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S peeific Charaéter and Synonyms. 
ALOE foliolofa ; (caudex totaliter imbricato-foltatus ; flores 
é minoribus, ereéii, regulares 3) foliis plurifariam am- 
bieaubus: fquamiformibus, ovato-acuminatis, tran{- | 
verfim latioribus, parum (pro-geuere) craflis, rigidis, 
glabris (junioribus perobfcure denticulatis), fapra patulis, 
caudicem a fummo ad imum f{quarrofo-loricantibus ; 
caule fimplici, filiformi, flexili; racemo laxo; pedi- 
cellis corolla duplo brevioribus; corolla reéta, cylin- 
dracea rotundatis angulis, ore breviflimo regulari 
patula; ftaminibus inelufis. G, 
ALOE foliolofa. Haworth. Linn. pie 7. iE mn. 3: Hort. Kew. 
: ed, 2. U. 2. 298. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope, from whence it has 
been introduced into our gardens, by Mr. Masson, fince the 
publication of the Hortus Kewenfis. The /Jeaves are the 
fmalleft and thinneft of any fpecies known to us, of a dark 
green colour. Nearly allied to /piralis. Is propagated with 
more difficulty, | but blooms more freely than ‘that. May be 
kept in the common greenhoufe. Had never been diftinélly 
recorded by any author preceding Mr. Haworru, to which 
geasigrnan we are indebted for the pemes, G. 
