...and convex beneath, curved inward at the point, with numerous small white scrratures at the edges. The plant received its name from the island of Socotra, of which it is said to be a native. 8. ALOE SPICATA. — The spiked aloe is a native of Africa, growing near the Cape...

...inward at the point, with numerous small white serratures at their edges. The flowers, which are in a cylindrical, simple raceme, are scarlet near the base, pale in the centre, arid greenish at the summit, and have unequal stamens, of which three are longer than the corolla....

...inward at' the point, with numerous small white serratures at their edges. The flowers, which are in a cylindrical, simple raceme, are scarlet near the base,...its name from the island of Socotra, of which it is said to be a native. Preparation. — The inspissated juice is finely pulverized and covered with five...

...which are in n cylindrical, simple raceme, are >carlct near the ba>c, pale in the centre, and trreenish at the summit, and have unequal stamens, of which...its name from the island of Socotra, of which it is said to be a native. Preparation. — The inspissated juico is finely pulverized and covered with live...

...inward at the point, with numerous small white serratures at their edges. The flowers, which are in a cylindrical, simple raceme, are scarlet near the base,...stamens, of which three are longer than the corolla. This plant was supposed to be a native of Socotra and the source of the Socotrine aloes, but was shown...