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ALOE VIRENS. APPLE-GREEN-LEAVED : 
ALOE. 
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Cla/s and Order. 
_ Hexanpria Monocynia. 
Generic Charadter.—Vid. No. 1352. 
Specific Characer and Synonyms. 
_ ALOE vwirens ; (fubcaudefcens ; flores e majoribus, cylindrici, 
a reéit, cernui ;) caudice fubnullo vel brevi; foliis fafci- 
culatim ambientibus, recurvato-divaricantibus, ligu- 
lato-attenuatis, plano-convexis, ab acie curvatis, 
tenerioribus, a prona parte albo rariter a fupina 
parciflime ac prominule guttatis, ad oram molliter 
diftanter ac dire€te fpinofis; racemo diftanti, diffufe 
{picato; pedicellis afcendentibus, corolla bis brevioribus* 
braétea duplo longioribus ; corolla pendula, clavato- 
tubulofa, rotundate trigona,-ab ima anguftiore ven- 
: tricofo-dilatata, conniventer patula, laciniis ad medium 
oe fere ufque conferventibus; ftylo exferto. G. 
_ ALOE virens. Haworth. Linn. Tranf. 7. 17. 1. 34. 
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Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Nearly allied to — 
_ -Pumilis. The caudex is fometimes {carcely above the level of 
the ground, at others half a foot high, throws out abundance ~ 
_ Of fuckers, fo as to become bufhy ; /eaves of a bright apple- _ 
Steen colour ; about an inch broad at their bafe; flowers ofa 
— yellowifh red tint, about an inch and half long. Blooms in # 
. “le autumn, Of eafy culture. 
We never faw this plant in any other colle&ion than that of ete 
_ Mr. Haworrtu, where our drawing was taken. Moft probably — 
_ Introduced fince the publication of the Hortus Kewenfis. We — 
_ fan find no traces of it in any book known to us. Can hardly 
_ Alave been confoundéd with the varicties of humilis? G. | 
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