PLATE LIV. 
ALETRIS SARMENTOSA. 
Creeping-rooted Baftard Aloe. 
CLASS VI. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNLA. 
GENERIC 
Catyx, nullus. 
Corotxa, monopetala, oblonga; limbi laciniis 
lanceolatis, acuminatis, erectis; perfiftens. 
Stamina. Filamenta fex, fubulata, longitudine 
corolle, inferta bafi laciniarum corollz, 
Anthere oblonge, ere@te. 
Pistittum. Germen ovatum. Stylus fubula- 
tus, longitudine ftaminium. Stigma tri- 
fidum 
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3 Pericarrium. Capfula ovata, triquetra, acu- 
ss minata, tril ris. 
-  Semrna plurima. — 
= SPECIFIC 
 Aletris, acaulis; foliis enfiformibus, laxis; flori- 
__. bus {picatis, fuave rubentibus; radicibus 
; ofis. 
ORDER I. | 
Six Chives. One Pointal. 
CHARACTER. 
EMPALEMENT, none. 
Biossom, one leaf, oblong; the fegments of the 
border are lance-fhaped, tapering, and up- 
right; remaining. 
Threads fix, awl-fhaped, the length 
~ ° of the bloffom, and inferted into the divi- 
fions of it, at the bafe. Tips oblong, up- 
right. 
Porntat. Seed-bud egg-fhaped. Shaft awl- 
ped, the length of the chives. Summit 
three-cleft. 
Capfule egg-fhaped, three-fided, 
tapered, and of three cells. ; 
SEEDs many. 
CHARACTER. 
Baftard Aloe, without a ftem; having fword- 
fhaped, weak leaves; flowers grow in {pikes 
of a foft red colour; roots producing fuckers 
from the joints. 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. A Flower. 
Tats fpecies of Aletris was introduced to us, 
2. The Chives, and 
3. The Pointal. 
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from the Cape of Good Hope, about the year 1789; it 
Pointal. 
is a hardy plant, requiring the fame management as Aletris Capenfis, that is, to be kept in a dry part 
of the greenhoufe; although the plant fhould 
be frequently watered when in bloom, as fhould moftly 
all plants, notwithftanding (as in the prefent inftance is the cafe) their flowering in the winter 
months, This caution we have thought neceflary, 
. feafon, 
roots grow nearly horizontally, 
as it is a general rule with gardeners during that 
to put as little moifture as poffible to their plants, whether in flower or not, to avoid damps. 
The little difficulty in propagating this handfome 
{pecies of Aletris, will render it foon common; the 
and from their joints numberlefs young plants are produced; which 
_ character we were defirous of exprefling in the figure, as from thence we have taken our trivial name; 
but from the fize of the work, 
it was found impraéticable, The drawing was made in December 
1798, from a plant then in flower, at the Hammerfmith nurfery: we are neverthelefs informed, that 
_ from being planted in a light, rich 
foil, it may be made to grow to the height of three feet; with a 
pike of flowers, one fourth the length of the flower-ftem. 
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