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Aloe saponaria, Haw. (A. perfoliata saponaria, Ait. A. saponaria minor, Haw. A.disticha, Mill. A. x maculosa, Lam. A. umbellata, Salm.-Dyck. A. umbellata minor, DC.)- Cespitosely clustered: lvs. ascending or spreading, lance-oblong, acuminate, 2 x 6-8 in., often reddish, glaucous, faintly striate, with pale blotches more or less in transverse bands, the large, marginal, confluent teeth brown: infl. 1½-2½ ft. high, commonly branched; fls. 1½-1¾ in- long, red, the paler more or less green segms. much shorter than the tube. Cape. Wood & Evans, Natal PL 100. B.M. 1460. DC., Pi. Gr. 98, Salm, Aloe §23, f. 1. Berger 71, 72. Lyon Hort. 22, p. 305. Lam., Encycl. 236.—Varies in a dwarf form with lvs. scarcely 4 in. long, var. brachyphylla, Baker, and a larger greener-lvd. form, var. latifolia, Haw. (A. latifolia, Haw. A. saponaria major, Linn. A. umbellate, major, DC.) Salm, Aloe §23, f. 3. B.M. 1346.
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Aloe (Arabic name). Liliaceae, tribe Aloineae. Acaulescent or variously caulescent perennial succulents.
Aloe (Arabic name). Liliaceae, tribe Aloineae. Acaulescent or variously caulescent perennial succulents.