=Aloes, In′dian= (various);——1. Deep brown or black, very opaque, and less soluble than ordinary aloes. Scarcely known in commerce.——2. Several varieties ranging in character from ‘Cape aloes’ to ‘hepatics,’ and occasionally to ‘Barbadoes,’ obtained from several species. =Aloes, Mo′cha= (-kăh). _Syn._ ALOË DE MOCHÂ, L. Imported from Muscat. An inferior kind of Indian aloes. (Christison.) It is obtained from the same plant as produces genuine hepatic aloes. (Lindley.) It holds an intermediate position between ‘Cape’ and ‘hepatics,’ but contains much impurity; the latter often amounting to upwards of 25%. Some specimens are, however, of excellent quality. When melted and ‘doctored,’ it is sold for Barbadoes, hepatic, and even Socotrine aloes. =Aloes, Soc′otrine= (-trĭn; sŭk′-‡). _Syn._ SOC′OTORINE ALOES, SMYR′NA A., TUR′KEY A.; ALOË SOCOTRI′NA, Ph. L.; ALOË, Ph. L. 1836; A. SOCOTRI′NA, Ph. E. “The juice of the cut leaf of uncertain species hardened by the air.” (Ph. L.) Genuine Socotrine aloes is generally supposed to be obtained from _aloë spica′ta_; but is referred by De Candolle to a distinct species, A. SOCOTRI′NA; and by Martius, also to _a. purpuras′cens_. Formerly this variety was brought from the Island of Socotra or Zocotora (hence the name), by way of Smyrna and Malta; but it is now chiefly obtained from Bombay and Madras.——_Char., &c._ Colour garnet red to golden red; smell peculiar and aromatic, not unlike a decaying russet apple, especially when fresh-broken, or breathed on, or warmed; taste permanently and intensely bitter; fracture conchoidal; softens in the hand, and becomes adhesive, yet retains considerable brittleness; powder bright golden-yellow colour; central portions of the lumps often soft, especially when first imported. “It is brittle, bitter, of a reddish-brown colour, and an aromatic odour. Light permeates thin recently broken laminæ.” (Ph. L.) “In thin pieces, translucent and garnet red; almost entirely soluble in spirit of the strength of sherry. Very rare.” (Ph. E.) Socotrine aloes are always preferred for medicinal purposes, and are the only variety used in perfumery, varnishes, and other nice purposes in the arts. =Aloes, Strained.= _Syn._ MELTED ALOES; ALOË COLA′TA, L. _Proc._ 1. The aloes are melted in a copper pan, by the heat of steam or a water bath, and are then pressed through a strong hair or wire sieve, and allowed to cool. 2. As above, but with the addition of about twice its weight of water; the decoction being strained and evaporated. _Obs._ Mocha, Indian, and other common aloes, treated in this way and coloured, are frequently sold for melted or strained ‘Socotrines’ and ‘hepatics.’ The colouring matter usually employed is the precipitated carbonate of iron (sesquioxide), or Venetian red, in very fine powder, with, sometimes, a little annatto. This fraud is not readily detected by mere inspection, by those unaccustomed to these matters; and hence the impunity with which it is perpetrated.