Aloe brevifolia, Miller

3. A. brevifolia Miller , op. cit. no. 8 in corrig. (1768).

Stoloniferous herb with numerous leaf-rosettes, basal or rarely terminating stems up to 10 cm; leaves 6-15 x 2-4 cm, ovate-lanceolate, glaucous, usually with a few subspinose tubercles on lower surface near the apex. Inflorescence c. 40 cm, simple. Raceme 15 x 7 cm; bracts and pedicels c. 15 mm; bracts present on lower part of peduncle. Perianth 25-40 mm, orange-red; segments closely contiguous but free. Stamens exceeding perianth by 3-4 mm. Naturalized from gardens near the coast of S.E. France. [Ga.] (South Africa.)