ALOE, _Linn._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. iii. p. 776. * * * * * =Aloe rupestris=, _Baker in Flora Capensis_, vol. vi. p. 326. * * * * * This remarkable _Aloe_ belongs to the same section of the genus as _A. ferox_, which we figured on Plate 169, but differs in having leaves which are not prickly on the under surface. It is only found, so far as we know, in Namaqualand, where it grows on rocky ground, and was first distributed by MacOwan. The locality from which the original specimens came was between Port Nolloth and Spektakel. The plant grows to a height of 10 to 12 feet, and produces a large terminal panicle of racemes which overtops the leaves. The young flowers are greenish-yellow in colour, but become red when adult. This difference in colour between the young and adult flowers is not an uncommon character in the genus, and we have noted it before in _A. Wickensii_ (Plate 41). The plant from which our plate was prepared was presented by Dr. R. Marloth, and flowered at the Division of Botany, Pretoria, in September 1924. DESCRIPTION:--_Stem_ almost 2 m. high, thick. _Leaves_ in a rosette at the apex of the stem, up to 60 cm. long, 5 cm. broad near the base, lanceolate-ovate, acuminate, not prickly on either side, with small deltoid marginal teeth. _Inflorescence_ much-branched; racemes dense, 15 to 20 cm. long. _Bracts_ small. _Pedicels_ short. _Perianth_ over 2 cm. long; segments divided almost to the base, oblong, with a distinct green keel. _Stamens_ and _style_ much exserted. PLATE 178.--Fig. 1, plant, much reduced; Fig. 2, median longitudinal section of flower; Fig. 3, flowers in various stages of development; Fig. 4, stamen; Fig. 5, apex of style. F.P.S.A., 1925. [Illustration: 179.] PLATE 179. SENECIO FULGENS. _Natal, Transvaal._ COMPOSITAE. Tribe SENECIONIDEAE. SENECIO, _Linn._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. ii. p. 446. * * * * * =Senecio fulgens=, _Nicholson Dict. Gard._ vol. iii. p. 420; Kleinia fulgens, _Hook. Bot. Mag._ t. 5590. * * * * * This species of _Senecio_ belongs to the section _Kelinoidei_ of the genus, to which section _Senecio stapelliaeformis_, figured on Plate 28, is also referred. The species was first introduced into England from Natal by a Mr. Plant in 1886, and flowered at Kew the same year. From these specimens the plate in the “Botanical Magazine” was made.