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Herha succulenta, acaulis vel subcaulescens. 
Folia 25-30, dense rosulata, erecto-patentia, laete viridia, 25-30 cm. 
longa, 8-10 cm. basi lata, gradatim attenuata, ad margines linea cartilaginea 
purpureo-tincta cincta, sinuata-denticulata ; dentibus 3 mm. longis, pallida 
brunneis et 5-8 mm. inter se distantibus, supra plana sed prope apicem 
canaliculata, subtus convexa. 
Ivflorescentiae saepe 2 ex eadem rosula, pedunculus erectus, simplex (?) 
60-l'5 m. albus, bracteis vacuis late ovato-acutis rosaceis tectus ; bracteae 
late lanceolate- ovatae, crassiusculae, plurinerviae, 15 mm. longae, 7 mm. 
latae ; pedicelli validi 15-17 mm. longi, primo erecti, deinde distincte apice 
decurvati. 
Perianthium roseum, 52 mm. longum, trigono-cylindraceum ; segmenta ex- 
teriora apice acutiuscula, libera per ca. 18 mm., interiora obtusiora apice 
viridia et exteriora superantia. 
Stamina vix exserta, antheris rubicundis. 
Stylus demum exsertus, luteo-viridis. 
The plant described above is unlike any other South African Aloe known 
to me. It is distinguished from all previously described species by its 
inflorescence, which consists of a loosely flowered raceme which bears large 
old rose-Eugenia red (E.C.S.) coloured flowers. 
All the plants (7) which so far have flowered in Pretoria have borne an 
unbranched inflorescence, but Mr. George Thorncroft, who first sent me 
specimens of this Aloe and after whom it has been named, writes me that 
the inflorescence is branched in the case of some plants. 
Aloe TJwrncroftii occurs at an altitude of about 5,000 ft. in the Barberton 
District, and does not appear to be very plentiful in the locality in which it is 
found. The plants flower during September, and when in flower make very 
attractive and ornamental rock plants. 
Description. — Herh succulent, stemless or with a short stem. Leaves 
25-30, in a dense rosette, erect- spreading, dark green, very slightly glaucous, 
25-30 cm. long, 8-10 cm. broad at the base, gradually narrowed at the apex, 
upper surface flat towards the base, channelled towards the apex, lower 
surface convex, with a narrow sinuous purplish toothed margin, teeth 3 cm. 
long, pale brown, separated by intervals of 5-8 mm. 
Inflorescences usually two from the same crown ; peduncle erect, simple 
(?) 60 cm. -1-5 metres high, clothed below with broad empty ovate-acute 
bracts 20 mm. long ; flowering bracts broadly lanceolate-ovate, rather thick, 
many-nerved, 15 mm. long, 7 mm. broad ; pedicels short, 15-17 mm. long, 
erect at first, then strongly decurved at the apex. 
Per I'an^/i. old rose-Eugenia red (E.C.S.), 52 mm. long, somewhat 3-angled 
though rounded, cylindrical, outer segments acute at tip, free for 18 mm. 
