_Var._ These, arranged in the order of their reputed medicinal value, are——Socotrine, Hepatic, Barbadoes, Cape, &c.; and alphabetically, as given below:—— =Aloes, Barba′does.= _Syn._ ALOES IN GOURDS; AL′OË BARBADEN′SIS, L., Ph. L. & E. Imported from Barbadoes and Jamaica, usually in gourds; sometimes in boxes. The best is the inspissated juice of the cut leaf of _aloë vulga′′ris_; an inferior quality is prepared from the decoction.——_Char., &c._ Opaque, lustreless, of a liver colour, a little tending to black, with a bitter nauseous taste, and a very disagreeable odour, especially when breathed on; powder a dull olive-yellow. It is the ‘hepatic’ aloes of most continental writers, and said to be the Αλοη of Dioscorides. It is more active than the other varieties of aloes; but is also more apt to occasion hæmorrhoids, and to gripe, than any of them. =Aloes, Cab′alline= (-līne.) _Syn._ FŒT′ID ALOES, HORSE A.; ALOË CABALLI′NA, A. GUINIEN′SIS, L.; ALOÈS CABALLIN, Fr. From _aloë In′dica_ (O’Shaughnessy); or from _aloë spica′ta_ by long and careful boiling. (Lindley.) Used only by farriers. Scarcely known in English commerce. =Aloes, Cape.= _Syn._ ALOË CAPEN′SIS, A. LU′CIDA (_Geiger_), L. Imported from the Cape of Good Hope, and obtained from _aloë spica′ta_, and other Cape species. Odour stronger and even more disagreeable than that of Barbadoes aloes; colour deep greenish-brown; appearance shining and resinous; fracture generally glassy; powder a lively greenish-yellow; almost completely soluble in boiling water, decoction paler than that of other kinds. It is weaker than Barbadoes or even hepatic aloes, and is more apt to gripe, &c., than the latter. A finer kind, known as ‘_Bethelsdorp aloes_,’ imported from Algoa Bay, is more of a liver colour, and softer than the preceding, and hence often called CAPE HEPATIC-ALOES. =Aloes, Hepat′ic.= _Syn._ BOMBAY’ ALOES*, EAST-INDIA A.*, LIVER-COLOURED SOCOTRINE A.*; ALOË HEPAT′ICA, Ph. L. & D.; A. IN′DICA, Ph. E. Imported from Bombay and Madras. It is usually said to be obtained from “uncertain species of aloes;” but it is almost certain that it is “the juice of the Socotrine aloes plant which has been solidified without the aid of artificial heat.”[34]——_Char., &c._ “Opaque, of a liver colour, bitter taste, and an unpleasant odour.” (Ph. L.) It is less odorous, darker coloured, and more opaque than Socotrine aloes; its powder has also a duller colour, and weak spirit leaves much undissolved matter. Its decoction on cooling frequently deposits a yellow powder. The finer and brighter varieties of hepatic aloes are commonly sold for ‘Socotrines,’ and their medicinal virtues are nearly similar. (See _below._) [Footnote 34: Pereira, ‘Elem. Mat. Med. and Therap.,’ vol. ii, 188, 4th Ed.; ‘Pharm. Journ.,’ vol. xi.]