Flora Capensis, page 253, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
Aloe falcataBaker [family ALOACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 181
Information
habit of growth not known; leaves lanceolate, much curved, 8–12 in. long, 1 1/4–1 1/2 in. broad low down, tapering gradually to a brown, horny apex, unspotted; margin with deltoid-cuspidate, brown, horny prickles 1/8– 1/6 in. long; peduncle short, stout, bearing 3–6 branches; racemes dense, 4–8 in. long; pedicels ascending, 1/3– 1/2 in. long; bracts ovate-cuspidate, rather longer than the pedicels; perianth cylindrical, an inch long; tube cylindrical; segments oblong, 1/4 in. long; stamens as long as the perianth; style finally exserted 1/4 in. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Calvinia Div.; near Kamos, Komseep, and Springbok Kuil, 2000–3000 ft., Zeyher, 1678!
