Some New Aloes from the Transvaal, 
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25-30 cm. long, loosely flowered ; bracts deltoid-acute, about 20 mm. long, 
many-nerved. 
Perianth jasper red (E.C.S.), 37 mm. long, conspicuously inflated at the 
base and 12 mm. diam., thence sharply constricted, 5 mm. diam. at con- 
striction, rather strongly decurved and ampliated towards the mouth ; 
segments oblong- obtuse, 8-12 mm. long, free edges paler in colour. 
Anthers oblong-cylindrical, 28-30 mm. long and 13 mm. broad ; seeds 
triquetrous, fuscous, winged, 3-5 mm. long. 
Aloe peteicola, spec. nov. 
Transvaal. 
(Plates LIII and LIV.) 
Aloe petricola, Pole Evans; species nova certe affinis est A. verae, L., sed 
species distinctissima, dift'ert praecipue foliis coriacioribus, et filamen- 
tibus distincte exsertis. 
Herha succulenta, acaulis. Folia ca. 20-30, dense rosulata, lanceolato- 
ensiformia, 30-40 cm. longa, 8-10 cm. lata, erecto-patentia, apice leniter 
incurvula, supra subcanaliculata, subtus convexa, glauca, coriacea, summo 
apice carinata et aculeis 4-5 instructa, marginibus aculeis pungentibus 
castaneo-fuscis 4-6 mm. longis armata. 
Inflorescentia ca. 50 cm.-l m. alta, plerumque 1-3 ramis erectis ; racemi 
elongati, 30-50 cm. longi, densi, multiflora ; bracteae 10-16 mm. longae, 5-6 
mm. latae, lanceolato-acutae scariosae, 3-5 nerviae, deinde reflexae ; pedi- 
celli 2 mm. longi. 
Perianthium cylindraceo-ventricosum 24-30 mm. longum, luteolum vel 
luteum et rubro-tinctum, segmenta exteriora usque ad 8-10 mm. connata, 
apice paullum recurvula, nervis 3-5 viridibus notata, interiora obtusiora. 
Filamenta ca. per 12-14 mm. exserta, brunneo-atra. 
Stylus filamenta aequans, luteus. 
Capsula trigona, 17 mm. longa et 10 mm. lata, utrinque obtusa, viridia- 
rubra, deinde exsuccata. 
This Aloe was first collected and photographed by myself at Nelspruit in 
September, 1905. It occurs chiefly on the granite outcrops in this locality, 
and has also been collected here by Mr. T. E. Sim. Mr. George Thorncroft 
has sent the same plant to me from granite rocks at Elands Hoek and in 
the Kaap Valley. 
It usually flowers in July and August. The unopened flower buds 
vary in colour from a bright Nopal red to orange-chrome (E.C.S.). 
Description. — Herh succulent, stemless. 
Leaves 20-30 in a dense rosette, lanceolate-ensiform, 30-40 cm. long. 
