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ALOE 



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BBB. Form of Ivs. elongated, gradually tapering: size 

 of Ivs. large: border absent : teeth usually coarse . 



14. Bainesii, Dyer. (A . Barbene, Dyer.). A very large 

 forking tree, in cultivation becoming tall, though at first 

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

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

 sheathing base : inflor. short and compact, the reddish 

 fls. tumid. S.Afr. G.F. 3:115. G.C. II. 19, pp. 506-571, 

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



15. v6ra, Linn. (A. vttlgdris, Lam. A. Barbadensis, 

 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 . rubescens, DC. A . Indica, 

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



16. Succotrina, Litun.(A.sinudta, Thunb., not Willd.). 

 Related to the last : Ivs. relatively narrower, dark green, 

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

 Cape. B.M. 472. Gn. 45, p. 303. -A hybrid with A.eiJi- 

 aris is A.de Laetii. 



Var. purpurascens, Gawl. ( A. purpurdscens, Haw. A. 

 rambsa, Haw.). Lvs. purplish. B.M. 1474. 



17. arbor6scens, Mill. (A. fruticosa, Lam.). Low, slen- 

 der tree: st. roughened by old leaf bases: Ivs. dark green, 

 glaucescent, coarsely green-dentate to hooked serrate 

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

 Cape. B.M. 1300. 



Var. frut6scens, Salm.i^l. frutescens, Salm.). Smaller, 

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

 coarsely green-striate. 



Form of Ivs. lanceolate, acute, flat: size of Ivs. 

 small: border absent : teeth ciliate: mottling 

 absent : Ivs. sheathing, with perfoliate margin. 



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

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

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

 fld.: fls. red. Cape. 



BBBBB. Form of Ivs. various, thick, plano-convex : size 

 of Ivs. small: border absent: mostly toothed 

 on the back: mottling absent: Ivs. crowded. 



19. brevifolia, Mill. (A. prolifera, Haw.). Short- 

 stemmed : Ivs. spreading, broadly lanceolate, acute, 

 shortly and pungently white-toothed ; a few similar teeth 

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



20. humilis, Mill. (A. echinata, Willd. A. suberecta, 

 Haw A. subtuberciilata, Haw.). Acaulescent : Ivs. 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. Candollei, Bak. L.B.C. 15:1481. Var. incurva, 

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

 10:1504. Var. minor, Hort., is in cult. 



21. aristata, Haw. (^4. longiaristata,Schu}t.). Lvs. as- 

 cending, attenuate into a long bristle. Cape. 



AA. Arrangement of Ivs. 3-ranked : Ivs. rather small. 



22. variegata, Linn. Short - stemmed : Ivs. 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 Ivs. 2-ranked : Ivs. elongated. 



J.'J. Cooperi, Bak. (A. Schmidtiana,Regel.). Acaules- 

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

 keeled, mottled, faintly striate, the small white teeth 

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

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



24. plicatilis, Mill. (Rhipidodendron plicdtile, Haw.). 

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

 lingulate, obtuse, serrulate and bordered at least near 



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

 nearly free within the tube. Cape. B.M. 457. 



WILLIAM TRELEASE. 



In the following alphabetic list are included (1) the more im- 

 portant species (which are numbered, and have been fully 

 described previously), (2) synonyms of the above (which are 

 followed by the sign of equality and a number), (3) the less im- 

 portant species (which are briefly described in the present list, 

 but not previously). Those marked with an asterisk (*) are 

 advertised in the catalogues : A . A byssinica, Lam . , var Peacockii, 

 Bak. Lvs. 20-30 in a dense sessile rosette, l%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 Ivs., a 6-8-branched panicle. B.M. 6620. 

 *A. Africdna, Mill. St. stout, marked with scars of fallen Ivs.: 

 Ivs. alternate, st.-embracing, concave ; teeth conical, reddish 

 orange at tip: scape bearing a dense many-fld. spike of long cy- 

 lindrical fls. B.M. 2517. A. ayavcefblia,Tod. Allied to A. tri- 

 color. St. short: Ivs. dense, copiously white spotted, lanceolate ; 

 teeth large: fls. racemose, red. Trop. Afr. *A.dlbo-cincta=\. 

 A. arborescens, 17. A. aristata, 21. A. Barbadensis = 15. A. 

 Bainesii, 14. A. Bdrberce=14.A. brachystachys, Bak. Allied 

 to A. Abyssinica. St. long, slender : Ivs. ensiform, in a dense 

 rosette at the top of the st., all drooping, except the youngest, 

 lK-2 ft. long, 2 in. broad above the dilated base, bright green, 

 not mottled; marginal prickles deltoid, not brown: peduncle 

 flexuose; raceme dense; bracts with 5-7 distinct brown stripes. 

 Zanzibar. B.M. 7399. A. brevifolia, IQ. A. Chinensis, Bak. Al- 

 lied to A. Abyssinica. Lvs. 15-20 in a sessile rosette, %-l ft. long, 

 l%-2 in. wide at base, deeply channelled in upper part, pale 

 green: scape simple, l/^ft. long; bracts few, distant, small, del- 

 toid. B.M. 6301. Hab.? *A.ciliaris,18. A.Commelyni=l3. 

 A . commutdta, 7. A . Cooperi, 23. A . cydnea = 10. A . diehdt- 

 oma, Linn. f. Allied to A. Bainesii. Arborescent: st. tall, much 

 branched: Ivs. in dense rosettes at the tops of branches, lanceo- 

 late, 8-12 in. long. Namaqua-land. G.C. 1873:713, f. 1371. 1874: 

 567, 571, f. 118, 121. A. distans, Haw. (A. mitraformis, var brevi- 

 folia). St. 3 or more ft. high: Ivs. ovate-acuminate, concave, 

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

 teeth short, distant: fls. red, tipped green. S.Afr. B.M. 1362. 

 A. disticha = 5.A. echindta = 2Q. A. elerjans, Tod. Little 



Aloe mitriformis. 



known. Not mentioned by Baker. Hab.?-A. ferox, 12. *A. 

 frutescens, Salm.= 17. *A. fruticosa = 17. A. glauca, 10. A. 

 grdcilis. Haw. Allied to A. arborescens. St. long : Ivs. loosely 

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

 nate, not lined or spotted ; prickles minute, spreading, tipped 

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

 grandidentdta, 9. A. Greenei, Bak., in the Pictae group, is 

 readily distinguished by the elongated racemes and the strong 



