Refugium Botanicum.] [September, 1869. 
TAB. 162. 
Natural Order LInIAcez. 
Tribe ALOINER. 
Genus Anon, Linn. 
Section Gasteria, Dur. 
A. (GASTERTA) PLANIFOLIA (Baker). Foliis sub-6-jugis ligulatis, modice 
erassis plene distichis omnino rectis confertis erecto-patentibus 
utrinque complanatis basi cite amplexicauli-dilatatis marginibus 
supra anguste cartilagineis inconspicue dentatis apice cartilagineo- 
mucronatis obscure viridibus maculis copiosis pallidioribus preditis, 
racemo laxo, pedicellis nutantibus bracteis duplo longioribus, peri- 
anthio deorsum ventricoso pallide rubro, sursum cite cylindraceo, 
lobis parvis obtusis patulis. 
A native of Algoa Bay, gathered by Mr. Cooper. 
Leaves in two close regularly imbricated rows of about six 
each, extending over a space of about six inches on the stem, 
erecto-patent, seven to eight inches long above the dilated base, 
three-quarters of an inch broad, an eighth of an inch thick, both 
faces flat, the edge narrowly cartilaginous upwards and incon- 
spicuously serrated, the point with an acute cartilaginous tip, the 
colour a dull green with a slight purplish tinge mottled with 
irregular blotches of greenish white, the suddenly dilated am- 
plexicaul base broadly cartilaginous. Scape firm, terete, about a 
foot high before the flowers begin. taceme about two feet long, 
the flowers lax, drooping; the bracts linear, about half as long as 
the bright red pedicels, the latter nearly half an inch long. 
Perianth nine to ten lines long, pale green upwards, passing 
downwards into pale red, the lower part ventricose, four lines 
thick, the oblique upper part suddenly cylindrical, the spreading 
lobes very small and blunt. Stamens and style filiform, not 
exserted. Ovary oblong, trisulcate. 
Closely allied to A. maculata, Thunb. (Salmdyck, § 29, Tab. 1), 
which differs principally by having the leaves oblique and not 
regularly imbricated and distichous, and by its less distinctly 
ventricose perianth. 
Tab. 162.—1, complete plant, reduced; 2, leaf; 3, upper part of 
raceme: both natural size. 4, separate flower; 5, ditto cut open; 6, 
pistil; 7, horizontal section of ditto; 8, stamen: all magnified. — 
J. G. B. 
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