
Refugium Botanicum.} [June, 1878. 
TAB. 347. 
Natural Order Linacre. 
Tribe ALOINER. 
Genus Gasrerra, Duval. 
G. vantotosa (Baker). Foliis 15—18 congestis spiraliter distichis 
obliquis ligulato-lanceolatis 8—9 poll. longis 15—18 lin. latis 
subobtuse cuspidatis utrinque levibus obscure viridibus ma- 
culis immersis copiosis parvis oblongis albidis confluentibus 
instructis marginibus sursum albo-cartilagineis leviter erosis, 
scapo cum racemo simplici equilaterali 21—3-pedali, bracteis 
linearibus pedicellis infimis equilongis, perianthio 9-lineari 
valde curvato tubo cylindrico globo oblongo equilongo. 
A native of Algoa Bay, gathered by Mr. Cooper. 
Leaves fifteen to eighteen in a congested sessile spirally dis- 
tichous rosette, ligulate-lanceolate, eight to nine inches long, an 
inch and a half broad above the dilated base, narrowed gradually 
to an inch a little below the bluntly cuspidate tip, three-eighths 
to half an inch thick, obliquely twisted, the edge white and 
horny in the upper half, slightly eroded, the surfaces smooth, 
dull green, densely spotted with copious immersed small oblong 
whitish green blotches; the inner leaves ascending, the outer 
spreading. Scape simple, two and a half to three feet long 
inclusive of the raceme. Raceme equilateral, moderately close. 
Lower pedicels drooping, one-fourth to three-eighths of an inch 
long. Bracts linear, as long as the lower pedicels. Perianth 
three-fourths of an inch long, much curved; ball oblong, four 
lines thick ; tube as long as the ball, with blunt segments reaching 
a third of the way down. 
Closely allied to G. maculata, with which it agrees in inflo- 
rescence and perianth, but differing in the shape and arrange- 
ment of the leaves. 
Tas. 847.—1, whole plant, reduced.—J. G. B. 

This is a distinct species of Gasteria, although much resem- 
bling other species of the genus. I obtained it from South 
Africa, through the exertions of Mr. Thos. Cooper. It should be 
treated as recommended for Gasteria planifolia (Tab. 162). — 
Wa. S. 
