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turned back. Aloe Africana breviffimo cra&flimoque 
folio flore fubviridi. Hort. Amft. 2. p. n. commonly 
called Culbion Aloe. 
20. Aloe ( ' V errucofa ) feffilis foliis carinatis utraque ver- 
rucofis bifariam verbs. Low Aloe with keel-fhaped 
leaves , war ted on every part , and /landing two ways. 
Aloe Africana foliis longis conjugates fupra cavis mar- 
garitiferis flore rubro elegantiffimo. Boerh. Ind. Alt. 
p. 2, 13 1. commonly called Pearl-tongue Aloe. 
21. Aloe ( Carinata ) feflilis foliis carinatis verrucofis apice 
triquetris carnofis. Low Aloe with fle/hy , keel-fhaped, 
j potted leaves , which are triangidar at their extremities. 
This is the Aloe Africana flore rubro folio triangulari 
verrucis & ab utraque parte albicantibus notato. Hort. 
Amft. 2. p. 17. 
22. Aloe (. Ferox ) foliis amplexicaulibus nigricantibus 
undique fpinofis. Aloe with dark green leaves embracing 
the /talks, which are befet with fpines on every fide. Aloe 
vera cofta fpinofa. Munt. Phyt. commonly called 
Aloe ferox. 
23. Aloe (Uvaria) "floribus feffilibus reflexis imbricatis 
prifmaticis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 323. Aloe with reflexed 
flowers growing clofe to the Jlalk , in form of a prifm , lying 
over each other like tiles on a houfe. Aloe Africana fo- 
lio triangulari longiflimo & anguftiffimo floribus luteis 
foetidis. Hort. Amft. 2. p. 29. commonly called Iris 
Uvaria. 
The firft fort of Aloe grows with an upright ftalk, to 
the height of five or fix feet, the leaves clofely em- 
brace the ftalks ; they are thick, fucculent, broad at 
their bafe, growing narrower, and ending in a point, 
of a dark green colour, and have fpines on the edges, 
as alfo a few on their upper furface; the leaves ftand 
ered, and draw together towards the top, where they 
form the refemblan.ce of a mitre, from whence it is 
called the Mitre Aloe. The flower-ftem rifes about 
three feet high, on the top of which the flowers come 
out in a fort of globular fpike, but afterwards is 
formed into a cylindrical fpike : thefe have long foot- 
ftalks, which come out horizontally, and the flowers 
hang downward-, they are tubulous, and cut into fix 
unequal fegments to the bottom, three being alter- 
nately broader than the others. There are fix ftami- 
na, three of which are as long as the tube of the 
flower, the other three are fhorter. Thefe are crowned 
with flat oblong fummits of a gold colour. The 
three-cornered germen is fituated in the bottom of 
the flower, fupporting a Angle ftyle, which is fhorter 
than the ftamina, having no ftigma on the top. The 
tube of the flower is of a fine red colour, and the brim 
is of a pale green, fo that it makes a pretty appear- 
ance when the fpikes of flowers are large. 
This fort will live in a warm dry green-houfe in 
winter, and may be placed in the open air in fummer, 
in a fheltered fituation •, but the plants ftiould not 
have much wet, left it fhould rot their Items. With 
this management the plants will not grow fo faft, as 
when they are placed in a ftove, but they will be 
ftronger, and their Items will fupport their heads 
much better. 
The fecond fort is very common in the Hands of 
America, where the plants are propagated upon the 
pooreft land, to obtain the Hepatic Aloes, which 
are brought to England, and ufed chiefly for horfes, 
being too coarfe for medicine. 
The leaves of this fort are about four inches broad at 
their bafe, where they are near two inches thick, and 
diminifh gradually to a point, having a few inden- 
tures on their edges; the leaves are of a fea-green co- 
lour, and when young are fpotted with white. The 
flower-ftem riles near three feet high, and the flowers 
ftand in a {lender loofe fpike, with very fhort foot- 
ftalks, hanging downwards. They are tubulous, and 
cut into fix parts, of a bright yellow colour, and the 
ftamina ftand out beyond the tube. This never pro- 
duces feed in England, and is too tender to live 
through the -winter in our climate, in a common green- 
houfe, therefore it fhould be placed in a moderate 
degree of warmth in that feafon. I have known plants 
of this kind, which have had an oiled cloth tied about 
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their roots, and hung up in a warm room more than 
two years, and afterwards planted in pots, which have 
grown very -well, from whence the plant has been 
called Sempervivum by the inhabitants of America. 
The third fort will grow to the height of ten or twelve 
feet, with a ftrong naked fterii, the leaves growing 
at the top, which clofely embrace the ftalk ; they are 
about two inches broad at their bafe, growing nar- 
rower to a point, and are reflexed, and indented 
on their edges, each being armed with a ftrong 
crooked fpine. The leaves are of a fea-green colour, 
and very fucculent. The flowers grow in a pyra- 
midal fpike, are tubulous, and of a bright red colour. 
Thefe are in beauty in November and December. 
This fort will live through the winter in a good green- 
houfe, but they will not flower unlefs they have a 
moderate fhare of warmth, therefore the pots fhould'' 
be removed into a ftove in Qftober, which fhould not 
be kept above temperate heat, in which fituation they 
feldom fail to flower. 
The fourth fort is fomewhat like the third, but tile 
leaves are broader, and have feyerai fpines on their 
backfide toward their extremities. The flowers of this 
grow in a loofer fpike, and the plants never put out 
any fuckers, fo that it is Very difficult to increafe. 
The fifth fort feldom rifes much above two feet high, 
the leaves are very broad at their bafe, where they 
clofely embrace the ftalk, and gradually decreafe to 
a point. The edges are fet with fharp fpines, and 
the undfer leaves fpread open horizontally every way; 
thefe are of a dark green colour fpotted with white, 
fomewhat refembling the colour of foft fope, from 
whence fome have given it the title of Sope Aloe. The 
flowers grow in umbels on the tops of the ftalks, which 
are of a beautiful red colour, and appear in Auguft 
and September. This fort is hardy, fo may be kept 
in a common green-houfe in winter, and in the fum- 
mer placed in the open air. 
The fixth fort is fomewhat like the fifth in its manner 
of growth, but the leaves are broader, of a lighter 
green colour ; the edges and alfo the fpines are of a 
copper colour, and the flowers grow in loofe fpikes. 
This is as hardy as the former, fo may be treated in 
the fame manner. It flowers in September. 
The feventh fort grows to the height of fix or feven 
feet, with a ftrong ftem, toward the upper part of 
which are produced two, three, or four heads, com- 
pofed of long, comprefled, pliable leaves, of a fea- 
green colour, entire, and ending in obtufe points ; 
thefe are placed tv/o ways, lying over each other with 
their edges the fame way. The flowers are produced 
in fhort loofe fpikes, which are of a red colour, and 
appear at different times of the year. 
The eighth fort is an humble plant, feldom rifling 
more than a foot high ; the leaves grow near the 
ground, which are broad at their bafe, where they 
embrace the ftalk, and gradually diminiih to a point ; 
they are of a fea-green colour, with fome white 
fpots ; their edges, and alfo their upper parts below 
and above, are befet with pretty fharp fpines ; the 
flowers grow in loofe fpikes, the tubulous part being 
red, and the brim of a light green colour. 
The ninth fort is a low plant, feldom rifling above 
eight inches high. The leaves of this are triangular, 
and turn back at their extremity ; they are flefhy and 
entire, their edges being very flightly fawed. Thefe 
are curioufly veined and fpotted, fomewhat like the 
feathers on a partridge’s breaft, from whence it had 
the name. The flowers grow in very loofe fpikes, 
upon ftalks about one foot high ; they are of a fine red 
colour tipped with green. This will live in a good 
green-houfe through the winter. 
I have raifed a variety of this from feeds which I re- 
ceived from the Cape of Good Elope, with broader 
triangular leaves, v/hich fpread much more than thofe 
of the former, and are not fo beautifully fpotted; the 
flower-ftalks alfo grow much taller. 
The tenth fort is alfo a very low plant, never rifling 
to have ftalks ; the leaves are broad at their bafe, but 
are tapering to a point where they are triangular ; 
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