Aloe mitriformis
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Aloe mitriformis, Mill. (A. xanthacantha, Salm-Dyck). Fig. 172. Lvs. upcurved, ovate, acute, 2-3x4-6in., glaucous, somewhat prickly toward the tip beneath, with large and strong yellow or brown marginal teeth: infl. 1 ft. or more high; fls. 2 in. long, bright red with recurving, paler, nearly distinct segms. Cape. DC., f 1. Gr. 99. B.M. 1270. Salm, Aloe §24. f. 3. Berger 108.— Very polymorphic, the broad-lvd. typical form, with dorsal teeth on the keel only, varying into a form with smaller marginal teeth, those on the back continuing to the apex, var pachyphylla. Baker; another, in which they stop short of the apex, var. xanthacantha, Baker (.4. xanthacantha, Willd.), Salm, Aloe §24, f. 4; and a third with acuminate lvs., var. Commelinii, Baker (A. Commelinii, Willd. A. mitriformis humilior, Haw.), Salm, Aloe §24, f. 5: narrower-lvd. forms with short and broad yellow teeth, var. flavispina, Baker (A. flavispina, Haw.), Salm, Aloe §24, f. 2; or long subulate white teeth, var. albispina, Berger (A. albispina, Haw.): and a variant of the type with scattered teeth over the back of the broad lvs., var. spinulosa, Baker (A. spinulosa, Salm), Salm, Aloe §24, f. 6. Berger 109.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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