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mag. 1975 Com.præ.71. t.20 4402 4412 4411 History, Use, Propagation, Culture, many genera, but their opinion has not been adopted by men of science. The species consist of odd looking succulents; some of them may be classed as trees, others as shrubs, but the greater number have more the habit and appearance of evergreen herbaceous plants. One or two species are used in medicine or the arts. A. vulgaris purpurascens, soccotrina, and arborescens, which some consider as not specifically different ORDER I.

HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 4397 Leaves very green, Spines marginal herbaceous, Tubercles numerous 4398 Leaves expanded lanceolate flat above, with the edges cartilaginous thick ciliated 4399 Leaves erect recurved subulate all over rough, Tubercles very minute numerous and pearly very minute numerous and pearly 4400 Leaves erect recurved subulate, Tubercles above large pearly below very minute 4401 Leaves spreading ovate acuminate with very numerous small warts 4402 Leaves long oblong acuminate with middle-sized pearly warts in rows 4403 Dichotomous, Leaves long ovate acuminate with great pearly warts, Capsules wrinkled across 4404 Stemless, Lvs. ovate acum. cuspidate upw. 3-cor. keeled, Edges and keeled cren. with coarse pearly warts keeled cren. with coarse pearly warts 4405 Leaves rigid spirally 5-farious ovate acuminate sparingly warted with dark-green tubercles 4406 Leaves spirally trifarious recurved at end covered all over with minute dark-green warts 4407 Lvs. multifarious cordate very hard deep-green twice keeled, with dark-green raised warts on under side §2. Flowers small. Cor. regular. 4408 Leaves very spiral 5-farious ovate acum. smooth dark-green with some obscure spots beneath 4409 Leaves very spiral 5-farious lanc. acumin. smooth pale-green with some obscure spots beneath 4410 Leaves 5-farious and spiral smooth green obsoletely spotted beneath 4411 Erect rounded, Cor. rugose, Leaves multifarious erect polished not spotted 4412 Leaves multifarious very short and close together orbic. ovate horizontal polished bright-green 4413 Stemless dichotomous, Leaves dark-green erect ovate obl. acum . mucronate 4414 Leaves upright straight the old ones incurved ovate-obl. abruptly acuminate with small warts 4415 Soboliferous, Leaves spreading ovate acute with large warts 4416 Leaves erect lanc. acuminate above flat and smooth barred with large warts beneath 4417 Leaves semi-cylindrical 3-cornered thickened upwards very rough except at base 4418 Leaves attenuated erect with large white warts depressed in the centre 4419 Stem twisted, Leaves trifarious spiral imbricated spreading ovate acute smooth 4420 Leaves nearly trifarious densely imbricated spreading with an obtuse recurved point 4421 Leaves very rigid cordate stem-clasping thick dark-green above keeled and rough, Edge rough 4422 Leaves rigid rounded cordate closely inflexed dark-green edged a little rough above 4423 Leaves spirally trifarious blackish-green equilaterally triangular very rough 4424 Leaves close spirally trifarious blackish quite smooth outside, Stem much branched §3. Flowers curved. (GASTERIA. Haw.) 4425 Differs from A. acinacifolia only in having blunter points to t points to the leaves 4426 Leaves lorate lanceolate with a long bristly point keeled above at the edge fringed with memb. bristles 4427 Leaves spirally multifarious mottled narrow linguiform obtuse with a point 4428 Leaves tongue-shaped smooth pointed, Flowers racemose cernuous curved 4429 Differs from A. lingua only in having broader and shorter leaves 4430 Smooth, Lvs. multifarious acuminate spotted deeply keeled beneath with a cartilaginous edge and keel 4431 Stemless, Leaves acinaciform papillose 4432 Leaves distichous tongue-shaped acute spotted serrated with tubercles at edge 4433 Leaves distichous tongue-shaped retuse with a point obscurely spotted curved to one side 4434 Stemless, Leaves distichous acinaciform with cartilaginous prickly edges 4435 Leaves exactly distichous parabolically tongue-shaped short obtuse with edges smooth upwards 4436 Leaves bifarious ensiform bright-green 4437 Leaves ensiform acute papillose distichous 4438 Leaves spiral multifarious shining deeply keeled at the sides obscurely spotted, Edges cartilaginous 4439 Lvs. bright-green multifarious spreading with white warts obtuse with a point, Edges densely cartilaginous 4440 Leaves oblong acute entire above towards the end swollen pellucid with darker markings §4. Flowers large. (ALOE.) * Stemless. 4441 Leaves acuminate glaucous above flat smooth sparingly prickly beneath very rough 4442 Leaves acuminate above a little hollow very prickly all over 4443 Stemless, Leaves spiny ascending 3-cornered subulate 4444 Leaves distichous ensate lean smooth beneath white with warts running together 4445 Leaves oblong lanceolate green sparingly spotted, Edges with a few distant green spines 4446 Stem dichotomous, Leaves ensiform serrated, Stamens longer than cor. 4447 Stem shrubby simple, Lvs. revol. recurved narrow ensiform glauc. Warts prickly scatt. over both sides 4448 Leaves very green erect recurved, marginal and dorsal spines at the end red 4449 Leaves oblong lanceolate spiny toothed beneath white with warts, Petals unequal ** With a stem. 4450 Leaves spreading ascending spiny at edge, Pedunc. branched, Branches with a double bract 4451 Leaves ensiform glaucous recurved at end, Marginal serratures white 4452 Leaves oblong ensiform somewhat spotted, Edges cernuous white with straight spines 4453 Leaves stem-clasping reflexed spiny at edge 4454 Leaves ovate ensiform glaucous deflexed covered over especially beneath with scattered spines 4455 Leaves oblong ensiform glaucous incurved above smooth beneath covered with scattered 4431 prickly warts beneath covered with scattered prickly warts 4441 4453 4447 4431 and Miscellaneous Particulars. are cultivated in Barbadoes and other West India islands, to obtain the hepatic aloes, which are brought to England and used chiefly for horses. The aloes known by the name of Succotrine, is made chiefly from the species of that name, and A. spicata; being originally manufactured in the island of Zocotra or Socotora, in the species straits of Babelmandel name, it retains the name this drug is lighter colored, and not so coarse as the horse or S4 4456 flavispína Haw. 4457 pícta H. K. 4458 latifólia Haw. 4459 saponária Haw. 4460 serruláta H. K. 4461 mitræfórmis Dec. 4462 nóbilis Haw. 4463 dístans Haw. 4464 albispína Haw. 4465 distans H. K. 4465 depréssa H. K. 4467 suberécta Haw. 4468 paniculáta Jacq.

A. striata Haw. 4469 lineáta H. K. 4470 glaúca H. K. 4471 spicáta W. 4472 africana H. K.

ẞ angustifolia 4473 plicátilis W. 4474 variegáta W. 4475 Commelíni Salm. 4477 albocincta Haw. 4476 mácra Haw. 4478 sérra Dec. 4479 chinénsis Hort. 4480 rufocincta Haw. lined HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

CLASS VI. yellow-spined gr 5 au R C. G. H. 1790. C s.l great-soap gr 4 au.o R C. G. H. 1727. Cs.l