302 



A. Berger. — Liliaceae-Asphodeloideae-Aloineae. 



carnosa, glauca vel glaueo-viridia, ensifbrmia, e basi dilalata sensim attenuala longe 

 acuminata, ca. 75 cm longa et medio 8 — 9 cm lata, apice leviter carinata, ad niargines 

 linea cartilaglnea tenuissima luteola cineta dentibusque deltoideis patulis apice sub- 

 bamatis cartilagineis ca. 4 mm longis et 1 5 mm distantibus armata. Inflorescentiarum 

 0,80 — 1 ,00 m altarum peduneuli validi crecti, ramosi, rami inferiores validiores, erecti, 

 basi bracteis brevibus deltoideis suffulli, superne bracteis vaeuis plurimis vestiti, in 

 racemos densos cylindricos terminantes; racemi terminales ca. 35 — 40 cm longi; flores 

 numerosi, dense inibricati, nutantes, laete ignei; bracteae ereetae, late deltoideae, acutae, 

 brunneae, plurinerviae, 7 — 10 mm longffe; pedicelli erecti, i 5 min longi; perigonium 



Fig. -126. 



A — B Aloe Salmdyckiana Scbult. f. A Racemus. 

 caesia Salm. (Icon. orig.) 



C 



B Perigonium. 



— C—D Aloe 



35 — 40 mm longum, cylindraceum, basi rotundatum, medio leviter ampliatum, segmenta 

 exteriora lineari-lanceolata, basi in tubum brevissimum 3 — 5 mm longum connata, apice 

 acuta recurvula, nervis 5 viridibus notata, interiora nervis 3 congeslis carinata, apice 

 lateraliter conniventia et faucem angustam ereetam formantia; fllamenta luteo-brunnea, 

 per 10 — i'ö mm exserta, antherae brunneae, 3 — 4 mm lougae; ovarium 6 mm longum, 

 Stylus demum valde exsertus. Capsula trigona, 22 mm longa et 8 nun lata, utrinque 

 obtusa. — Fig. iiö et 1 26 ^4 — B. 



Var. fulgens (Tod.) Berger. — A. ftdgcw Tod. Hort. Bot. Panorm. II. (1890) 

 40 t. 33; Bak. in Tb. Dyer, Fl. capens. VI. (1896) 324. — DilTert trunco robustiorc 

 minus e basi prolifero vel dr simplici; foliis paullo lalioribus erectioribus et magis can.ili- 

 culatis fere caesiis; et racemis junioribus nondum floronlibus laetius rubni-bninneis. 



