8ome New Aloes from the Transvaal. 
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dentibus corneis deltoideis brunneis pungentibus 3-4 mm. longis et 10 mm. 
distantibus. 
Inflorescentia ca. 1-1*3 m. alta, ramosa super medium, rami 5-7, erecto- 
patentia, subtus nudi ; racemi elongati, laxi, 30-46 cm. longi ; bracteae 
lanceolato-acuminatae, sub-carnosae, pedicellos aequantes ; pedicelli 10-17 
mm. longi. 
Perianthium rubicundum, luteo-viride versus apicem, 38-40 mm. 
longum, cylindraceum, leniter decurvatum, conspicue basi globoso-inflatum 
et 11-13 mm. diam., supra ovarium constrictum deinde clavato-ampliatum, 
distinctelateraliter compressum, exteriora segmenta sub-acuta per 10-13 mm. 
libera, interiora obtusiuscula. 
Genitalia vix exserta. 
This Aloe was first collected by Mr. T. E. Sim at Fletcher Station, near 
Sabie, in February, 1914. The plants which Mr. Sim brought me at that 
time had almost finished flowering. After being planted out in the 
Laboratory grounds they came into bloom in February, 1915, and it gives 
me great pleasure to be able to associate Mr. Sim's name with this new 
species. 
The plant resembles A. transvaalensis, O. Ktze., in its general habit of 
growth, but is at once distinguished from it by its more branched inflorescence 
and by its unspotted leaves. 
Description. — Herb succulent, stemless. 
Leaves 15-18 in a dense rosette, erect- spreading, slightly recurved at the 
apex, lanceolate, 25-30 cm. long and 8-9 cm. broad, fleshy, channelled 
above, convex below, bright green, sometimes with a few faint white spots 
on the upper surface, sinnately toothed at the margins with brown, horny 
deltoid teeth, which are about 10 mm. apart and 3-4 mm. long. 
Inflorescence from 1-1'3 m. high, branched above the middle, 
branches 5-7, erect- spreading, naked below ; racemes elongated, loosely 
flowered, 30-45 cm. long ; bracts lanceolate-acuminate, somewhat fleshy, as 
long as the pedicels ; pedicels 10-17 mm., green. 
Perianth strawberry pink (E.C.S.), yellowish -green towards the mouth. 
38-40 mm. long, cylindrical, slightly decurved, conspicuously globosely 
inflated at the base and 11-13 mm. diam., constricted above the ovary and 
then ampliated. Outer segments somewhat acute, free for 10-13 mm. from 
tip, inner segments broader. 
Style and stamtns just exserted. 
