, cylindraceum, rubrum vel luteum, apice saepissime recurvulum, segmenta 

 dz usque medium connata. In nonnullis omnis inflorescentia zb papulosa, tomentosa 

 vel villosa, in reliquis laevis. 



A. Pedicelli bracteas orbiculares superantes 79. A. brachystaehii*. 



B. Pedicelli bracteis =t deltoideis breviores. 



a. Inflorescentia tota tt tomentosa. 



a. Perigonium villoso-tomentosum, segmenta usque me- 

 dium connata; racemi densiusculi 76. A. tomentosa. 



ß. Perigonium tomentosum, segmenta ultra medium 



(per 2 / 3 ) connata; racemi valde elongati; laxiusculi . 75. A. trichosantlia. 



b. Inflorescentia subpuberula vel papilloso-puberula. 



er. Pedicelli bracteis longiores; perigonium luteolum . . 74. -I. /"</» rnln. 

 ß. Pedicelli bracteis breviores; perigonium luteum vel 



aurantiacum 72.-4. rera v. ofßcinalis. 



c. Inflorescentia glabra. 



u. Foliorum aculei validi, 5 — 10 mm longi, cornei» 



1. Flores incarnati; aculei 5 — 10 mm longi .... 67. A. (hserti. 

 II. Flores corallini vel rubro-lutei; aculei 4 — 5 mm 

 longi. 



1. Folia 60 cm longa, 9—11 cm lala 



2. Folia 60—90 cm longa, 6 — 7 cm lata . . . 

 ß. Foliorum aculei minores, 2 — 3 mm longi. 



I. Racemi densi, oblongi, 4 — 7 rarius 1 3 — 20 cm longi. 



1. Folia 30 em longa, 5 cm lata: flores rubro-lutei 69. 



2. Folia 40 — 60 cm longa. 

 * Folia 4 — 5 cm lata; flores sulphurei ... 86. A. angolensis. 



** Folia 7 — 8 cm lata; flores lutei in racemis 



elongatis 72. A. rera. 



