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PLANTÆ. 463
CoR. dimidia parte erecta, reliqua patens; Petala
sex, basi coalita, lanceolata, singula singulum
tamentum sustinente; Linea longitudinalis per
medium singuli petali decurrens.
STAM. Filamenta sex, plana, basi latiora, apice
attenuata, simplicifsima, ad basin petalorum
inserta, petalis dumidio breviora. Antheræ
didymæ, erectæ.
Pisr. Germen subglobosum, angulatum, angulis
sex. Stylus subulatus, longitudine stamifum.
Stigma simplex, breve, obtusum.
RAD!IX bulbosa, solida. Folia linearia, graminea,
marginibus pubescentia, superficie glabra.
Scapus brevissimus. FRUCTIFICATIO umbellata,
Peaunculi circiter X, corolla triplo longiores,
terctes. COLOR corollæ candidus.
Locus: circa Smirnam haud procul a mare, extra
muros hortorum, lecta d. 6 Jan. 1750. :
3. ALOE. perfoliata vera.
Symbolica est planta Mahometanis in ægypto
præsertim, religioni quodammodo dicata, omnes
nempe Mecca ex religioso itinere reduces,
plantam hanc supra portam ædis, quæ juxta platvam
publicam est sufpendunt, nec certius habebis
signum possessorem domus sanctum adeo
perfecisse opus, sempiternam quam promoveri credit
felicitatem, symbolo semper virente
significaturus. Superstitionis pleni ægyptii dicunt, quod,
suspensa supra portam planta, impediat ne
dæmones vel spectra domum intrent, & huic scopo
supra portas Christianorum, åc Judeorum,
qui omni ævo nugas lubenter auscultarunt,
appensam videbit, qui Cairi perambulat plates.
Extra Cairum vix eandem confvetudinem
observasse
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