Plants small, solitary, with roots fusiform and 6 mm diam. Stem none, or very short, usually simple, occasionally 1-2 branched at ground level. Leaves 6-8, usually distichous (rarely spirally twisted to rosulate), linear, about 25 cm long, 5-8 mm wide, the basal portion dilating, thence imbricate-amplexicaul; upper surface green, immaculate, canaliculate; lower surface convex, rarely very obtusely very slightly carinate, the outer leaves copiously white and brown spotted near base; margins sometimes edentate, usually minutely dentate near base, the teeth obsolete upwards. Inflorescence simple, capitate, usually one only, rarely two, 20-25 cm high. Peduncle about 4 mm diam., clothed with a few scattered sterile bracts, the lowest 15 mm, long, 7 mm broad at base, sub-scarious, pale brownish, about 7-nerved. Raceme capitate, the pedicellate portion 2 cm long, 16-24-flowered. Bracts lowest up to 10 mm long, 5 mm broad at base, thin, sub-scarious, pale brownish, about 5-7-nerved. Pedicels lowest 12-15 mm long, 20 mm in the fruit. Perianth greenish-yellow to yellow, 12 mm long, cylindric-trigonous, sub-stipitate and tapering at base into the pedicel, the mouth slightly upturned, somewhat stellate, distinctly not bilabiate; outer segments free almost to base, obscurely 3-nerved, the apices sub-acute, brownish tipped; inner segments free, not cohering to the outer, broader than the outer, with a slight greenish keel. Anthers not or shortly exserted (1-2 mm). Stigma at length exserted 1-2 mm. Ovary 3-5 mm long, 2 mm diam., 6-grooved, green.
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Stemless grass aloe 200-300 mm tall, solitary; main stem sometimes once-or twice-branched. Leaves 6-8, usually distichous, rarely spirally twisted, lorate, 160-360(-600 ) x 4-8(-10)mm, margins entire or minutely denticulate. Inflorescence a dense capitate raceme; peduncle 160-350(-600) mm long, with many sterile bracts; bracts ovate-acuminate, 10-15 x 4-7 mm, 5-7-nerved. Flowers greenish yellow to yellow, 11-15 mm long, mouth upturned; all segments free; pedicels 12-20 mm long. Anthers not or shortly exserted. Ovary 3.5-4.0 x 1.5-2.0 mm, green; style exserted to 2 mm. Fruit ±18 x 9 mm, buff.
Succulent, perennial herb, grass-like; acaulescent or stem very short, usually simple, occasionally branched at ground level, erect. Leaves green, with copious white and brown spots near base, usually distichous, linear, ± 250 mm long, margins usually minutely dentate near base. Inflorescence usually single, simple, erect, 200-250 mm high, with capitate, dense racemes. Flowers greenish yellow to yellow, ± 12 mm long; stamens and stigma exserted. Flowering time Jan., Feb.
Acaulescent, succulent herb, up to 300 mm tall. Leaves not fibrous, margins usually minutely dentate, distichous, 160-360(-600) x 4-8(-10) mm. Bracts shorter than pedicels. Perianth mouth upturned. Flowers greenish yellow to yellow.
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