Plate 41. 



ALOE Wickensii. 



Transvaal. 



Liliacbae. Tribe Aloineae. 

 Aloe, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. iii. p. 776. 



Aloe Wickensii, Pole Evans in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. vol. v. p. 29, Pis. 8, 9. 



This is one of the most beautiful and showy of the 

 South Africa species of Aloe. Specimens were collected 

 by Messrs. Wickens and Pienaar in M'Phathlele's Location 

 in the Northern Transvaal, in January, 1914. The species 

 is also found widely distributed in the Oliphants River 

 Bushveld. It is now established in the Garden of the Division 

 of Botany, Pretoria, and in the latter part of July and August 

 when in flower is a source of great admiration to visitors. 



In general appearance and habit of growth this Aloe 

 closely resembles A. Pienaarii from the same locality, figured 

 in vol. i. of this work (Plate 27), but it is more commonly 

 found on gentle slopes in bush country, although it may 

 frequently occur in open ground along with A. Pienaarii. 

 When the plants are not in flower, those of A. Wickensii can 

 be distinguished from A. Pienaarii by their paler green leaves, 

 which are distinctly incurved. 



We propose the name " Wickens' Aloe " for this 

 species. 



Specimens are preserved in the National Herbarium, 

 Pretoria (Herb. No. 1449). 



Description : — A stemless succulent herb. Leaves pale 

 glaucous-green, 40-50 in a dense rosette, 50-70 cm. long, 

 10-13 cm. broad at the base, lanceolate-ensiform, erect, 

 distinctly incurved, rather flat above, convex beneath, beset 

 on the margins with small deltoid black prickles about 2 mm. 

 long and about 6-8 mm. apart. Inflorescences often 2-4 from 

 the same rosette, spreading. Peduncle laterally compressed, 

 naked, with usually two lateral branches, branches arcuate- 



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