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BOTANY AND PHARMACOGNOSY. 



from Aloe Perryi, and probably other species of Aloe, growing on 

 the island of Socotra and in Eastern Africa, and exported by 

 way of Bombay; (2) Curagao (and Barbadoes) Aloes, obtained 

 from Aloe chinensis and Aloe vera, growing in Curasao and other 



islands of the Dutch West Indies; and (3) Cape and Uganda 

 Aloes, obtained from Aloe spicata and A. ferox, growing in 

 Southern Africa, and exported from Cape Town and Mossel Bay. 

 The leaves of the Aloe plant are cut transversely and the juice 

 which exudes is allowed to evaporate spontaneously, it being 



