4^ C. COMMELIN PLANTARUM 



Aloc Africana humilis ffims inermibm & 

 'verrHcis obfita. 



RAdiccs bujus Aloes fibrofac fiint & albicant, 

 e quibus folia producuntur multa^ quatuot 

 uncias longa, fucculenta 8c glauca, xjux abutra- 

 ^ue partc verrucis & fpinis inermibus » hoc eft , 

 vix pungentibu^ , obducuntur , & in mucronem 

 verfus plantx medium reflexum exeunt ; fingulis 

 annis bis c plantx medio nunc fimplex , nunc ge- 

 minus exit fcapus rotundus , & viridis , cui un« 

 dique parva & mucronata adhaerent foliola , & 

 cujus cacumen fefquipede nonnunquamaltiusflo- 

 res exornant monopetali &multifidi, quirubent 

 extremitate virefcente. Succus hujus Aloes fapo- 

 porem exhibet primo nonnihil amaricantem, fed 

 mox dulcem. 



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