[2538] Hence the practice of peeling the rhizome which prevails in some parts of the Continent ought to be abandoned.
[2539] From the Syriac Alwai.
[2540] Aloë arborescens, A. purpurascens, and A. vulgaris may be seen luxuriantly growing in Valencia, Granada, Gibraltar.
[2541] Dyer in Gardeners’ Chronicle, May 2, 1874, with figures.
[2542] Good figures of Aloë africana, A. arborescens, A. ferox, A. purpurascens, A. socotrina, and A. vulgaris will be found in the work Monographia generis Aloës et Mesembryanthemi, auctore Jos. Principe de Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck, Bonnae, 1836-1863. fol.
[2543] Floræ Capensis Medicæ Prodromus, ed. 2, 1857. 41.
[2544] In the above revision of the medicinal species of Aloë we have made free use of the observations on the same subject mentioned in the Dictionnaire de Botanique. We have also had the advantage of consulting W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., whose long familiarity with these plants in cultivation impart great weight to his opinion.
[2545] Géographie d’Edrisi, i. (1836) 47.
[2546] Marco Polo, ii. 343.
[2547] Anciennes Relations des Indes et de la Chine de deux Voyageurs Mahométans, qui y allèrent dans le neuvième siècle, traduites de l’Arabe, Paris, 1718. 113.