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HISTORIA Plantarum Succulentarum -

COMPLECTENS, Hafce Infequentes PLANTAas,

ALoEN (cilicet, Ficorpen, Cerer, Metocarpum

Aliafque ejus Generis, Quz in Horte Sicco coli non poffunt. SECUNDUM

_ Prototypum, puta Naturam, in Tasetrrs | finrrs INSCULPTAS,

EARUNDE™M = : y Defcriptiones huc accedunt, & Cultura.

Dercs«s ft

ARicarvo Brapie ¥, Regie Sociesatis Socio,

LONDINI:

Impenfis Autuo ris, CLOCICCX VI. - Mo.Bot. Garden, _ 1902,

THE

HISTORY

SUCCULENT PLANTS:

CONTAINING,

~The Atoers, Fricorvs (or F1c-Mary- Goups) Torcn: Txuistrtes, Meow. Tuisrtres, and fuch others as are not capable of» an, Hortus iccus:

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Engraved, from the Original, on Copper-Plates. With their Deferiptions, and Manner of Culture,

Decape I.

By Ricuarp Braptrey,Fellow of the Royal Society,

LONDON: Printed for the AurHor. MDCCXYVI.

Viro Honoratissimo, | ROBERTO BALLE, Armicero,

In PR & DIO Suo Suburbano

Vulgo Cambden-Houfe,

IN

Comtatu Middlefexie,

Regie Socictatis S oc 10,

Hanc Primam DECADEM Suétdlénge: rum Plantarum, in Tefferam ver; Obfequii ca qua par eft Obfervantia, 7

iors

D. D. D.

= Ricuarp BRADLEY.

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To my- Honourd Friend, ROBERT’ BALLE, Efq; CAMBDEN-HOUSE, County of Middlefesc,

Fellow of the Royar Society:

As a Grateful Acknowledgment of his many . Favours; This firft Decade of . Succuleng

~ Plants, with all due Refpeé, is moft hum. bly Prefented and Dedicated, ~ = ~~~ ~~ _ By, His moft Oblig’d, moft Humble, —

and moft Obedient Servant,

ve ee BRaDLEY.

oy re DAG SCO SRS Sagar 8QFS Sat ea. eesra5s HE ERFI9C) Saag secs Dis ea MA NIG NMA RATES ie IROCB ~¥ cece 9 HD 95: SEY, 6S, LORI: Fgh Or gh CECE CEE ere ee NR EAA a (PICKS EK OHS (Ex2) ae fe ¢ & ey OD spo, qposands qnor gens yoas aps Tops BESS CALM QTY EAE GD oe

q!AM ante aliquot re- tro annos colligere

poflenc, quo, quinguaginta fi- guras tantum, quemacmedum ego tum temporis cogitabam, contineri volui. Sed poftquam rem ipfam perpendiffem, fatis Vidi utilicatem meam ¢€x Studie Boranico, aded fore modicam atque tenuem, ut Tabellarum fEnearum Sculpruram ‘ne -vix idem penderet, mutavi ¢on- Aim aliquandiu illas reddendi publicas,donec Amicorum tan- dem rogationibus qui hoc [n- fticurum: meumuplane neglect. um iti noluerunt ; ; im jamjam Tabellz p'vres effent perieCe

incepi ejus Generis|'s& Plancas que com- | SSR moceé in hoc Traétatu defcribi}’

To the Reader.

ae] 1 is now fome PAY Years fince Lhave began. to collett ach Plants as | might’ properly take place. in the following Treatife 3, which at. fu f was defignd to have containd fifty Figures only; but finding that the Spuit-of Botany was ‘not power ful enough to py as the expence of Engraving the Copper-Plates, 1 have for Some. « t:me difcontinus d- my

Lhoughts of Publifhing te : a

t1!l now, at the Defire of fein a Friends (who are unwillir the Defign. foou'd: be totally | laid afide, when.many Tatles are | already frwfh a). have i renew 'd niy former: Refolurion |

refumferumn priora mea contilia,|

ca oe Dore

of Printing i;

bit in - 2 oe . |

To the Reader.

a Manner as will be more eafy to the Purchafer, and may tend to make the Defign more Perfeét than it could have been in the-firft propofed Method.

The Publifhing of thefe}

Icons in Decades, will give |,

me Liberty (if 1 meet. with Encouragement) to continue the Defigning and Engraving of every Succulent Plant which is or can be difcoverd either by my felf or Corre/pondents ; but as it will not be pofible for me to Colleé& at once all of one Tribe, fol fhall not be _ apable of obferving any ftri Order in the Ranging and

Bee Claffing of them.

Before T° conclude, I muft acquaint my Reader, that whatfoever Figures I fhall _ Publifh, will be (as near as LT can make them) ~ perfect _ Copies of thofe Plants they are to reprefent, and [hall be Engraved by the be/t Hands.

Ad Ledctorem. illas cum vulgo communicane © di, & ea quidemMethodo, que & Emptoribus, & cotius Operis perfectioni, quam prima defcri- pta Methodus, longé accom- modatior eft & convenientior.

Editio harum Iconum per Decades, temporis mihi prxbe- bit fatis (fiex re mea, id labo- ris fore percepero) ut defcri- bantur & infculpantur alizSuc- culente Plante five 4 meipfo, five ab amicis detectx. Sed quemadmodum Plante omnes ejusClaffis una vice 4 me inve- niti non poffunc, ita ratio illas difponendi in Clafles certas, oblervyare non poflumus. —

~ Denique, Benevole Leétor, fic’ tu tibi perfuadeas velim, omnes Plantarum smagines quastecum {um communicaturus, genuina- rum Plantarum Expreffiones’ erunt (quantutn id fieri poffit) veriflimz, & ab optimis elabo- rate Sculptoribus.

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| Cereus. crestus. maximus! .. ee - — Americanus hexangu-|*~ cee

- faru, flore albo radiato,| e

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ess} DA mus How tvirlg aS | long¢ingeniofiffimus, | < i Aidibus -Epifeopi| |

FisBeautiful Plant | was firft raisd Se Es

England, by the ‘Ingentoys- Mr, A- dam ‘Holt, 2t the

¥ ) Londinenfis que funt

=} in Oppide vulgd: Fal | Sop, 04, Primus-eratineer ps > —Bitbop of - Lone - Brétannos qui coluic ~fovitque |don’s Palsce at Fulham. “Je és Plantam hance quam afpicis pul wowdérful to-fee this Plant rife — cherrimam. Cujus ex térra-Gitus| ow? of the Earth in a | Mirabilis profes eft vifuy Surgit Fortin, tem Columne adinftar, foliis| without Leaves or Br -fami{que vacua, pedes viginti plus _ Minus alta; quemadmodum in twenty Foot, as Ihave _ Horto Medico Amftelodamenfi, & the Gardens © of <a ~ Lagduni Batavorum ipfe vidi :| and Leyden, — Jp a of a

_ Graminea viriditate nitet, form: | Grafi-green Colour for the _ plerumque fexangularis eft, &ali-| part it has bat ~ _ quando feptem oftentat angulos, im quorum extremitatibus- {pina- - Tum extant noduli, fufci cujufdam

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a Hiftoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Dec. I.

Stars, from thefe Kyots come forth the Flowers about July or Auguft ; they are radiated with white Petals, having « Jarge Thrum of Apices in the midft, of a Sulphur Colour.

The whole Flower, when it ts _ Blown, is about four Inches over ,

but as yet, the Fruit has not come to Perfection in Europe, #ot- withtanding it has bloffom'd in the Gardens of Verfailles, Am- fterdam, Leyden, nd thofe be. longing to Sir Richard Child, Bart. at Wanfted, in Effex. .

The Top of this Plant being cut in the Summer Months, may be

planted in the Earth, and will — fivike Root, It muft have little

Water and a dry Air, but it is the leaft tender of any in this Tribe.

coloris ad albedinem aliquantulum accedentis, ftellulis non diffimiles ; ex quibus nodulis,menfibus Falio & Auguffo, nafcuntur flores, petalis albicantibus radiati, cum frequen- tifimis Apicibus in medio, colo- ris plané Sulphurei.

Flos cum ad plenam maturita- tem pervenerit, digitos quatuor preterpropter eft latus ; Fra- Gum ejus maturum in Europa haétenus vidit nemo, quamvis in Horto Regis Galle, Amftelodami, Lugduni Batavorum, necnon in predio viri Mluftriffimi, D. Ré- chavdi Child, vulgb Wanffed, in Comitatu Effex, abundé effloruerit,

Summitatem hujus Plante fi am- putaveris, & in terra plantaveris, radices aget; modd eam identi dem aqua afperferis & Aere libero tenueris, omnium quippe. planta-

rum eft minime delicata.

_Cerens

pe See

Decl. Asforia Plantarum Succulentarum. 3

Cereus Americanus Hexangularis minor. ,

Lanta hec in locis Saxofis na- fcitur, ubi forme columna- ris emittit ramulos ad tantam alti- tudinem, ut fe fuftinere nequeant, fed deorfum inclinando radices a- unt,hiramufculi fexangularis funt orm, obfiti fpinulis, colorifque plane ftraminei. ps

In villa Regia vulgd Hampton- Court, necnon in Horto Medico Amftelodamenfi vidi hanc_ plan. tam, quidem, fed in nullo horum locorum flores ferentem me vidiffe memini. oe ar ~ Fam facilé propagabis, modd in Terra eam digitum unum pro- fundam plantaveris Aiftivis nienfi- bus, aque parum, — terram levio- rem, Aerem vero calidum: exigit & ficcum. a

Small Six-rib'd Coch: Thittie,

His Plant is commonly ound to profper amon

iGcre where Fpl put Forth its Pillar-like Stems feveral Foot in length, fbooting up- right, till it wants Strength to maintain it felf, and inclines towards the Earth, and- takes Root. The Stems of this fort are Six-rib’d, bearing on the Edges [mall Kyots of Spines, of a Straw Coloure_—— ) Ihave feen this Plant in the Gardens of . Hampton-Court, and Amfterdam; bet at nei- ther of thofe places has it yet

produc’d any Flower,

It ts eafily propagated, by fer. ting one of the Stems an Inch deep in the Earth, during the Sammer Months. It requires. — very little Water, a light Soil, and a warm dry Air, gi css

B2 Three-

*

4s Hiftoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Dec: We

© Fhree-ribb'd Corey: {cereus Amebicdnus Triangadaris | Thittic, | ) radicofa, -

*

Dis Plant ts. found growing) Vy Lanta hee in locis Saxofis naf- _ i fonyPlaces frrikingRoot| ¥. citur, agens radices ampliffi- - as it runs on the Ground, and mas eundo, folia ejus di ea-appella- increafing plentifully. The Leaves tione illa infignire fas fit) trian- (Cf we may fo call them) are|pularis funt figure, &- graminex three corner'd, of a Grafs.\wirlditatis, fpinofis nodulis *colo- green Colour, fet with Knots ofire fubflavidis, extremitates ejus” fmall yellowifb Spines on the\armatas vides, folia tres pedes Edges, I have feen one of thefe\longa vidi, radices quadraginta | Leaves near three Foot in length, vel €0 plures ex fuis fimbriis in with above forty Roots fpringing terram.agentia. Nullos-hagtenus out from the ‘fides of it; but,\in Anglia protulit Flores, etiamfi as yet, ithas produc’d no Flower \in Palatio vulgs, Hampton-Court, with us, notwithftanding there plantx: ¢jus . generis inveniantur - are Jome Extraordinary. large ampliffime, fedecim circiter pedes. _ Plants of this Sortin the Roy-\altz, in Muros Hy pocaufti. radi=. al Gardens at Faron: Court, ces. fuas agentes... Planta hac irri- which firtke root tw the Walls| ganda eft fabinde, in Acre ficco & of the Confervatory, ated aré near|\ valde. calido. -confervanda eft, _— fissteen foot high, Bes quamobrem. fub, tecto retinenda. _ Dis Plans requires ily Wa. |eft fedulo, ter, anda very ary warin AT ee <——..t te for which Reafon it is always Opuntia _ kept within Doors: Sa

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SLE:

Se Sen oss

Decl

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4

Opuntia minima\ Americana, Spi- nofifima, flove Sulphurco,

veneruntiiiet omsdp

i Oe

Propaganda éft: hac planta: fi ejus foha feparatim in terram pro

FF sl AE ne Ne it &

Eiftoria Plantarum Sueculemarom, :

[ Pinptflow, or Minion Pxiceie

as

-| Colour, the Ap

jive fall

funda femidigivtim planta veris, modice'itrigaveris aqua.

esdple weed

$199 SEDI UiS minis i pew, f*; . it CNT sGat “misis A

SOS:

fs: Wpaites very little Water, ie

be Se

%,

SHLYOP £ WK Oh

Lea

ceeds two... Foot. high mate, where it has not | to prodace either Flower ov. Fruit,.

unle/s tn the Gardens at Badmin- ton, belonging to that imcompas. rable Patrone[s.of Natural Lear= ning, the late Datche/s of Beaux fort, by whofe excellent. Skill-and. Divettion,:this Plant was brought to-bloffom about June’; the: Petals ors are of. a Sulphur.

tol White 5 the Fruity altho’. groun, didnot come to

Maturity,

| This Plant is) propagated, byfor-

ting fngle Leaves of tt about half

eR ce 6 as ten

ae

A. MA ah

tees more snclining = =.

tndyen

Sa

SOI AIS. Ficoid (or Fig <n e Darpgold) % of qus-k

Hiftoria Plantarum

Succulentarum. Decl.

—— Marygoid, of the Cape of Good-bope. .

2

growth, but feldom exceeds the height of two Foot in our Gardens ; the Leaves of this, and many others of this Tribe, are fet on in crofs pairs at the Foynts, they are of a bright Green, ele gantly variegated with little Veffels which <compofe their Covering y thefe Leaves are adora’d at their sats withStar-like Thorns, very White and Tender, © Lhe Flowers phew. them/elves about Auguit; they are Radiaced, and of a beautiful. Purple Colour : bar T have not yet feen Ay Ripe Fruit of this Plartin England; although this kind. is common e- nough in every curtous Garden, : We may propagate this fort, by -— fetting the Slips of it in the Earth about June or July, it wil bear Watering, and may be expofed to » the open Air from May till about

< : ~ Otober ; for this, and all others: of the fame Tribe, delight to be abroad when the

Ficoides Capenfis, frutefcens, Fo- ‘lio -tumido, extremitate ftellata, Flore purpureo.

Nicoides hee citiffime crefcit,

fed:in. noftris hortis pedes duos alitudine rard fuperat ; hujus aliarumque: plantarum ejufdem familia, folza per pares cruciatim funt pofitain articulationibus, co- lorem fi .refpicias viriditatis funt iplendentiffime, eleganter varie- gata vafculis dicta folia tegentibus, queque in fsmmitatibus fuls ftella- ra. funt, cum albicantibus fpinulis ii {que teneir.mis.

Menfe Augafti flores emittit ra- diatos, eofque elegantiffimos pur- purei coloris.. Fradtws hujus plante in Anglia hattenus me vidifle non memini, quamvis paflim apud Hortulanos curiofiores invenienda eft hxc planta.

+ Eam propagabis facilé fi ejus ramufculum in terram inferueris menfibus Jani & Juli; isriganda left fubindc, in Aere libero manere poreft ab initio menfis Mati, ad meniem O¢tobrem ufque; hac planta erenim ejufque generisaliz, amant Aerem liberum, nifi plane

Air 4% not too

nimis frigidum, Ficotdes

ine see

at

Dec. 1. Hiftoria Plantarum Succulentarum, | 7

Ficoides Capenfis frutefcens, Fo-,

- liis teretihus confertis glaucis, Flore albo.

Lanta hac, eodem modo quo illa quam fupra proxime de- {cripiimus eft propaganda, menfi- bus puta aftivis inferendo in terram ejus ramufculum ; formam (pre fe fert Arbufculi pulcherrimiy pe- dem unum plus minus alti. - Gaules ejus durefcit. & lignefcit, : folta ra- cematim proferens glauca. Ad media Aiftatis in ramufculorum extremitatibus emittit’ flores. ar- gentei, fed centrum verfus ftra- minei fere coloris, . Fructus ejus maturos Brétannia

Grey Spindle-leavd Fige — Marygold.—

HIS Plant, like the for-

mer, may be propagated

by Planting Slips of it in Earth, during the Summer, Months, © It. makes.a pretty Shrub, come; monly about a Foot high, the Stalks: become hard and woody, bearing their Leaves in Clujters, of a pale Green, About. Midfummer the Flowers:appear atthe extremities, of the, Branches, .-of a. Silvera colour, but inclining to, 4.pile. Yellow in their Center oo.

“The Bruit, of this. fart-has wot

noftra ha€tenus nor protulit. «10°

yet ripen’a tm Englands. sv.

Green

—— &—iftorin’ Plantarum Succulentarum. Dec. I,

0% 6 ARSE ESN 3 CPA BAIS muy ce increas’d after “Sethe lame manner as the fore.

= 3 : Green Spindle-leav’d Fig:

sie going: Plant, and, like it, makes ne 4 Shrub of About “A Foot high,

Grafs-green: Leaves ¢n-pairs,\at

DAS... A ASYE Bhs 3 ies. z 4 '

AboutO&tober. the Floweis be Gits-to-appear, of an Oranze-colour before they. of seo ineciatie once. Blown their Petals-are of bright’ Fellow,. only sip? at their points with Orange SoA. NS

I have not yet feen the Fruit

{unt viriditatis {nem binatim pofita.

| variegata punétulis.

FicoidesCapenfis frutefcens, Folio terett punctato, Pecalis luteis.~

; 4iC Planta haud fecus

- quam alle foperius: modo deferipta -poteft propagari, Arbuf culum: etenim eft pedem unum preterpropter altum. Caules jus, funt lignofi, Foliz autem Graminez »- iad articulatio-

-

-sMenfe O&tobris iFlores apparent quis pomi Aurantii‘referunt colo- rem; fed poftquam <fint explicati, eorum ‘petala flavidiffimi fant~co- loris, fed iin extremitatibus aureis:

© Nallus ha@enus in Anglia hujus

of this Plant ripe in England.

Plante fructus, apparvit macurus. ~

Ficoides

is e Seagre one tianP crores FoCk asia! Wikia eee

Dec. 1. Aijftoria Plantarum Succulentarum,

PSS,

9

Ficoides Capenfis, Folio tereti Argenteo, Petalis perplurimis Aurantiacts.

ZEC planta Arbufculum eft

fuperioribus non diffimile, eodem modo propagandum, infe- rendo puta in terram ejus ramuf- culos. — ni. cman ane Caules habet lignofos, fufci colo- ris, Folia per paria ex Articulatio. nibus. emittens, punctis variegata Argenteis, que, fole fplendente, hujtis plante pulchritudinem _au- gent plurimum. |

Flores ejus apparent ad ultima Ac ftivi temporis in ramulorum ex- tremitatibus. Petala eorum de- nique, Auret & Aurantii mixtim coloris; ad meridiem fe apperiunt, quemadmodum & alix hujus gene- ris plante, Fractam maturum

Silver Spindle-leav'd gig. Maryooid, —

ATS Plant 4 Shrub, like the former, eafily propa gated from Slips or Cabin. Ys ;

The Stalks are fometimes woody, of 4 Brownifh Colour, bearing the Leaves in pairs at the Foynts. Thefe Leaves are fecmingly pow- der’a with Silver, which gives a Beautiful. Luftre to the» Plant, when the Sun fhines uponit. ~'FbeFlowers.appear,at the latter end of the Summer, «of the tops of the Branches, their Petals are finely intermix’d with Gold and Orange Colours ; thefe Bloffoms always open at Noon, as many .o-

thers of this Trtbe ufually do. The .

haCtenus apud me non protulit.

Cc

ol

A.

Creeping

seit

Fruit has not yet ripen’d withme.

e 10. Aifforia Plantarum Succulentarum, Dec. 1,

Creeping Spindle-Leay.d {Ficoides Capenfis, humilis tereti Paes Fig-Mparygald, _ Folia, lore coccinea. -

yoold) #5 of quick in terram ferpendo & ex qua. Growth yunning upon theGrouna, | \ibet articulatione dimittit radices. and taking Root at every foynt ;\ Caules graciles funt & teneri, Folia the Stalks are very (mall and ten-\binatim ferens graminez viridita-

T His Ficoid (Cor Fig MDa. Ser hee citiffimé- crefeit, ’

| oder,: bearing Leaves in Pairs, of tis, Flores ‘in extremitaribus ra. € ‘<a. Grafe-greew Colour: |morum apparent coccinei plané ‘“ ) The Flowers fbew themfelves|coloris, Apices vero Pomi citrinj 7

about Midfammer, at the ends of \colorem xmulantes ; Fructus ma- othe Branches ;.their Peta/s are of \turos hujus plante nondum vidi. i beautiful Scarlet, the Apices of & Limon Colour. I have not Se yet feer any Fruit of this Plant| ee Ficoides wipe tn England, - se 3 =

te IC I

he

mtarum Succulentarum,

ante «hide rariffime Shag a fOS Guinque, que & “aamodum crefcit, Caules ejus =fufte lignofi, age glauca fe. rens binatims |

Flores in furmmitate ejus appa-} rent menfe Maé,- coloris~ citrini,

Solis occafum, fefe auEeee i (ex-

plicantes. Ramufculi. hujus Plantz facile}.

agunt radices menfe Junii- vel Ju- li, terra modo fit levioris nature,

parum, Acrem

imum, quanto fucculentior |¢

Ver

Aquz,

& quod obfervatu dignum, ante} | the Sum ts gone down.

fit planta, tanto minus exigit

¢

owing Harts-born

bling Bucks-horn ¢#°%pe and of a whitife greemece The Flowers. appear fn Te on the top of -the. Plant, of. = y,)

Limon Colour, with this Sixga~ larity, That they never open wk

Every stele: ont of this’ * Plant mi take Role. bet Av eis ted in 4 light its, or July; se ter, and moi ay Air the Winter ; and m2 malay lay:

Sacculent is any Pla 1

FINIS.

: ~~ — gh Saale tig

Jehoc tempore errores, in ra poft duos menfes,

im, 0 \ihi firmum effe propofitum

a M primas quinquaginta Plan-

» tas complectentis Araneae as hm Synon ym rum adjicere me

- dicam,. quandoquidem: plures ex

his Plintis 2 me defcriptis, apud

‘ ley pafim ‘notantur futis no-

Bui forfitan irrepferint|

~|found in: this Hilmy, has already

this. eile. si] ay amend oth in 4 the next, pe ts defign'd to be -

Pablifrd within’ two Month after this; and I think my fe eA alfo = liged to give Notice, That as fe- veral of the Plants ‘which willbe

been 3 named by Authors; fo it ism Defign to Shi at the End of - ed .

rft. Fafty Plants, « Methodical ie # [ee caeoaad Hees

eae oS ie

TORIA

ee KS by, <7) a Ae a

COMPLECTENS.

Hafce Infequefites PLAN T A “

Axoen {cilicet, Ficoipen, are Mr1ocanpum;

Aliafque ejus Generis;

Quz in’ Horto Sicco coli mion olf. SECUNDUM | |

ge Fee 5 pote Naturam, in Tapensis » fEweis INSCULPTAS,

ee

EARUNDEM -Deferiptiones huc Accedut, & Célcuh

DECAS I

A Ricarpo Bravo ey, Regie Societatix Socio. '

LONDONTI:

Rice is Authoris, ae venales a Gul. ‘Mears

C1d CICC XVII. Mo.Bot. Garcen,

1902, »

x a pad infigne Agnt prope portam tig soe

HISTORY

SUCCULENT PLANTS:

GONTAINING ‘The Atoes, Ficorp’s (or Fic-Mart

cotps) Torcs-Tuisties, Metron Tuisties, and fuch others as are not

capable of an Hortus-feccus. _Engraved, from the Originals, on Copper-Plates. With their Defcriptions, and Manner of Culture.

Der CADE I.

By Ricuarp Braptey, Fellow of the Royal Society.

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LONDON: Printed for William Mears, at the Lamb without Temple-bar. MDCC XVH. = [pre2zs.

N.B. There is a {mall Number printed on large Paper Colour’d.

Viro Praftantiffimo AANS SLOANE, Bar" MEDICIN#& DOCTOR],

Socio Collegit Medicorum Londonenf,

ET SOCIETATIS REGALIS | _ NEC NON Se ee

ACADEMLE SCIENTIARUM Parifis:

In Grati animi Teftimonium omni obfequio & officio hanc Secundam Decadem,

ee DNDiGD: Multis ili vinculis obftrittus,

Ricarpus BRADLEY.

ise

Se HANS SLOANE, Bat’

DOCTOR o PF HY SL a. Fellow of the College of Phyfictans,

And of the

ROYAL SOCIETY.

. MEM BE Rok the

ROYAL ACADEMY

OF

SCIENCES in PARIS:

As a Grateful. Acknowledgment of his many ‘Favours, this Second Decade of Succulent Plants is, with all Refpe&, moft humbly Dedicated and Prefented,

By His — Moft Obedient Humble Servant,

Ricuarp Braptey.

Deall. Hiftoria Plantarum Succulentarum. 1

Aloe Americana, Folio in Longum’

Aculenm Abeunte C. B.

RON poe nS

tiens, ut hujus generis plantam per totam Hiemem aBruma minime Ixfam me Vidiffe memine- tim. Folia ejus ad juftam magni- tudinem protrufa, _pedes’ quatuor funt aliquando plus minus longa, Ia-

ta digitos fex, craffa verd prope radi- Cem digitos preter propter tres, colo- lorem Glaucum plané referunt, quo- rum Extremitates fpinis nigris funt obfite. . :

In Villa Regia Vulgo Hampton-|

Court Maximam finé ejus generis plantam Anno 1714. pullulantem vidiffe memini.Scapi floriferi a planta

SOF hec in hortis no-| 26 ies {tris quam alibi locorum | Te Ne rss\\0 longe eft frequentior, &| ig ‘ G ey Aeris frigidi adeo pa-|%S

}Common American Aro E.

HIS Aloe is more com- j mon in our Englith my Gardens than any ee other, and is fa bar-

dy that I have known itto remain abroad all the Win- ter without fuffering by the Froft : The Leaves when. they are full grown are fometimes, near four foot long, fix inches broad, and three thick near the. Root ; they are of the colour of Verdegris, befet with black Spanes. on their

The large/t Plants of this kind that I have ever feen, were in the RoyalSardensatHampton-Court,

*. e¢ eat

where they bloffom'd in the Tear 1714

‘

pe

" defs than 5 Flower-Stems a piece,

usin

Hifforia Plantarum Succulentarum. D xc. XI.

1714. The Flower-Stems, which came direcily out of the Center of the Plant fhot upright about 17 foot bigh, and divided them- felves into many_ Branches upon the Extremity of which came forth the Flowers in large Bunches of a yellow Colour, dropping a Liquor as fweet as ’Hony: Each Bloffom was about 4 Inches in length befides the Stile and Apices which appear’d at leaft anInch be- ond the Petals. Thefetwo famous Plants had no

and continued theirBloffom for a- bove 12 Months and then dy'd.

The laft Tear a large Plant of this kind bloffom'd in the Gar- dens ‘belonging to his Grace the ‘D. of Buckingham én St. James's Park ; the Flower-Stem of that Plant was about the height of the former, and was branched in the ‘fame mainer : and as I bad fre- quent Oportiinities of vifiting thefe Plants while they. were flow- ering, I can affirm that the com- mon Story of their making a Noife)

meditullio prorumpentes pedes fep- temdecim, in fublime ferebantur, tum fefe in ramufculos multos diviferunt, in quorum Extremitatibusracematim germinabant flores flavi quidem co- loris, liquorem fuavitate melli mini- méinferiorem diftillantes:F los quique digitos quatuor plus minus erat lon- gus preter ftilum & apicem, qui a petalis menfuram digiti unius ealtare videbantur.

Dux hec plante celeberrime non minus quam quinque. Scapos florife- ros oftentabant & per menfes duode- cim Continuos ufque florebant, tum marcefcentes evanuerunt.

Anno fuperiore hujus generis plan- tam vidiin Horto IluftriflimiBuckin- LZamit Ducis prope agrum vulgo St. james Park. Scapi ejus floriferi illos modo fupra diétos omni ex parte re- ferebant. Flores hujus plante cum ftrepitu aliquo erumpere ut non- nulli incondité fatis memoria tradide- runt, aufim affirmare (ExpertusEnim loquor ) figmentum effe inept mum.

aoben the Flowers wee bas. no aa

Truth in it.

This Plant loves a light Sandy |

Soil, much Air, and hettle Water, and ‘maybe propagated from Suc

Solum amat planta hec arenofum & Levidenfe, Aeris multum, aque parum, illam propagabis fi Virgulas ex radicibus ejus affatim. & abundg,

hers which ted g be iy [reine fiom thé Roots. *

erum pentes, in terram inferucris.

yy ' iY yy

2

: . ‘ 3 \ | . Vi rs

Dec. Il. : Hiftora Plantara Succulentaraik | 2

Cereus Americanus O&tangularis, Great White Toarcnu-

{pinis albicantibus. ©

IC Cereus paffim eft obviusin IndiA Occidentali & in ru- pibus crefcens, ramos fuos Co- lumnz-formes ad magnam_altitu- dinem propellens. Species hac O&an- gularis eft, atque a fuis_marginibus {pniarum albarum nodulos digitum unum preter propter longos, emit- tens. Cacumen, vel ph lanuginof{ congerie dictarum fpina- rum eft ornata, quemadmodum ante Oculos ponet hc figura, qua ju- ftas ipfius plante in meo horto, hoc

-‘Tuistre.

HIS Cereus is VEPY common intheW elt-Indies, Lrowing

among the Rocks, and hooting forth its Pillar-like Stems up- right to a great Heighth. This Sort is Offangular, putting forth Knots of white Spines from the Edges of its Ribs about an Inch itas |?" Length. The Top of the Plant is adorned with a large Clufter of the fame Thorns mix’d with white Wool, as is expre/fed in the Figure, which is exatlly the Dimenfions of the Plant I bad

fempore crefcentis, exhibet dimen-|é ns of Berk ; in my Garden, At the Royal Gar-

fiones. In Villa Regia Hampton-Court hujus generis plantas vidi plurimas,

dens at Hampton-Court, J-bave

fed ha@enus in Europa Effloruiffe|/een many of this Sore; but I

nondum mihiconftat. Planta eft te- nerima, aquam & aerem frigidum

have not heard it bas yet blof- fomed in Europe. © It is ‘very tender, and fhould be kept from

inime ferens. | voter Water and Cola Air.

Long :

4 Hiftoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Dec. IL

Long-fingle~T horn’d-Eu-

PHOR BLUM.

BAIS Curious Plant is a _. Native of Africa, where

it flourifbes in» Racky Ground, It is yet fo.slittle known in Eu rope, that I kave.only found:it growing in the Leyden Gardens, where there is but one Plant of it of the Size and Figure of that <reprefented inthe Plate «

Euphorbium Capen/e, {pinis longis a fimplicibus, -

Lanta hee quam afpicis- Curio-

--fiflima Africana czlo eft ori- unda in rupibus locifq, ‘faxofis Efforefcens. In Europa haétenus adeo eff hofpes & incognitus ut fi excipi- am hortum Lugduno-Batavum (ubi plantar unam tantum, figuram hanc magnitudine referentem inveni) nul- libt locorum.eam mihi obviam veniffe

i gros afer the Mane oflnenuCrcetcolen ore scCoes a Cereus, but. is fo. full: of fed facco laéteo ita abundans ut ex

Milky Juice, that it iffues out at the leaft Wound. _ The. Spines

minima incifione humor ifte diffluat abundantér.. Ejus fpine fufci funt

are of a.reddife Brown Colour,| coloris, fingulatim ad nodos cujufque

. fet on. Jingly at every Foint on each Rib... Among which, to- wards the Top of the Plant, come forth.the Flowers of the

fame Colour in May. This may\h

be propagated by Cuttings, like

others of the. fame Tribe, ud |

loves a warm dry Air,

Jateris pofite, ex quarum medio ad fumunitates plant erum punt flores in menfe Maii-ejufdem plane. coloris, Propagatur quemadmodum & alia

ujus generis plantx, amatq; acrem calidum atque Aridum. 7

Ficoides

! \

Dec. II. Hiftoria Plantarum Succulentarum. — :

Ficoides Capenfis, Caryophilli folio, flore auyeo [peciofo.

Fricanahze eft planta, Arbuf- culum referens, pedes duos _altum. Folia ejus figure funt triangu- laris, coloris vero gramiaei digitos fere quatuor longa tacematim in Ra- mulorum fummitatibus crefcentia, ex quorum centro proveniunt flores coloris aurei in menfibus 7uniz atque Fulii. 7 Terra arenofa, Aer temperatus, Aquz parum plante huic funt in de- lictis, Ex feminibus tantum (quan- tum ego novi) hac planta propagari poteft. gee i Bp

rod = ny ee ot te de 4 i

Pink-leav'd Ficg-Mart-

GOLD.

*HIS Plant is a Native of Africa, making a Shrub

about two Foot high. The Leaves are triangular, of a Grafs-creem Colour, about four Inches in Length, and growing’ in Cluffers on the Tops of the Branches: from the Centre of which come forth the Flowers of a bright Yellow Colour in June and July. It delights in a Sandy Soil, an open temperate Air, and little Water, I have not yet been able

|to raife this Plant any other Way ‘Ithan. from Seed. ©

iting

—————_

6

Hiftoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Dec. II.

-Short Star-pointed: Fie-.

MankiGOLp,

“Eh HIS like the former is a and | grows in dry Ground. The whole Plant feldom exceeds three In- ches in Height, but runs clofe to the Earth, putting forth lit- tle Branches, which are almoft covered with rough Leaves of

‘@ - Native of Africa,

| @ Greyi

Figure, with Spots of sce Colour in their Centre. — T.

may propagate this

mer,

fh Colour, adorned on their Points with Clufters of ten- der white Spines in a Star-like 2 e Flowers are Purple, with hite Thrums inthe Middle, and pen themfelves in September. oWe like the for-

Ficoides Capenfis humilis, folio te- reti, pilis in extremitate ftellatis,

flore purpureo, 8 Nps hec quemadmodum & proxime fuperius defcripta folo Affricano.originem fuam acceptam refert, crefcitq;im_locis aridis. Planta integra digitos tres alitudine raro fu- perat, &¢ humilius prope térram cre- fcit, ramufculos foliis afperis fere co- opertos, coloris glauci mittens, fum- mitates vero ornate funt nodulis fpi- narum ftellas referentium albicantium atque tenerrimarum cum pun@uloau- rantii coloris in ipfarum centro: Flo- res purpurei funt coloris, in medio ve- r6 albicante. In menfe Septembris pullulare & fefe aperire folent. Eam propagabis facillimé, fi ejuf- dem ramufculos terre inferueris ut |moris eff cum priis defcriptis.

Fiocides

Fig, TB,

\

Dec. IL. Hifforia Plantarum Succulentarum.

Ficoides Capenfis procumbens Olee folio, flore albo, medio croceo.:

Lanta hxc ocyus crefcit, ramulos

fuos digitos novem altos porri-

gens in unius zftatis {patio. Ejus folia

elaucifunt coloris,binatim pofita,que tenella funt atque fucculenciflima.

Flores habcut petalos albos, in me-

dio ver6ejufdem crocei funt coloris

- aperiunt fefe im menfe Junii &

Juli. .

Modo fuperius ditto propaganda eft hac planta © 6

ae

Olive-leay'd -Fig- M ARI- | GOLD.

ges IS Plant is a quick Grower, hooting forth

its Branches about nine Inches

long in a Surumer. The Leaves are of a pate Ors etn i Pairs upon the Stalks;~mbi

are tender, and full of Fuice, The Flowers are compofed of white Petals, with Thrums in their Centres of a Straw: Co- Tour, thefe open.themfelues im June and July, and may be propa-

gated then by planing Cuttings

<2 lof them in light Soil,”

2 Doe-

i.

ane | Naas ad * Pa Se aa

“

8. Hifloria Plantarum Sucenlentarum. Dec. Il-

Docs-Cuaps, or Tooth-

leav'd FiceManicoup. Sak IS Plant is found grow-

ing in Stony Places near the Cape of Good-Hope- The Leaves are trignguler, tad Green Colour, about thr

Seo epee

ee Inches

in Length, and grow in Clufters

clofe to the Ground, The Flowers appear in June of a bright Yel-

low upon Foot-ftalks, about five or. fix Inches high. It loves-a

warm dry Air, and little Wa- ter. It is raifed by fetting the Slips in May.

Ficoides Capenfis humilis, folio triangulart prope fummitatem dentato, flore luteo,

ie locis ' faxofis crefcit prope pro- montorium Bone Spei, folia ejus triangularis {unt figure, coloris qui- m-viridic_ad albedinem aliquatenus. accedefitis, digi longa prope terram racematim crefcentia, res fe oftentant in menfe Zuni, fla- vedinis fané lucidifimz, fuis pedi- culis quinque vel fex digitos longi infiftentes.

-Aerem adantat calidum & aridum, aque vero parum, propagatur, terre:

‘Jinferendo ejusramufculos menfe Maii.

eA ty ae, er ah

eet tae nent a

es ms oo = =

Oy oe

; Sea

Dec. Il. Hifforza Plantarum Succulentarum., 9

Ficoides Capenfis humilis, folio tri angulari in fummitate dentato, flore minore pur purafcente.

Olia hujus plant crefcunt race- matim propé terram fine pedi- culis digitos tres circiter longa, for- mam habentia triangularem & ex- tremitates plane __dentatas__verfus fummitates. Sots Flores albi funt, & per Medium cujufque petali colore purpureo {tria- ti, menfe Junii vel Juli, apparere fo- lent. Hzc tellurem ejufdem indolis, sradumque coloris exigit eundem, quem fupra monuimus.

Daifie-flower’>d Fic-Ma-

RIGOLD.

HE Leaves. of this Plant

grow in Clufters clofe to the Ground,. without any Foot- talks, They are about three. Inches long, triangular, and are: notch’d on their Edges towards their Tops. . Ibe Flowers are white, firiped. with Purple thro’. . the Middle of each Petal, and. appear commonly in June or July., This requires the fame Soil and. Warmth with the former, .

10 _ Hiéftoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Dec. I

: ‘On10N, of Quill-leaved |Ficoides Capenfis humilis, Copa fam

Fic-MariGoun. lio, lore framineo, ae E Leaves of this Plant\¢—~Olia hujus plante crefcunt race- grow in Clufiers clofe to matim. prope Terram digitos

the Ground: They ave about four| quatuor preter propter longa, glau- Inches long, of a whitifh Green| cum oftendentia colorem, & f{ucco Colour, and-very Sneculent.— In\ pleniftima. May: the Flowers appear of 2; —Menfe Maio apparent flores, ftra~ Straw Colour, upon very foort| minei quidem coloris pediculis bre- Foot-flalks, feldom move than villimis fuffulti, digitos duos rard two- Inches in Length. This | faperantes. . sie Plant maybe increafed and or-\ — Propagatur quemadmodum &

Ficoides

sae

ncaa ene eet ’

*

a

Dec. I. Hiftoria Plantarum Succulentarnm. 11

“Ficoides Capenfis ramofa, foliis minoribus, Noétiflora lutea. = 4

FEC Ficoides quoque A frica-

£ na planta, & inter tribules fuos minimum eft arbufculum. Folia vix frumenti granis majora, compacté fatis 8¢ conjunctius pofita in fuos ra- mufculos, qui ad altitudinem trium digitorum & eo amplius elevantur in fublime. : | Flores ex luteis petalis componun- tur, in autumno fefe oftendunt, cum hac tamen differentia notabili abom- nibus plantis ejufdem generis, {cili- cet, quod non-nifi ad occafum folis

- fefe aperiant.

Phlinta hee quemadmodum proxi- mé fuperius defcripta, propagatur Sx colitur.

Small Night - flowering

Fic-MaRrkiGo_tp.

ze HTS Fig-Marigold zs alfo

@ Native of Africa, and makes one of the {malleft Shurbs of this Tribe. The Leaves are hardly bigger than Grains of Wheat, fet pretty clofe together upon the Branches, which never

‘\rife above three Inches from the

Ground. The Flowers, which are compofed of Yellow Petals, foew themfelves*about Autumn, with this Difference from the others of this Kind, That they do not open till the Sun is Oh Plant be pre a from Cuttings like oF Fahd: and loves the {ame Kind of Ma-

nagement,

Th END,

Se

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CONTAINING,

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- Plants is, with the greateft Refpect, moft “humbly Dedicated and Prefented gil

By,

His moft Obedient;

Humble Servant,

Ricuarp Bravery:

Dec. Il, —_ Hifforia Plantarum Succulentarum. I

Moe Africana, Margaritifera | folto undig; verrucis numero-| Spall Pearl’d Aloe. fifimis ornato, flore. [ubvividi, : .

. Baerh, Ind. = = | noe

ne HIS Plant which

plese Ba5N¥% EC Planta, illius Or- PIYMIZN YG aie e KES dinis ex pulcherrimis, | sgar-o2 =, 25 one of the moft ) primo é Promontorio | ay = beautiful of its

gue Bone Spei ad Hortos Sse Tribe, was firft Eas Amftclodam cnfes al-| S5RGRSA IN brought to “the lata erats; & in An- Amfterdam Gar- sliam, Ipfe primus omnium advexi. dens from the Cape of Good-

és : Hope, and from Amfterdam, F

jirft brought it into England

Folia hujufce Aloes unius Digiti] Yhe Leaves of this Aloes Longitudinem raré fuperant, neque! are little more than an Inch Planta ipfa ad majoremAltitudinem, |in Length,nor is the Plant ever aut Craflitudinem Figure dimen- |/arger than the Figure, but is fionibus unquam crefcit; fed ex|very apt to jling out Off-fets, Radicibus, Plantule ejufdem lor young Plants ; the Leaves generis minores fapiflimée e-|of this Plant are very thick

rumpunt. Folia, nodulis duriffimis|{et, wth Knots gies Pearls

2

Eiiftoria Plantarum Succulentarum.

Dec. III

Pearls which are of an hard Subftance, fromtheCenter of this Plant, in Augutt, comes forth the Flower Stem, which rifes about a Foot high, dividing it Self towards the Top in feveral ranches, upon which come the Flowers of a greenifh White, after which follows the Seed, which ripens very well with us. The Off-fets of this Aloe may be taken fromthe Mother Plant in July, and be planted for Increafe, and the Leaves 4lfo will take Root, being plan- ted at the fame time; it requires 4 little Water, and a common Greenboufe in the Winter.

Margaritarum formam gerentibus, denfe {parguatur, ¢ Meditullio pro- venit Scapa, menfe Augufti, ad alti- tudinem Pedis unius affurgens, & indé Summitatem verfus, in Ramuf- culos plurimos fefe dividens, € qui- bus exoriuntur Flores Coloris fub- viridis ad lacteum proximéaccedentis Semen poftrem6 in lucem prodit, & in hoc Ccelo, ad fummam Maturita- tem cito progreditur.

Facile propagatur hec Aloé Plan- tis junioribus Satis frequanter ax ip tadice continuo pullulantibus,

Folia, modo haud diflimili, eodem tempore plantata; Radices agent ; aquz parum illi fufficit, & Hypo- cauftum vulgare illam &€ brumali

| frigore tuctur,

Ailigias,

NOES SE

9 ~ OSS SS be! eae eeesee 2S: =

SSN SSS =a

~

=... SESS

i

i

eee

rit it

Dec: TL

Aiftovia Plantarum’ Succulentarum.

3

Afclepiis aizoides, Africana, F. R, 77.'94. Apocynum hu- mile, aizoides, filiquis erect

is Africanum do. L. Bu

E-

Spei,oritur hac Planta,Caules,abf{que Foliis, tales quales in Figura often- duntur cjiciens, qui, Planta vigente, Coloris funt graminei, ad Genicula autem Purpurco fubfufcato inum- brati. Hi quam facillimé Radices

Locis {axofis, aridis & monta-

nis, prope Promontorium Bonz |

. ‘

pts >. > Gride:

wt © & wi We

The fel. creeping ‘thick leav'd & Cape Settilarp,

| SHIT. 5 Part’ is Yolind Wa

C © turally. ‘growing in dry, rhe Cape of Conk P ces about e Cape of Good Ho r0- Vaucinp fuch: Stems,” Dihein Leaves; as are reprefen Ynted ie e higure; they are of a Grafs

bh ren Colour, fhaded at the

agunt,& humi ferpunt, Menfem cir-!¥ojnis with a browmihPurple,

citer Augufti Flofculis tenerrimis pullulantes, qui citd poft primum. Afpectum turgefcunt,& demum(quo- modo Reprefentatione oftenditur) fefe expandunt.* “Ared hajalc ‘Floris eft Coloris viridis ad at ‘cum

centis, Maculis five Pun t ais - She rcis ad fufcum ‘ihclinantibus «

nata, cum Stella’ saitini “ease dem Coloris. gee Seal

ae er

=

< ©:

“

Hic Flos Foetorem emittit inftar Cadaveris, qui Foetor Mufcas quam

a

\brownifh pu _. \Starin the Center of the fame

‘when the Plant is in Health, ‘Thefe Stems take Root very

cafily, and creep along the Ground, forth, about

Sega ote buds bic

il apace’ when they begin to th open as

-|appear- and: at x apa ee expre[fes, the Ground he .

lower being a yellowife en, which is markd with rple Spots, with the

Colour . This Flower yields a firong Scent like Carrion, which enti-

plusimas illic Ova deponere invitat.

B

ces the Flies tolay their hggsup-

on it. Whenthe Bloffom is there

rs

4 Eiftorta Plantarum Succulentarum. Dec: Ill.

there fucceed long Cods, whith contain Seeds refem- bling thofe of an Apocynum, or Dogs-bane, of a Chefnut Colour, being pointed with a ‘Down or Cotton like Subftance. This may be propagated ei- ther by Seed, or by fetting the Stems in the Earth. It

requires @ warm Houfe in Win-\

rer, and no Water, but in the

A Semine, five ¢ Ramufculis in. Terram infitis, hac Planta oritur. idem calidam hiberno Tempore petit, parum autem Aqua, nifiin ¢a- lidiflima AL ftatis Siccitare.

hotteft Summer Weather,

Afclepias

Dec. Hl.

Hifforia “Plantarum. un: Succulentaram.

-

Afclepras iat alzoides,

flore pulchre fimbriaco. (Sin!

mel rar. 19.

N Locis montanis, atque faxofis, prope Promontorium BonzSpci,

crefcit hec Planta, & fe priori, more’

Vegetationis, quam maxime aflimu- lar, nifi ut Scapos illius majores, & aulo ereGiores emittit, neque ad Rices agendos maxime funt pro- penta. In fummé Valetudine Colo- ris funt graminei, & in extrema tantum Sencétute ad purpurcum a- liguantulum GeqHnABte :

_ Flores quam Rey Bin & Augufti menfibus,prebet hac Plan-! ta, qui prioribus Coloris funt fur-|

dioris, & tam in Centro.quam in

extremis. Marginibus purpurea La- nugine pulcherrime ornantur ;. Ol-

factui autem sihilominus. priore,

offendunt. |

~ Hanc Plantam ex Hortis Amftclo damenfibus in Angliam anyo 1714. ipfe primus attuli, Scapos . five Virgultas in Terram inferendo, fa

cillimé propagatur, & modo. fara, jana dio Culturam recipit, » 2

IP.

The larger thick leav‘d Cape Frititlary

HIS Plant is a Native of the mountainous ftony Grounds about theCapeof Good Hope, and is in many Refpetts like the former im its mode of Growth, but brings its Stems fomewhat lar larger and more up- right, which are not very apt to take Root ; they are of 4 Grafs green Colour when they are in Health, and — tending tog le, when the tis dec. in, ric is Plant, i} wedo not cut it $00 pene, as very free to give us Fle Path June, July, and Augutt, are darker co- lour'd vane ve ormer, and a- dorn'd, on the Edges and in the Center, with a fine purple |\Down, but is no lefs difagree-

_.. lable to the Smell than the i

mer.

I brought this firft into Eng- \land, anno. 1714. from Amfter- dant. It is eafily propagated oy yearn i8 the Stems in the Earth,

de msqaged ie fs.

poli

eae The

Pe a ee

6. iftoria Plantarwn

Succulentarum. Dec. III.

~The finallerdwarf Tongue |

Teav'd FigeMear

pgoto.

“PALS Plant, as well as

the former, is a Native

of Africa, growing in dry Ground, {eldom exceeding three Inches. in. Height; but lying clafe tothe Earth, the. Leaves are very fucculent, about an

Ficoides Afric, acaulos, Foltis latifimis, craffifiimis, lucidis, conjugatis, brevioribus fiore, aureo.amplo,Pedunculo bre= - vi. Boerh. Ind.alt.ag2.No. 7.

Lanta’ hxc quemadmodum, & proxime fuperius defcripra, folo

Africano Originem fuam accepram

tefert, crefcitq in Locis aridis. Planta

integra Digitos tres Altitudine raro fuperat, fed humilius prope Terram

pee broad, ms about three nehes ,8f they are mot kept Beis 5 the Air, but uhen

they are kept too hot, I bave

known the Leaves of this Plant

Weis

the Leaves come forth the Flow- |

crefcit, Folia illius Succi fant ple- na,‘é ad unius Digiti Latitudinem, & trium Digitorum Longitudinem, fefe extendunt, nifi ex Aere puro nimis occluduntur, fin vero Calori perquam intenfo nudata funt, Folia hujufce Plante fxpiflime vidi ad quatuor Digitoram Longitudinem

out Foot-ftalks, whofe P. etgis Petvenific: E’ medio Foliorum e-

tali Flavedinis funt lucidiffimi; hi

jomni eftivo Tempore Oculis appa-

—

Maturitatem accedit, -

We propagate this Plant from

the Oft-ferts, which we fet in

the. Earth, after <they have lain in the Sun a Day or

two to dry. AA common Green-houfe, with preferve it in Winter.

Hane Plantam ex Ramutfculis five’ Virgultis fepenumerd_ propagatur, que Terre mandantur,poftquam uni- us vel duorum Dicrum Spatium in’ Radiis folaribus ad exficcandum ac- cubuerant.

Hypocanftum vulgare ¢ Frigore brumali illam tutam te

The

Ways

Scnnearn 4 Aes nei

‘Dec. HE. Hifforia Plemarum Swadaioan. | "9

"| Ficotdes Africana procumbens,

_ Foliis planis, " conjugatis,

_ The large Silver Olive} lucidis, perfoliata, Floribus

deav'd jig Barypgoin, amplis, filamentofis,ex albo | ee flavetcentibus; <<:

HIS Plant is a~ quick Cyus crefcit hac Planta, Ra-

Grower, fhooting forth mulos {ues in unius A&ftatis sts Branches about feven In-|Spatio, ad digitos feptem, Longitu- ches in a Summer, the Leaves| dine potrigens, Folia binatim po- which are fet oninPairs, areof fita, Pundtis variegata argentcis, que, | the Size and Figure of large Sole {plendente, hujus Plante Pul- ti: Leaves, powder'd with chritudinem augent plurimum.

iver.

An Jane and July, at theEnd{ Extra Extremitates uniufcujulg of eve-y Shoot come forth Ra-|Ramuli, Junii & Julii Menfibus Flo- ‘diated Flowers, which are frve|res radiatos emittit. Petali Coloris or fix in Number, the Petals\fant argentei vere albicantis, Me- are of a Silver White, but the\ditullium autem ftraminei. Planta Center is of a Straw Colour.|integra Humi ferpit, ubi Sponte, feu The whole Plant is inclined) nullo cogente, Radices aget, & tunc 40 run upon the Ground,where|Ramulorum tenerrimorum Excifi- st will frike Root of its ownlone, &in Terram, zftivo Tempore, . accord, and is eafily propaga-|Infitione facillimé propagatur, ed by cutting off the young Shoots, and fetting them inthe Earth in the Summer. mo cas - Lt muft be fhelter’d in a common Confervatorium. five Hypocantt- Green-Honfe in the Winter, \um yulgare ex Injutiis Hiemalibus + | 3 illam defender.

eS Ficoides

pee

8

Hiftoria Plantarum Succulentarum, —

Dec. UI

Ficoides Africana, frutefcens,,-

perfoliata,Folio triangulari, glauco, punctato, Cortice lignofo,candido,tenui.Boers. Ind. alt. 290. No. 16,

4EC Ficoides Coelo & folo

Africano Originem ducit, & “in flocis faxofis, haud diflimilis Plante fupradi@x, nutritur. Sed quod notatu dignum eft, Folia & ‘Pedunculi, (veluti Tabula facillimé ‘demonftratur) unius & ejufdem funt Subftantiz continuatz. Colore gan- det viridi ad Albedinem paululim vaccedente, tardé crefcit, & cum ad Altirudinem fex pluritimyve Digito- Tum accrevit, haud facilé fefe fufti- net, quamobrem Fulcris illam fut

The larger perfoliated Fitg-DMarygola,

“EHTS Ficoides is a Native

of Aftica, growing in fuch ftony Places as. the former, and is very remarkable in hay- ing its Leaves and their Foot- ftalks all of one Piece, as the Figure expreffes. This Plant is of” a whitifh green Colour, browing but flowly,. and not capable of fupporting it felf, when it is above ee Inches high, fo that we ufually. fupe port tt with Props, I have yet

‘tentare curamus. Flores fe oftentant in Menfe Augufti: Coloris purpu- Tei ad: Rubedinem inclinantis, in Meditullio orbicularem continens Figuram, ad Albedinem tendentem.

Radices funt fbrofz, & perpauce, fi tantum Magnirudinem Plantz nu-

only feen it flower in my <zar- den, the Bloffoms appear'd in Auguft, radiated with Petals of a reddifh purple Colour, ha- ving im the Center a Bottle hike Figure, fomewhat, whitifo, and powder'd on the Top with yellow Duff. a

Its Roots are fibrous, and very few in Proportion to the

- ‘triendz in animo revolvis. . Propa- gatur Terre Inicrendo ejusRamut{cu- los Menfe Maii,

Plant it is to nourifh, it is propagated by Cuttings plant-

led in May,

The

ee es tenga

HHilfoergh Sculp.

Dec. III.

Hiftorta Plantarum Succulentarwm.

?

The fmaller perfoliated Fig-Marygsld.

WT HIS Fig-Marygoldés alfa “fl a Native of Aftica, and in its manner of growing imi- tates the former but the Leaves are much greener.

The Branches, when they begin to grow woody, have ‘a Springine/s in them,as if they were hung upon Wires ; but the Plant mut neverthelefs be fup- ported with ag when it is more than fix Inches high, I have not yet heard that it has flower'd im England, ‘tis pro-

FicoidesAfric.Foliistriangulari, glauco, perfoliato, breviffi- mo, Apice {pinofo. Boerh. Ind. alt. 29, No. 17.

EC Ficoides Africano Solo

eft oriunda,Forma quoque cref- cendi priori haud diffimilis, nifi ut Folia ejicit multo viridiora..

Ramuli, cum primum funt lig- nofi, quamdam quafi Tendacitatem: retinent, Filo veluti metallico firs mati; Plantam ipfam nihilominus. Suftentaculis incumbere neceffe eft,. cum ad Altitudinem amplius fex. Digitorum accrevit. Flores fe often- tant in Menfe Augufti Coloris pur- purei ad Rubedinem inclinantis. Propagatur, yeluti in prioribus of-.

pagated as the former.

tenditur.

Tithy-

10

_ Aiftoria Plantarum Succulentarum.

Dec. IL

' 4

Tithymalus aizoides, atboret-

cens, fpinofus, caudice an- . 2 2 *. . —“ e gulari, Nerii.folio Conunel

Preelud Bot 56.

Promontorio Bonz Spei no-

A bis hxc Planta eft adveéa, ¢ TerraRamulis oritur Succnlentif- fimis ere&tis, qui nihilominus nodis irregularibus in extremitatibus cir- cumvolvuntur, quorum unumquem- que fupra, due Spine breves oriun- tur fubfufce, & illinc exoriuntur Folia Succies Foliorum Sedi arbor plenacentis formz © aliquatenus atcedtntia; 2:2cstbeat ei-uociaalks

Hec Planta ad altitudinem unius circitér Pedis frondefeit, & poftea Arbufculum -effe trium Altitudine Pedum progreditur. © «9°

Confervatorium vulgare, ex In- juriis Hyemalibus illam_ defen- det, &, Ramufculos abfcindendo, & cos in terraminferendo, menfe Ju- nij, propagavi, cum primum duorum triumve dierum Spatium Radiis So- laribus, expofiti, accubuerunt ad are(candum Vulnus eorum, a mater- na Planta exciflione effe&tum. Ex

The ee leav’d Eu-

phorbium.

LiIS Plaht is brought

to us from the Cape of Good-Hope, zt rifes out of the Ground with green Succulent Stems, which fhoot upright, but are irregularly knotted on the Edges; oneach of which Knots are placed a couple of {hort brownifh Spines, from whence alfo {pring the Leaves, which are Succulent and fomewhat {haped like the

| Leaves of the Sedum. Arbo-

tefcens. |

This Plant, when it is a Foot high begins to Branch and will in time make a Shrub of about three Foot hy h.

I have kept it in a common Green- Houfe, and propagated it by the fmaliShoots jetting them in fine Earth in June, firft letting them lie two or three ‘Days in the Sun to dry up the Wound made by taking them from the Mother Plant, for

upon every Amputation the

illis enim omni amputatione Siiccus Mi/ky Juice flows abundantly.

Lacteus ubertim cfiluit.

Small

* with, |

nS

Hee “NI i i

Wy t oo on ide eae ah dy 4

Hf,

sigh apie, WP

“ANN XN Sas SAAN

sa ie ne,

. v ae CT ae

Rr Sr eet cee

Ficoides, feu Ficus “Africana

tu Pyramidal Rubro.

_ -vidifle memini, nihilominus perpau- ci eorum in Hortis Amftelodamen-

The. *

Dec. TIL * Aifforia Plantarum Succulentarum. 11

|

Spherica Tuberculata La- &tefcens, Flore Albo Fru-

U NC Melo Carduum ¢ Pro-

f- montorio Bone Spei origi- nem traxifie conftat, & frigore Hye- malia itr Confervatorio vulgari haud difficillimé pafius eft. . Sex {uperatte digitos nondum aliquos adhtc me

fibus dit florucrant..

Truncus hujufcé Plante, trium Di- gitorum Diametti, Subftantiam Po- mi internam quam maximé aflimu- lat, & omnis illins’ fuperficies Ma- mellis ufquequaque- circumvelata, fummitates vero ornate funt Nodu-

lis fpinarum Stellas referentium, ¢|p

quarum interfpatiis apparent Flo- res, & poftea erumpunt FruQus-pri-

Small African elon: Thiltie:

HIS Melon-Thiftle zs bronght»to us from the Cape of Good-Hope, and és hardy enough to ftand the Win- ter ina common Green- House. 1 have not yet-feen any of therm exceed fix Inches in height, tho’ there are fome of them at Am- fterdam, that have been there

an years ere : re" The

Body of it; which is about three Inches “Diameter, is of the Subjtanve of the File(b of an Apple, whith ts cover'd ail over “with green- Knots ointed. with Stars’ of a red- difh brown Colour, from between which come forth the Flowers, andafterwardsthe Fruit breaks

mo quidtm afpe&u, plené ac per- fete maturos, & adRuborem altum accedentes. | mina queddm exigia nigra, que in Areola callida fata, Plantas juniores proferrent; Sin autem Cacumen five Summitatem illius exfcindimus ftirps reliqua Verticibus novis repul-

lulabit, qui Vertices, «ftivo tempo- fe

re abfcifli, ad majus Incrementum,

Illis continentur Se- af

out at once perfectly ripe, and of adeep red Colour: 7 hefe in- clude little black Seeds, which being fown in an hot Bed, will bring forth young Plants, or if we cut off the Top of the Plant, the remaining part will put forth young Heads, which may be feparated from it in the Sum-

in terram funt inferendi.

mer, and planted for Increafe. C The

12

Hiftoria Piatatien Seana.

Dec. Hf.

The Little Clufter’d Aloé.

HIS Aloe is alfo an A-

T frican Plant, and i ie Smalleft of any of that Tribe. The Roots pus fibrous and white, fuftaining many Leaves placed round about the Center of the Plant ; thefe Leaves are

pointed at the Extremities,and

Aloé Afric. minima, atroviri- dis; {pinis herbaceis nume- rofis ornata.. Boerb. dud. p. F321. |

LOE hee quoque Africana Planta, & inter tribules fuos minimum eft. 3

fibrofis & albicantibus, folia multa in Orbem pofita his innafcuntur, & in mucronem acutum exeunt, in utraque margine & dorfi medio fpinis

See ee ate aswell armantur albis & inermibus; hoc

as their Backs, are fet with whitifo tender Spines.

In Augutt appears the flower Stalk, bearing whitifh Flowers towards the Top.

It has not yet ripen'd any Seed with us, but may be ea- # propagated by the young

lants which frequently ap- pear about the Root,

It loves a light Soil, atem- perate Air, and little Water,

eft non rigidis fed flexibilibus,. .

Menfe Augufto fcapus floriféerus prodit ¢ centro hujus planta, in extremis parit flores colore albido.

Semina haéenus produxit nulla, fed per plantas juniores ex ipfis ra- dicibus pullulantes propagari potett:

Terra arenofa, Aer temperatus, Aque parum plante huic funt in

ind | deliciis, SS ae Wy :

Radicibus fuftentatur hxc Aloe

ad

Admonitio ad Bibliopegum.

“N’ hoc libro. Icones aggluti- nandz funt chartarum laci- niis, fingula autem inferantur

Direétions to the Book- binder. l*% binding of this Book the

Figures muft be pafted each of them to front the proper

fuis locis, ut hic ordine notantur, | Page, as follows. Icon. |21. Inferatur Pagin. 1 22.—— . = mex 23. Dae, a aia ERs is 24. - a, Td a ae of oe : G S28. — .-10 ~~ 129 II 30 mes Ge

ray a ™ ail

‘ HISTORIA Plantarum Succulentarum: COMPLECTENS,

Hafce Infequentes PLanTas,

Aloen{cilicet, Ficoiden,Cereum,Melocar dum | Aliafque ejus Generis, — Que in Arto Sicco coli non poffunt. “ SECUNDUM |

Prototypum, puta Naturam, in TABELLIS fENEISINSCULPSTAS.

EARUNDEM -Defcriptiones huc accedunt, & Cultura.

Decas IV.

A RICARDO BRADLEY, Prof. Bot. Cantab. R. S. S.

LO N-D IN £; Impenfis AUTHORIS, Proftant Venales a Gul. Mears apud infigne Agni prope portam Templi. 1727+ Mo.Bot. Garden, 1902,

T REE

HISTORY.

SUCCULENT PLANTS:

CONTAINING

The ALoeEs, Ficoips, (or Fic-Mary- GoLps) Torcu-THisTLes, MELON- TurstLes, and fuch others as are not

capable of an Hortus-ficcus.

Engraved, from the Originals, on Copper- Plates; With their Defcriptions, and Manner of Culture.

DecaDeE IV.

—~

By RICHARD BRADLEY, Profeffor of Botany ia the Univerfity of Cambridge, and F.R.S.

LONDON: Printed for WILLIAM MEARS, at the Lamb without - Temple-Bar. MDCCXXVIL.

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Quartam hanc Decadem Planta- yum Succulentarum Humilli- me D.. D... y

5 Inomu Obfequio Ms Devinéifimus,

Ricarpus BraD-Ley.

ig O THe Moft Incomparable, Learned, and Acurate Botanift, Dr. SHERKARD, LL. Ds and: Ep Ro. Late Conful at SM Z RN 4;

This — eds. of ctitee Plants oe = sete Dalene: “and! ABS" ente ' ee:

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moft obliged, humble Strogat :

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VIIGCANA 2YaGHADIZ . bt : Fs \ ' y ih CS 2A Fk MW. G ed. Psi —_.

“ie A

Hiftoria Plantarum Suceulentarum.

ec

Sedum Majsis Arborefcens I. B. The

a;

| [a V4e feptemve pedam altitu-|

: ae a dinem affurgit, com- culos erectos; _ fulcit- que in: apicibus racematim folio-' rum corona, rofarum more, ordine tamen difpofitas; quod ex Icone conftabit. Apices hi rofe-formes expanduntfefe plerumque tres qua- tuor ve digitos, folufque gaudent binos pollices longis, colorem viri- diorem referentibus.

Florefceate hac Planta, exapicum

> plures exerens ramuf-|

Tree Honfeleck,

ort Yellow Flower.

MS HIS Plant will grow to DN . fix: “ feven Foot igh, bringing many

Branches, hich a Po upright, bearing on each

Top: am Head of Leaves in Ciuflers,

almoftinthe Manner of a Rofe, but

very regularly fet together, as may appear by the Figure. Thefe Rofe- like Heads meafure generally about three or four Inches over, and each Leaf is about two Inches in Length, of a Grafs-green Colours Whet this Plant attempts flawer- ing, one of the Heads breaks forth

with |

meditullio pediculus emicat ad alti- : tudinem

from

e

cis

——e =

Hi ftoria’ Plantarum Succulentarum.

Dec. IV.

dinem pedalem, utrinque folus de-| coratus; germinatque Figura py- ramidali, flavis abunde ornatus fioribus & ftellatis. Planta vero hujus De(criptionis e@ipum, medio “Agufto florere coepit, 6, ritu flo- Tum congenerum, maximam Hye- amis partem flofculos edebat ; ma- ‘turum autem femen ejus nondum mihi contigit videre. =

In menfibys zftivalibus terraque cribrata furculi nullo negotio ra- _dices agunt; Hyeme tamen im- bres & frigora repellantur, opercu- lis interpofitis. Species hujus. tribtis, folis variegatis, apud nos degit : nondum tamen, ut memini, ne- bifcum in florem -prorupit.

from the Middle: and rifes till it

becomes a Stalk of a Foot high, a- dorn’d with Leaves.on every Side, and then branches in a pyramidal Form, bearing Yellow. Star-like Flowers in great Numbers, The Plant which I delineated this from, began to flower about the Middle of — Auguft; and according tothe Man- ner of others of the fame Kind, i

\continued flowering the greateftPart ofthe Winter, but I have not yc \difcover’d.any ripe Seed upon ite ~~

It is eafily propagated, by fetting the Branches in fine fifted Earth, in any of the Summer Months, and kept from Water in the Winter, or while we lhelser it fromthe Froft in the Greenboufe, we have a Sort of

this,. with variegated. Leaves, but

Nit bas not yet flowerd with us,

A

EGirinome-

<

i aif \e/

yr —e)/ ey) | | Sl);

WA Ni Y)

WY) Hy

ae

i i

Dec. IV, Hiftoria Plantaram Succulentaruut.

9

EfirinomeloeaG US

-p LAN.T A hee nomine Me

~ Jocardui: infignitur. ex. parti- bus’; quoniam caulis ejus melonis; - gmulus canaliculatus. & multan- gulus confpicitur ;.cujus extremi- tates f{pinis ftellatis. funt: obfitey femunciam, &dimidium Jonge : Hinc enim appellationem forfitur Melocardui. °

Spinofus caulis, & Melonis zmulus, infummitate gerit coro- nain lanuginofam, in cujus fuper- ficie rubex exiles fpine, aurantil -maturi colorem fimulantes,: rifun- tur; & ex fpinarum, medituglio precoces oriuntur frudtus, coloris mali Perficz inter florendum$ qui- bus durantibus per paucos dies, ocyus decidunt. We i

D. Fairchild Hoxtonienfis, Rei hortenfi promovende natus, quam- _ plurimas hujufmodi plantas fativas fufcitavit ex pulvino calenti: Et amputata fummitate, tenelli fuc- crefcent ramufculi, idque repeti-

fen

from the mi forth the Fruit full ripe, of a

The Turk’s Head, or Turk’s Cap, fo call’d in America, or Withus the true Melon- _

Thiftle,

PAIS: Plant is. particularly

B call’ Melon-Thiftle, becaufe the Body of the Plant refembles a Melon, bemg ribl’d, and confifting of - many Angles 3, the. Edges of which are very thick, fet with Star- lke Thorns, about three Fourths of an Inch long, which is the.Occa-) fion of giving it the Name of T bi- file as well as Melon. —

This thorny and Melon-like Bo- dy, bears on its Top a woolly or cottony Head, on the outfide of which, appear reddifh {mall Spines, which gives is a Colour net much unlike that of a full ripe Orange; of which, come

Peach-bloom Colour, which remain a few Days upon the Plant; and then drop off. ;

From the Seed of this Fruit, Mr. Fairchild, 2 famous Gardener — of Hoxton, has raifed many young

lants, by fowing themin theSum- — mer in Hot-beds , and ifthe Head be then cut b;, the Plant will put

tis * gs

"e

forth

hi Hiftoria Plantarum Succulentarum, Dec. IV.

tis vicibus; adeo. ut. numerofa propago plantationi inferviat,

Hee planta, aqua pauxillul4 contentus, perpetuum. &: inten- fum folem poftulat; ad littus ve- ro noftrum appellit ex infulis Ne- vis & §, Chriftophori, Ameri- canis.

Hance. plantam- aliquoties vidi}

tres pedes altam, pedemque latam in prominenti parte; licet cum

huc afportetur fuperat pedem alti

tudine, .

forth new Branches, if we may fo call them, that may be afterwards cut off and tranf{planted. .

Lhis is a Plant that loveth very little Water, and muft have con- ftantly 2 great Share of Heat.. We. receiu’d them from the Iflands, Ne- vis, and St. Chriftopher’s in Ame~ rica. oP

L have -feen of this Plant three

0 Foot high, ond in the broadeft Part above a Foot over, but it is. moft commonly brought to.us about.: a Foot high, . ee

Aloe

~

it

D

Ec. IV. Hiftoria Plantarum Succulentarunt.

Aloe Africana, caulefcens, fo- lits caulem amplecientibus, floribus aurentiacis. Dom.

“Gul. Sherrard. *

[A LOE hec maculofa, © tan- tim cedit majori Americana: - fpeciei_in_hortis noftris frequen- tandis: Folia ejus plus minus pe- dem longa, cum ad juftam mag- nitudinem accreverint; in fum- mitate funt acuminata defcenden- tibus fpinise Color. gramineus albo maculatus, intuenti con- fpeGum preefe fert gratiflimum.

-Menfe Julio fcapus floriferus prodit e centro hujus plante, in _ Extremis: -parit flores colore ba-

Jauftino. .- - sia Facile propagatur hac Aloe plantis junioribus fatis frequenter ex ipfa radice continuo pullulan- tibus. sh

Aerem adamat calidum et ari- dum, aquz vero parum. © >

Common-fpotted American Ales ...

“THAIS footted Aloe, next to to the great American Kind, has been the moft common .in our Gardens. The Leaves are about @ Foot in length, when they are at their full growth; they are point- ed at the Extremities and thorn'd on the Sides their Colour is a2 Grafs. green, maculated with White, which renders the Plant very a- seats He | _ From the Centre of this Plant rifes the Flower-Stalk, in July, bearing at the. Extremity, the Flowers of a bright red Colour. This is eafiy -propogated by young Plants, which frequently ap- pear about the Root. .

Tt loves a warm dry Air and lit-

Ficoides

a

12 iii fori Plantarum

Sneculentarnm. DEC. IV,

Ficoides. fen Ficus aixoides' Africana ereEta, teritefolia,

floribus albis unabelais. Par. But. 166. //.

FRICANA ef hee planta, atbufeuluin refereus; pedes duos altum; + Folia ejus** giauci funt cdloris, binatim -pofita, ~~. Planta. hee rarius Efflorefcit} ° licét' inftante partu racemos emit- tit’ floribus © peralbis: -apibufque} flavis, fuaveolentibus adinftar a mygdale amar. < Eam propagabis Facile 6 ejus ramufculum in terram infer- veris menfibus Junii & Juli.’ - Ficoides. hec* etenim ejufque| ‘ generis aliz, amant aerem libe- ‘rum, nifi plané nimis frigidum.

|# im June and

The Whité-flower’d, Sweet- feented 5s Umbeliferous

Fig-Marygold,

Y HIS: Plant is a Native of

Africa, it makes a Shrub about two Foot high, bringing its Leaves in Pairs, at the Foints, of a Whitifh-ereen Colour.

‘Tt bloffoms but feldom, ‘and then brings Cluflers of very white Flow- ers with yellow Apices, fmelling like> bitter Almonds, the Leaves are of a Whitifb-green- Colour. 3G

This Fig-Marygold is eafily pro- pogated, by planting Cuttings of

July.

It may be kept the Winter in a common Bre n- houfe, and loves an _lopen Air, w, en the Weather i is not

very fap.

Ficoides,

34

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Deco <i ‘ftoria Plantarum Succulentarum,

*9

Ficoides, {eu Ficus aixoides Africana folio longo texuz, af

flore: Aurantio Boerh: Ind.}

alt, 291 Fo. 5. “yp ROMONTORIUM Bonz

~ Apei-nobis commmendat “harc| -

plantam: Svuffruticis: menfuram zquat, erefeitque erecta, «caule minutis capill's. obfito folia pet paria ex articulationibus emittens, pundis variegata Argenteis: flo- res que ejus funt coloris purpute; ad pallidum vergentis, in mediti. tullio petalorum ftriati purpureo faturatiori, Singula -bienmio hac

planta e farmentis oriunda, mene--

fibus zeftivis; vivendo’ enim non tertitim vincit annum.

. Efflorefeit hee planta in-men-

fibus Julio & Augufto ; uberrime femen emittit, cui ferendo menfis Martius. benigniflimus. _Hyberno tempore hypocautti vulgaris ope Indiget..

The Hairy Spindle-leay'd -Fig-Marygold, with a | pale Purple-Flower,

YHIS Plant is brought to

ws from the Cape. of Good- Hope; it makes a [mall Shrub, ‘holding ats Shoots upright, the ‘Stalks are coved: with: {mall Hairs, it bears its Leaves in Pairs, at the Foints, feemingly powder'd with Silver, and its Flowers are of a pale Purple Colour, firiped through the Middle of the Petala, with a Deep-bar-Purple, we ought — to raife this Plant from Cuttings, every two Tears, any time in the Summer, for it dies when it has lived three Years. !

This flowers in July and Aue guft, and’ bears Seed plentifully, which-may be fown in March, it requires only a common Greens

noes in the Winter.

Ficoides, ©

14

Hiftoria Plantarum Sucenlentarum, Dec. IV:

Ficoides, feu Ficus, aixoi- des Africana, frite{cens, folio glauco, parvo, flore

. wiolaceo, Boerh. Ind. alt.

290. N* 8. H EC planta forfan primim., pre caxteris ejufdem gene: ris, Anglicum invifit folum : Por- rigebat eam nobis Promontorium. Bonz Spei. a

Ramufculorum .__extremitate flores proveninunt menfibus Ju- lio & Augufto, more cetera- rum Ficoidum irradiati: Sunt que coloris purpurei.: Seo, negleéta _renouvellatione, hac planta vivendo. non. tertiam vincit annum. Biennio. igitur nondum completo, & durante aftate, prefegmina terre funt inferenda. 7

The Purple-flower’d, Spin- dle-leav’d Fig-Marygold.

THIS Plant perbaps is one of the oldeft Fig-Marygolds

that we have had in England; it was brought us from the Cape of Good Hope; it makes an up-

|right Shrub, about two Foot high, ‘|bringing the Leaves in Crofs-pairs

at the Foints. |

On the Extremity of the Bran- ches come the Flowers, in July and Auguit, which are radiated like other’ Fig-Marygolds, and are of @ blueifh Purple-Colour, but this Plant will not laft longer then three Years without renewing; and therefore when it is in its fecond Year,

plant: fome Cuttings off it im the

' Seammer to waife new Plants.

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15

Ficoides Afric. caule lignofo, ereCta, folio triangulari, enfiformi, feabro, ftore luteo, magno. Boerh. Ind. alt, 239.

FFICANA hac eft plin- "& ta arbufculum — referens:

Folia fert glauca, florefque flavi five limonii coloris.

Ex hee planta, media hyeme)

copiofe pallulant flores tegmine accedente ne frigore aduratur, - qua quidam. tempeftate. folia re- mufculique uberius protuberant quam cim in apricum proferun- tur, copiam tamen acris tempe-

ratioris & aque fuftinabit, haec| freq : : Shelter will defend it from the Frofts.-

_ We may progate this Plant lik

planta parumque refugu frigéra protelabit. » oe Propogatur quemadmodum &

The upright Triangular- leafed... Fig-Marygold, with a yellow Flower.

HIS Shrub we received _ from the Cape of Good ‘ Hope; the Leaves are of a blue- ifh. Green, and the Flower of a. bright Tellow or Lemmon Colour. This Plant flowers in the Win- ter very freely, while it is in the ° Green-houfe, at which Time, the Leaves and Stalks grow longer than they ufisally do when the Plant is abroad: It delights in a-. bundance of Air, and will bear requent Watering; a very little -

_ proxime defcripta planta. |

. 7 Ficcides,

a Tn

Hi ‘flovia Plantarum

ners

=

Sueculentarunt.

DEc. IV,

Ficoides Afric. reptans, folio triangulari, wiridi, flore saturate purpureo.

‘ICOIDES hae promonto- mio Bone Spei oriunda. Solum ficcum faxofumque amat;

—caules enim & folia funt generis

fucculentioris; plantaque~ omni

ex parte humi ferpens,; obfidence humore, prompré purttefrir; adeo ut“ modicr imbres fatis; nifi raat

. . 2 ; nNutylot tunt)

‘olares aut locus|tbere is not a great fhare of Sun ~ Ma

The Club-leafed Creeping- Fig-Marygold, with pur- ple Flowers, ?

qo IS Fig-Marygold comes from the Cape of Good Hope: ft delights in a dry flony Soil, for the Stalks and Leaves are very fucculent, and the whole Plant creeping upon the Ground, will eafily rot with wet. and fo it requires little Water where

declivis aguas conf4tim minuant.|to dry the Surface of the Earth Notatu: dignum. quod genicula,\smmedjately ; the Earth does not

vbi folia prorump int € novellis: diftin@a . funt_ colore rubeo-pur- pag

~ . ee Bom, oe

4 hems

Planta hec apud me fforebat menfé Septembri flores radjatos purpute coloris. Summitatibus prefectis numerus facillime adau- geatur fub zeftivo fole, >. -

Seema: ee =

having the

“Foints where the Leaves

appear in the new Shoots,

|marke with a reddife Peple-Co°

lour. sss.

This Plant flower’d with me in September, mith radiated Flowers of a Purple-Colour.°’ It is eafilp

propogated by Cuttings planted in

Ficoides,

draw~ of the “Mojftire p hy wy of it felf: It is remarkable, for |

athena esti ir scaaemcaneereidamemaattats nina

perth tS NS AE ine

Che

Hiftoria Plantarum. Suecwlentarniti DEC. IV. 7

Gircides Africana, . longiffimis & foliatis naf- centibus,ex alisyfoliorum, Boerh. Ind. alt. 290. ae 18. | sages FFRICANA eft tezo. Bi:

‘coides, frutefcit: ad altitudme| -*

pedafem, cum*minutis foliis per . ‘pares adginicula difpofitis, ion ene 30 .

:: Gaiden cextremitates in duris sintefite {pinas definunt, squib divifis tenuioris ¢m una cum ‘fafciculis foliorum fi flo- rumgue pallide purpuret coloris. Florendi tempus cedit menfibus Augufto & Septembri. Singulis annis, tempore aftivo, renovetur ex) farmentis, \cum ad tertium annum non durabit. - Rariffimam haneplanitam foltim vidi in fortis releberrimz nupér Brerece! de Beaufort. <<)

*

aculéis |

The Thyme-leaf’d Tbioeny: - Fig-Marygold,

Y HES is brought to vs fab >the Cape of ‘Good Hope: r|Jé tenes’ a Shrub-about a Foot — igh, with {mall triangular Leaves, of a Light-green Colour; fet in

\|Pairs atthe Foints.

“The oe a the Stalks are terminated with bard fharp Thorns , which branch into fmaller Thorns’: which, come Knots of Leaves, and the Flowers-of a pale Colour. The flowering Seafon isin Auguft and September, It

foould be renewed nik Tear, by Cuttings planted int eeu

for it will not live to be three Years old, I have only feen this Plant. in the Garden of the late

cellebrated Dutchefs of Beaufort.»

Ficoides,

18 | Hiftoria Plantarum

Suecilentarum, © Dec. 1V,

Ficoides Afric, reptans, folio triangulari, craffo, lon- giffimo flore intus Luteo,

extus aurantiaco,

JC etiam planta Africam H genitale folum fatetur, que humi procumwnbit femper,.& te- deunte ©attute sténellos..emittit furculos utrinque, quorum. prope extreinitates prodeunt- flores pedi- culis infii tentess:pollicem & di: midium® longiss' Gur flos\ fefe aperuit, Peete ‘pats. fuperio coloris lucidé: flavi,. pars .tamen alter. colore\. fubfulco. favoqut sha at at ?

: Folid fora iia ‘hal: Minus ‘tres pollices slong, Bras mined color racematim porate

Ay a OS

3Aiae ayelfe: wank: it; ae pide ey fostly a Caturs: cat + ketasd Als

- ‘eo

The creeping Clufter-leafod Fig-Marygold; with a Yellow-Floweri 0

HIS is alfo an African

which salways lies tlofe to a Earth; fending forth hak Shoots every, Summer, from a Sides, near the Extremities of which, come the Flowers upon Foot - fralks, about an Inch and balf, longs when, the Flower) is open, thewupper Sideof the Petals is of a bright Tellow-Colour, but the: back Side of them is varia~

gated, with: a hie if. Red and

Yellome- + ‘ The: a > aati are. Epiangulen and..near, thrée Inches. tng. fet

\togéther in istics of a raft

green Calomr. ~ der |

)Dhis: Fitoides;. \as, os ofS: a other: fuscctslent Plants,... may: be _encreafed 4 pee a ae

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HISTORIA

Sg lantarum Succulentarum: GOMPLEC TENS;

- Hafce Infequentes PLanras,

Aloentcilicet, Ficotden,Cereum,Melocardum Aliafque ejus Generis, |

Que in Horto Sicco coli non poffunt. SECUNDUM.

Prototypum, puta Naturam, in TABELLIS fEneisINSCULPSTAS.

EARUNDEM

Defcriptiones huc accedunt, & Cultura.

Drcas-¥:

A RICARDO BRADLEY, Prof. Bot. Cantab. R. S. S. * LONODINTI: Impenfis AUTHORIS,, Proftant Venales a Gul. Mears apud infigne Acai prope portam Templi. 1727.

Mo.Bot. Garden, - 1902,

HISTORY

SUCCULENT PLANTS:

CONTAINING

The ALogs, Ficoips, (or Fic-MaryY- GOLDS) TorcH-TuistLis, MELON- TuisTLes, and fuch others as are not capable of an Hortus-ficcus.

Engraved, from the Originals, on Copper- Plates; With their Defcriptions, and Manner of Culture.

DEcADE V.

By RICHARD BRADLEY, Profeffor of Botany ia the Univerfity of Cambridge, and F.R. S,

i O RR DON:

Printed for WILLIAM MEARS, at the Lamb without Temple-Bar. MDCCXXVII.

HONORATISSIMO VIRO CAROLO-WAGERO, Equiti, Uni ex Dominis Delegatis quibis rerum

Maritimarum cura mandatur, eidem-

que Claffis Britannia pretetto, et Re- vie Majeftati a Secretis Confilijs.

Hee quinta Decas Succulenta- rum Plantarum in mafcimum Honoris fignum humillime De- dicatur et offertur ab, ©

Obfequentifimo et addittifimo,

jfrbo Servo,

* Ricarpvus BRADLEY,

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE Sir CHARLES WAGER, One of the Lords Commiffioner’s of the Admiralty, and one of His Majeftys . Moft Honourable Privy-Councel. _ This Fifth Decade. of Succulent Plants

is moft Humbly Dedicated and Pre- fented,

ee moft obliged,

humble Servant ,

RICHARD BRADLEY,

Sturt fc.

pag ip

Decaty.

Hiftoria Plantarum Succulentarum.

Cotyledon Africana frutefcens ore umtbellato Coccineo.

-C. Commelin. Hort. ug lodam. ae 24.

rotundum, tubenrem

‘tum, qui in ramos dividitur, quos folia ex adverfo bina ita ampleCuntur, ut a ra- mulis tranfadigi videantur, hee

pe

fucculenta, lata, mucronata, &|p

pauca hirfutie fimbriata funt, ramulorum cacumina pulcherrime

ornantut floribus numerofis, coc- cineis,

* bet hec Cotyledon i & quafi' genicula |{\s x

intermbsae 73 -ghse E owies' The Scarlet-flower’d Afri-

can Cotyledon.

HIS Plant rifes with a round Stem, fome what reddifh pnd knots ed, which divides it elf into feveral Bran- Pes; befet with Leaves in Crofs-. pairs at the Foints. Thefe Leaves are fucculent, fomewhat broad and —

aed, and a pe i ringed on the Edges. On the Tops of the Stalks come the Flowers in great Numbers of a beautiful Carmine

Colour

oo Hiftoria Plantarum

Succulentarun.

DéEc.V.

cineis, & umbellatin pofitis, & erectis, qui omnes monopetali, tubulati 8¢ quinquifidi funt, & in calyce quinquifido & fuccu- lento nafcuntur, fructus é variis vaginulis componitur femine mi- nutiflimo foetis :

Per integram floret 2xftatem.

Ex avulfo ramulo in terram de- pado facillime _propagatur cum ilico radices agat.

Cafpari Commelin M. D. Bo- tanices Profefloris & Academiz

Crfaree Nature Curioforum College Horti Medici Amftel Aidamenfis Plante Rariores & Exotica: Printed at Leyden 1706,

Colour placed in Umbells; they are monopetalous but divided at the Tops into five Parts, each Flower ftanding in a green fuccu- lent Calyx; and the Fruit or Seed- pod containing feveral Cells, full of very {mall Seeds. 3

It flowers in moft of the Sum- mer Months. ©

We may propogate this Plant eafily, by fetting Cuttings off it in the Earth, any time in the Sum- mer. I brought this Cotyledon firft into England, Anno. 1714.

Ficoides

PSE ee ORES.

=

Dec. V. H iftoria Plantarunt Succulentarune,

9

Ficoides Afric. folio trian-

gulari, enfiformi, breviffi-|

mo, flove purpurafcente, fulamentofo. Boerth. Ind. alt 190. N* 19,

“IGOIDES hee. rariffimi {uperat. digitos quinque,. & inter tribules {uos minimum eft . Arbufculum ; Folia vix frumenti granis Majora, compacté fatis & conjunétius pofita in fuos ramuf- culos. Menfe Augufti flores emittit radiatos, cofque . Elegantiflimos purpurei coloris.. as Fructus hujus plante, in An- glia hadenus me vidiile non Me- mini, quamvis paflim apud Hor- tulanos curiofiores invenienda eft hc planta. -

Eam propogabis facilé fi ejus

ramufculum in terram_inferneris menfibus Junij & Julij. Hac planta etenim ejufque generis alia, amant aerem libe- rum, nifi plané nimis frigidum.

The Thyme-leaf’d Fig-

Mary gold,

pps TS. FigeMarygald felom. makes a Plant above fine, Foct bigh,.and is one of the {mal . left Shrubs. of this Family. The, Leaves are hardly bigger than, Grains of Wheat, and are fet very

(lofe together upon the Branches. *

The Flowers are radiated and of a fine Purple-Colour.

“They appear about Auguit, but

L-bave not yet obferv’d any ripe Fruit, notwithflanding it is grow- ing in many curious Gardens.

It is eafily propogated, by plan- ting Cuttings or young Shoots off it, in June or July.

|) This Plant; and all others of

the fame Tribe, lov®an open free

Ait, when the Weather is not ex-

treme cold.

Ficoides

~

ae aor

10 Hifloria Plantarum

Dec. V.

Succulentarunz,

Ficoides Afric. folio triangu-| lavi, enfiformi, glanco craffo, flore amplo, aureo.

TS ICOIDES hee in Ilocis faxofis crefcit propé pre- montorium Bone fpei, folia ejus triangularis funt figure, Coloris quidam viridis ad Albedinem aliquatenus accedentia, digitos tres longa propé terram racema- tim crefcentia. Flores fe oftentant in menfe Augufti, coloris aurei fuis pedi-

culis quinque vel fex .digitos | h

~ long} infiftentes. ~ Eam propogabis facillimé fi ejufdem ramufculos terre infer- veris ut moris eft cum prius de- fcfiptis, | < Adamat’ Acrem’ Calidum) &

White-leaf’d Fig-mary- gold, |

HIS Plant grows in flony Places, about thé Cape of Good Hope; the Leaves, which grow in Clufters clofe tothe Earth,

@ triangular Figure, and about’ three Inches in length. 3

The Flowers appear in Auguft, upon Foot-ftalks of five or fie nches in length, they are radiated

| and of a Galden-Colour,

We may eafily: propopate this Plant, if we fet the Off-fets in the Earth, as divedted for the

| former,

Lt loves’ a’ dey warm Air and |

Avidumh, aqua vero parums:

—|Sttle Water.

Fisojdes

The Dwarf ~ Tiriangulars

are of a greenifo white Colour, of

«lilt oi dS

' i + j ‘ q | ; i : ; ? j pir Nees f i

-.

inn’

oiilions

DEGi"Vi sos ftoria Plantarum Sneculentarnm.

cme amtes ste

If

‘ Senecio Africanus arbor{cens, folio Ficoidis Come]. rar. 40. * ;

LANTA hac. citifimé fl = crefcit, fed in hortis noftris pedes duos altitudine raro fupe- rat; caulem habet craflum & ro- tundum cui undique adherent folia crafla, fucculenta & mucro- nata, ramulorum cacumina in varios terminantur pediculos, qui flores in®calyce multifciflo &

_ cylyhdraceo . ferunt . multifidos, {China, pavaeia,. < s

Cxterum glauca eft tota Planta _ & rore cxfio obduda.

_ * Ex*avulfo ramulo, ut omnes . plante aizoides, facile multipli- —catur. oe

‘Succus hujus plante vifcofus, oderatus & dulcis eft.

* a ' ahs i f b ae ne & Ais GS ° rs ch (8, Sew ia ee oe pe Lea = 5 ot 3

Ba

é

The Ficoid-leat'd Afiicai Groundfell

HO this Plant isa quick

Grower, yet it rarely exceeds the height of two. Foot in our Gardens. The Stem is round and thick, fending forth many Branches, about the Tops of which, grow the Leaves, without any exakt Order; they are thick, juicy, and pointed at the Ends,. fromphe Extresnities of which Branches, come forth the

lower-Stalks, bringing Cluflers of

Flowers, each. conjifling of many Flowrets, inclofed in a Calyx of a.

|Qlindrical Figure, thefe are fuc-

ceeded by Pappofe Seeds. - i _ Both the fee and Stalks o

| the Plant are glaucous, and pow-

dered with a whitifh Dew, which

{feels fomewhat oily.

The Slips or Cuttings of this Plant, as well as thofe A. other fucculent Plants, will eajily take root. | :

The Fuice of the Plant is vif

cous, fweet-[cented, and fweetilh to the Tafte. pores

Cir the aL 4 . Euphor-

i. .

Hifioria Plantarum Succulentarums,

Dec, Vt

Eupborbinm Africanum caule fquamofo, tuberofo, minus,

Boerh, Ind. alt. 258 N° 7.

\ Rk? DIX _ hujus Tithymali alba &¢ craffa fibras aliquot emittit albicantes : Caules ex ip- fa radice exit rotundus virridis & fquamofus, circa caulis naf- cuntur ramuli & ut caulis fqua _mofi, fingulis f{quamis, cum juni- ores ficut, folia innafcuntur par- va & augufta. | In caulis ramulorumque fum- mitate pediculi, oriuntor mediam unciam longi, rotundi & craffi, quorum -quifque florem gerit al- hum) unicum, monopetalum, in quingue profundas lacinias divi- futn, Ut pentapetalus appareat, hae itaque petala denuo in tres quatuorve-aliss lacinias dividun- Seminibus ‘matur’s; & avulfis rimulis facils multiplicari poteft, quum, ut cetera Tichymalorum | Species'aizoides ~~“ > Tota planta copiofe fa@efcer.

African Spurge, es HE Root of this Spurge is

white and thick, fending out whitilh Fibres ; from this Root rifeth the Stem round. green and {quamous, from which, fooct the Branches that alfo are {quamous ; from each of which, while the

{mall narrow Leaves.

From the Tops of the Stems or Branches, come forth round thick Foot-flalks half an Inch in length, on which come the Flowers , which are whitifh and monopetalous,

and thefe feeming Petals are again cut in three ar four Divifions.

We may eafily encreafe this, or any other fucculent Tithymal by fowing the Seed, or by Cuttings.

Adamat aerem. calidum ‘8 ar'-' duin.

The whole Plant is very full of Milk. It ioves a warm dry Air.

Ficoides

The Large White flower d -

Shoots are young, fraot forth”

deeply cut in five, fo that the— Flowers feem to be pentapetalous, -

|

Short fe. ARN

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2 OAM IO Se

A EO memes me ngs te se

Star? fe

DEc. Vv.

iH. ftoria Plantarum Succulentaruu.

‘3

Ficoides Africana, frutefcens,

perfoliata, folio, triangn-|

lari glauco, punCiato,cortice lignofo eandido, tenui, Bo- erh. Ind. alt 290. N°” 16.

¥Ec indigena Africe aliquanto lato perfoliato generi ter- tA me4 decade «memorato confi milis, verum folio minora & vindiora eo habet, extreme etiam in hac foliorum partes rubentibus {pinis interferuntur. ) Hujus flores rubicundi, purpu- rei, ejus artem apices flavi coloris fant. Flofculum hunc circiter| ae finem apparentem {ciffioni- us propogare eodemque quo alie Ficojdes modo excolore licet.

The Thorny Perfoliated Fig-Marygold.

»

HIS is a Native of Africa, . Somewhat refembling the large perfoliated kind Mention’d in my third Décade, but has its Leaves f{maller and greener than that, and alfo the Extreme Parts of the Leaves in this, are fet with

reddifh Thorns. - The Flowers of this, are of @ reddifh Purple Colour, and their

Apices are Yellow, their Eloffoms appearing about the End of Sum- mer, We 7 propogate this 2

Cuttings, aud cultivate it Icke

the other Ficoides.

e

F; icoides

14 < Hiftoria Plantarum

Succulentarum. DEc. V-

Ficoide# Afric. procumbens Tripolii fucculento folio, love candido. Pluck. Mant. 77- Tab. 339. fe 4.

H«< Planta quamvis multos

annos in Anglid fuerit, raro

tamen. in hortis inveniatur, ex A-

frica Proven 5 cito gravis eradit, adeo at Terrain verfus vergat, . et Stipitibus eam alligari necefle fit, ut in Figura oftendimus, aliter in: terram proftrata appareat.

; 5

Circiter Augu/inm petaliis argen- tei caudaris, apicibus in centro.co- loris fframinei, floris-edit.

aliis multo major eff,

Hujus fruus. communis generis

Notangum, coftas foliorum in medio, » colore purpureo fore, quum reliqua folii pars pallida viridatare fit. : |

Surculos five {ciffuras plantando,

antequam utriculi five floris germi-

ha in ljs appareant, propageture

The Daify-leav’d Creeping- Sa. Fig-Marygold.

TE HIS Plant bas been many Years in England, buts jet a fcarce Plant in the Gardens’, jit is a Native of Africa, and foon becomes weighty enough to encline tothe Ground; . fo that unlefs we te it up-to Sticks, as I have re- prefented it in the Figure, it will

«|e flat to the Earth,

It flowers commonly about Au- guilt, the Petals being of a Silver- White, and the Apices in. the

~ Centre, of a Straw Colour...

~The Frait-of this is mich larger, im proportion, than any of the common Sorts. : . It is remarkable, that the Ribb in the Middle of the Leaves are of a Purple Colour, while the

jother Part of the Leaf is of a

pale Green. 3 It may be propagated Ly plant- ing the Ships or Cuttings before the

*' Flower-Euds appear upin them

aes Ficoides

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Ficoides Africana, folio Plan- .

taginis undulato, Micis Ar- Kenteis Afperf I ournf, Ac. R. Sc. Ann. 1705, |

EC Animalis Planta, cui A- daiantine arboris nomen in didi, ut ab Hortulanis dignofcatur, a Bone-Spei, Premontorio proveni- ens.

Unoquoque Anno a feminibus Martio et Aprili menfibus fatis ex-

citanda eft.

Quum primum comparet, “fo iz aliquantulum formam. . foliorum Plantaginis affimilant 5 duos vel tres uncias lata, quinque aut fix Digitis longe culminibus pundctata, intra duos aut tres menfes frondefcit, harum antem frondium folia diverfe admodum Figure a prima fronde funt, ut Icon oftendit: tum autem prime tum poftreme frondes itidem caules fucculanti admodum, et puftulis limpide aque conteci funt, que, fole Plante al- lucente, totidem adamantes affimi- lant: Cerciter Menfis Fulium et: Augufium flores, argentei candoris

aliquando’

The Diamond Fig-Mary- gold,

HIS is an annual Plant from the Cape of Good- Hope, to which I have given the Name of the Diamond-'Tree, for it to be known among ft the Gardi- neVS. It is raifed, every Tear, from Seeds fown in March or April,

liap Whew it ff appears, the

Leaves are fomewhat of the Figure of the Plantain Leaves, Sometimes three or four Inches

broad, and about five or fix Inches

jlong, pointed on the Tops; but in

two or three Months it branches forth, and the Leaves of thofe Branches are of a very different Figure from the firft, as the Icon fets forth, but the firft and laff Leaves, as wellas the Stalks, are very fucculent, and coverd over with Bliflers of clear Water which fhining upon the Plant, refembles fo many Diamonds; about July or

videntur,- imum vyerfus colorem : carncum

+

Augult the@Flowers appear of a

Silver-

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16 Hiftoria Plantarum Succulentarum. * . DEC. V

carneum quodammodo reprefentant Silver-White, enclining towards plerumque menfe Novembris perit, the Bottom to a Elefh Colour, Ie apertis campis, eftivo tempore cre- commonly perifbes in November, {cere gaudens: Hain fruticem, and loves t@ grow in the open duos pedes altum edentem vidi. (Ground during the Sammer. I — feen it make a Shurb two

Foot bigh.

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Ficoides Neopolisasam flore|

candido HA. Le Buy ies Ind, alt, 29%. Nor 15+

ANC» Plantam’ unam — ex Kali’s Parkenfoni, vel ut ali« ter efferam, Neopolitanam, non vero (ut quidam Autumant) Afr7-

canum Ficoidem efle exiftimo. Plan=| of

tam circiter duos pedes:altam effi cit ; rami-Autum et Frondes admo- dum fucculente et debiles, qua de caufa pedis <altitudinem fuperans fe fuftentare nequit ; lucida viridi- tate argento arfperfa fulget. Flores ut in tabula viders: licet 3 lo- eo. colore

“ Seiffonitvs ut 5 lio Fissides pro- pogitur. sa Sa

The, Rofemary-leav'd, Fig- ee a r ay HIS Plant E fiippolt to be one of the Kali’s of Parkin- fon, or that it is in otherTerms 2 Fig- Marygold of Naples, and not of Africa, as fome take it to be; It makes a Plant-of about tobFoot high ,but the Branches and Leaves ave very fucculent and weak, fa that it cannot wel fupport iff when it is more than a Piet hig It is all of a Light-green Colour, /bining; or ifit was ; powder d with Silver. The Flowers are er len:

|as in ‘he E Figure, and are of a pale | Straw Colour, a,

Caring in moft of the Summer Months. It is propagated from Cuttings,

Tike the i! tee ages

Cotyle-

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oe Hiftoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Dec. V.

The Arborefcent White- Cotyledonoidas Afric. flower’d, Cotyledon,

EC Planta Africe indigena,|" PHT S Plant is a Native of H Ficoides quaidam aflimilans Africa, refembling fome foliis, que tranfverfis paribus juxta|Serts of Ficoides in its Leaves, articulus ponuntur. Fruticem duo-|and are fet in crofs Pairs at the bus pedibus altum facit, e caule] Foynts: It makes a Shrub\about rotundo, aliquantulum nodofo ful-|two Foot high, proceeding from a co rubro colore Orientem.. Injround Stem, fome-what knotted, fummitatibus ramorum caules Flc-|of a brownifh Red Colour. Onthe sum circa Menfem Septembrem ap-| Summits of its Branches the Flow- parent, culminibus. gerentes par-jer-Stalks appear about September, vos candidos flores, qui Marcefcen-|bearing on their Tops {mall White res flavefcunt, et denno fefe occlu-| Flowers, which, when the decay; dunt; ut alie fucculente Plante|turn Yellow, and then clofe them-

ropogatur, tant opere crefcit, utlfelves.. It is propagated like other

rons in Terram -decidens radices|Suceulent Plants, and.is ina par«

agit. Hance Plantam primum injticwlar Manner given fo much to

Angliam, Anno 1714s attuli. Encreafe, that even a fallen Leaf

| _ | will take root with only falling to - . the Earth, I brought this fir/t ine Fd BPS. to England, Anno 1714.

; THE END.

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