Descriptions of Some New Aloes from the Transvaal. 29 
x\loe Wickensii, spec. nov. 
Transvaal. 
(Plates VIII. and IX.) 
Aloe Wickensii, Pole Evans; species nova, distincta et pulcherrima, 
A. Pienaarii valde affinis, sed inflorescentiae rami magis patentes 
et pauciores multo sunt ; flores etiam distincte cylindrico-carinati. 
Herba succulenta, acaulis. Folia 40-50, dense rosulata lanceolata- 
ensiformia, erecta, sensim incurvata pallide glauco-viridia, 50-70 cm. 
longa et basi 10-13 cm. lata, planiuscula, subtus convexa, ad margines 
aculeis parvis circ. 2 mm. longis deltoideis atris 6-8 mm. inter se dis- 
tantibus armata. 
Infiorescentiae saepe 2-4 ex eadem rosula, patentes ; scapus lateraliter, 
compressus, nudus, plerumque ramis 2 lateralibus instructus ; rami 
arcuato-erecti, sursum bracteis pallide brunneis scariosis laete ovato- 
acuminatis muniti ; racemi densiflori, conico-cylindrici, 17-20 cm. longi ; 
bracteae laete ovato-cuspidatae, 20 mm. longae et 13 mm. latae ; pedi- 
celli erecto-penduli, 28-32 mm. longi, viridis. 
Flores jmiiores clausi primo laete rubri, deinde viridio-lutei, demum 
expansis luteis. 
Feriantl'iium cylindrico-carinatum, 35 mm. longum ; segmentis ex- 
terioribus liberis, 2 superis apice recurvis et breviores ceteris, interioribus 
apice rufo-brunneis ; genitalia demum paullo exserta. 
Gapsula perianthio sicco involuto, oblonga-cylindracea, subtrigona, 
20 mm. longa ; semina irregularia anguste alata, fusca, 4-5 mm, longa. 
This is one of the handsomest Aloes known to me. It v^as collected 
by Messrs. Wickens and Pienaar in M'Phathlele's Location in the 
Northern Transvaal, in January, 1914. 
Specimens were brought to Pretoria and the plants flowered in 
July, 1914. 
In general appearance and habit of growth this Aloe closely resembles 
A. Pienaarii from the same locality, 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. 
The inflorescence differs markedly from that of A. Pienaarii. It 
is much less branched and much more open. As a rule there are 
not more than two lateral branches, whereas in A. Pienaarii there 
are usually about eight, some of which may again be branched. The 
racemes also are shorter and more conical than in A. Pienaarii. The 
