706 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 
Aloe Baebeetoniae, spec. uov. 
Transvaal and Swaziland. 
(Plate LII.) 
Aloe Barhertoniae Pole E^^i^^ 5 species nova, affinis A. constrictae, Bak., sed 
differt longior pedicellos et bracteas. 
Herha succulenta, acaulis. Folia 20-23, dense rosulata, ca. 45 cm. diam. 
erecto-patentia, carnosa, plerumque ad apices languescentes, lanceolata, 
gradatim attenuata, 30-40 cm. longa, 10-11 cm. lata, supra subcanaliculata 
et viridi-rubescentia, maculisque oblongis albidis irregulariter fasciatim 
seriatispicta,subtus convexa etpallide glauco-viridia immaculata,ad margines 
linea cornea brunnea cincta aculeisque brunneis deltoideis valde pungentibus 
5-6 mm. longis et 11-16 mm. inter se distantibus armata. 
Inflorescentiae saepe 2 ex eadem rosula, ca. 1 metre altae 5-7 rami, arcuato- 
erecti, infimi bracteis ca. 8 cm. longis ad apices paucis parvibus aculeis 
subtendi ; racemi 25-30 cm. longi, laxi ; bracteae deltoideo-acutae, 20 mm. 
longae, plurinerviae ; pedicelli 13 mm. longi. 
Perianthium laete rubrum, 37 mm. longum, basi globoso-inflatum, et 
12 mm. diam., supra ovarium valde constrictum et decurvatum, faucem 
versus ampliatum, segmentis oblongis obtusis, 8-12 mm. longis, marginibus 
pallidioribus ; antherae vix exsertae. Capsula oblongo-cylindrica, 28-30 mm. 
longa et 13 mm. lata ; semina triquetra, fusca, alata, 3-5 mm. longa. 
This plant was sent to me by Mr. Greorge Thorncroft in March, 1914. It 
was obtained by Mr. Thorncroft from Eimer's Creek, near Barberton. It 
flowered in Pretoria towards the latter part of May, 1915. 
Aloe Barhertoniae makes a handsome and ornamental plant for rockeries, 
as the leaves are very conspicuously spotted on the upper surface, while the 
flowers are a jasper red and have a dull bloom on them. Specimens of 
the same species have also been collected in Swaziland by Mr. E. A. Davis. 
Description. — Herh succulent, stemless. 
Leaves 20-30 in a dense rosette, and which is about 45 cm. across, erect- 
spreading, fleshy, usually withered at the tips, lanceolate, gradually 
attenuated, 30-40 cm. long, 10-11 cm. broad, slightly channelled down the 
face, greenish red above, with distinct white spots arranged in irregular 
transverse bands, convex below, pale greenish-white and unspotted, margins 
wavy with a distinct brown cartilaginous border and beset with stout brown 
deltoid thorns, which are 5-6 mm. long and 11-16 mm. apart. 
Inflorescence, often two from the same rosette, about 1 m. high, 
branched, from 5-7 branches, arcuate-erect, lowest subtended by bracts 
about 8 cm. long, and which have a few small thorns at the tips ; racemes 
