Curtis Botanical Magazine Plate 828 - Aloe humilis (Narrow-leaved Stemless Aloe) | Original Hand-Colored Print

Original hand-colored antique botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine - Plate 828, Aloe humilis (Narrow-leaved Stemless Aloe).

• Plate: 828
• Latin name: Aloe humilis
• Common name: Narrow-leaved Stemless Aloe
• 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:

[ 828 ]

ALOE HUMILIS (β). NARROW-LEAVED STEMLESS ALOE.

. . .

Class and Order.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

Generic Character.
—Vide Num. 765.

Specific Character and Synonyms.
ALOE humilis. Vid. Num. 757. (β) floribus nonniil splendidioribus, majoribus atque crebri-oribus; foliis anguftioribus, magis glaucinis, fubadſcendenter incurvatis. G. ALOE humilis (β) incurva. Howarth on ALOE, in Linn. Transf. vol. 7. p. 15. Our drawing of this beautiful variety of ALOE was taken at the Nursery of Messrs. MALCOLMS, at Kensington. Probably raised in our own gardens from the seeds of (α). G.

This is an original plate from leftover publisher stock of Curtis's Botanical Magazine. It was never bound into a volume. This holding reached us through the British natural-history dealer Wheldon & Wesley. Sold as an original historic plate — please review photos for condition.