Leaves 14-20, multifarious, up to 3 cm broad at base, gradually attenuate and up to 50 cm long, rather fleshy; upper surface concave low down, more canaliculate upwards, the margins involute near apex, deep green, with several scattered elongate narrow white spots, the spots occasionally sub-tuberculate and spinulescent; lower surface convex, copiously spotted near base, the spots gradually more distant upwards, the basal spots rounder, those above more elongate; the spots with a hard tubercular excrescence and frequently with a short firm pungent white spine; margins with an extremely narrow thin white cartilaginous edge, armed with firm white deltoid teeth up to 2 mm long, 2-4 mm distant low down, gradually smaller upwards, minute at apex, sometimes bifid. Inflorescence simple, up to 50 cm long, usually a little shorter than the longest leaves; a second appearing after the first. Peduncle flattened low down, terete above, 8-10 cm, diam., copiously sterile-bracteate from about the middle; sterile bracts gradually smaller upwards, sometimes sub-imbricate, those above up to 20 mm long, 10 mm broad, ovate-acute, amplexicaul, rather fleshy, green, the nerves not visible, the margins with distinct white border. Raceme capitate, about 8 cm long, 7 cm broad, very slightly conical, the buds densely congested and slightly shorter than their bracts, the open flowers laxer, cernuous. Pedicels 30 mm long, 40 mm in the fruit, green. Bracts ovate-acute, 16 mm long, 11 mm broad, clasping the pedicels, rather fleshy, green, with white marginal edge. Perianth flame-scarlet, 28 mm long, cylindric rather trigonous, 8-9 mm diam. at base, slightly narrowing to the throat, the base rounded and shortly stipitate; outer segments free to base, obscurely nerved, with subobtuse slightly spreading greenish apices; inner segments free, narrower at base and broader near apex than the outer, with thin white margins and a slight Steel pale orange for its greater length, greenish at apex, the apices more obtuse and slightly more spreading than the outer. Filaments flattened, the 3 inner narrower and lengthening in advance of the 3 outer. Anthers not, or very shortly (1 mm) exserted. Stigma at length exserted 1 mm. Ovary 6 mm long, 2-5 mm diam., finely 6-grooved, green. Capsule 18 mm, long, 8-9 mm, diam., finely 6-grooved, green.
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Apparently stemless grass aloe 400-500 mm tall, solitary. Leaves 36-51 cm a rosette, lorate, 250-500 x 7-25 mm, narrowed towards apex, margins dentate. Inflorescence a capitate raceme; peduncle 275-500 mm long, with sterile bracts; bracts ovate-acute, ±16 x 7-11 mm, ±7-nerved. Flowers orange to scarlet, 20-30 mm long; all segments free; pedicels 17-30 mm long. Anthers not or very shortly exserted. Ovary ±6.0-7.0 x 2.5 mm, green; style not or very shortly exserted. Fruit dark grey-brown, ±28 x 12 mm.
Acaulescent to very shortly caulescent, succulent herb, up to 500 mm tall, solitary. Leaves not fibrous, margins usually minutely dentate, rosulate, 250-500 x 7-25 mm. Bracts 7-veined. Raceme subdense. Flowers orange to scarlet.
A succulent herb without a stem. It grows 40-50 cm tall. There are 14-20 leaves in a ring. They are 25-50 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. There are teeth along the edge.
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