Curtis Botanical Magazine Plate 815 - Aloe margaritifera (Middle-Sized Pearl-Leaved Aloe) | Original Hand-Colored Print

Original hand-colored antique botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine - Plate 815, Aloe margaritifera (Middle-Sized Pearl-Leaved Aloe).

• Plate: 815
• Latin name: Aloe margaritifera
• Common name: Middle-Sized Pearl-Leaved Aloe
• Native region: Cape of Good Hope
• Linnaean class / order: Hexandria / Monogynia
• Medium: Original hand-colored engraving (physical print, not a reproduction)

Original Curtis text
Transcribed from the plate's accompanying description page:

[ 815 ]

ALOE MARGARITIFERA (v. media). MIDDLE-SIZED PEARL-LEAVED ALOE.

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Class and Order.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

Generic Character.
—Vid. Num. 765.

Specific Character and Synonyms.
ALOE margaritifera (acaulis; parviflora) foliis radicalibus, cultriformi-triquetris, confertis, sparsim circulantibus, verrucis albiccentibus obtufis inermibus undique confperfis; fcapo alto, ramofo; corolla ventricolO-cylindrica, bilabiata, laciniis longius coalitis; flylo brevi. G. ALOE margaritifera (v. media). Gaertn. Sem. 67. t. 17. Hort. Kew. 1. p. 468. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. 188. Haworth Transf. Linn. Soc. 9. p. 11. ALOE pumila margaritifera. B. Linn. Sp. 460. ALOE pumila. Thunb. Diff. 7. 8. Prod. 61. ALOE africana margaritifera folio undique verrucis numerofis. Bradl. Succ. 3. p. 1. t. 21. ALOE africana folio in fummitate triangulari margaritifera flore fubviridi. Comm. Hort. Amft. 2. p. 19. t. 20. et 2. p. 21. t. 11. Boerb. Ind. Alf. 2. 130. n. 29. Aubr. Pift. Hort. Parif. Diff. Elth. 19. t. 16. f. 17. A native of the Cape of Good Hope; introduced into our gardens by BRADLEY in 1725; is a plant of ealy cultivation and propagated by feeds and offsets.

There are four varieties according to Mr. HAWORTH, while DECANDOLLE and others enumerate only three; their differences confift chiefly

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