Lomatophyllum
(from loma, lomatos, a border, and phyllon, a leaf; alluding to the distinctly-bordered leaves). SYN. Phylloma. ORD. Liliaceae. A very small genus (two or three species) of greenhouse succulent plants, allied to Aloe. Flowers at the sides of the branches, racemose, shortly pedicellate; panicles in the axils of the superior leaves, pedunculate. Fruit subglobose, fleshy-coriaceous. Leaves clustered at the apices of the stems, loriform-elongated, fleshy-coriaceous; margin cartilaginous, often coloured, calloso-or spinuloso-serrulate. Stem woody, simple, sometimes tall. The under-mentioned is the only species in cultivation. For culture, see Aloe. L. aloiflorum (Aloe-flowered). Bourbon Aloe. fl., corolla yellow, suffused with brownish-red on the outside, about 3/4in. long, as large as a quill in diameter. June. l. smooth, about 3ft. long, 2in. to 3in. broad, clear green. Stem (in old specimens) about 8ft. high, and nearly as thick as a man's thigh. Bourbon, 1766. (B. M. 1585, under name of Phylloma aloiflorum.)