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4. LOMATOPHYLLUM, Willd. 
Perianth gamophyllous, tubular, greenish-red, the ligulate imbri- 
cated segments much exceeding the campanulate tube. Stamens 
hypogynous, included or exserted ; filaments filiform, slightly declinate ; 
anthers oblong, versatile. Ovary sessile, obovoid, with many super- 
posed ovules in each cell ; style filiform ; stigma capitate. Fruit a 
globose berry. — Succulent shrubs, with the leaves and flowers of Aloe , 
trom which they differ by their baccate fruit. Disteib. Endemic in 
the Mascarene Isles, a third species known in cultivation only. 
Tall, with leaves 2-3 feet long 1. L. borbonicum. 
Dwarf, with leaves a foot long 2, L. macrum. 
1. L. borbonicum, Willd. ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 550. 
Stem reaching a height of 6 or 8 feet and the thickness of a man’s 
leg. Leaves 12-20 in a dense rosette, ensiform, 2-3 feet long, 3-4 
inches broad at the base, narrowed gradually to the point, green, with a 
distinct red border and copious small, deltoid horny teeth. Racemes 6-9 
inches long, several in an irregular panicle with a stout terete pe- 
duucle ; pedicels ascending, ± inch long, with a minute deltoid bract at 
the base. Perianth f in. long, the divisions 3-4 times as long as the 
the tube. Stamens included, but the style considerably exserted. 
Berry as large as a cherry. Phylloma aloiflorum, Gawl. in Bot. Mag. 
tab. 1585 ; Bojer , Hort. Maur. 349. 
Mauritius, in dry mountainous situations ; Round Island, Sir H. Barkly ! 
Coin de Mire, Borne , 108 ! Also Bourbon. 
2. L. macrum, Salm-Dyck ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 551. 
Stem short. Leaves 10-12, lax, spreading, or the lower ones 
recurved, ensiform, a foot long, f-1 inch broad at the base, narrowed 
gradually to the point, with a red border and copious minute teeth. 
Scape lateral or terminal, a foot long, simple or forked. Racemes 
moderately dense, 4-6 in. long ; pedicels ascending, | in. long, with 
a lanceolate scariose bract half as long at the base. Perianth J-f in. 
long, with included stamens. Aloe macra, Haworth ; Bojer , Hort. 
Maur. 345. 
Mauritius, on dry, hilly hanks, specially of the hills of the Riviere Noire, and 
Montagne Longue. Also Bourbon. Socotrine du pays. 
5. DRAC2ENA, Vand. 
Perianth gamophyllous, tubular, greenish- white with a cylindrical 
tube and 6 equal strap-shaped obtuse lobes. Stamens 6, inserted at 
the throat of the tube and nearly as long as the lobes ; anthers 
oblong, versatile. Ovary sessile ; ovules solitary in the cells ; style 
filiform ; stigma capitate. Fruit a globose berry, often by abortion 
