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To the Reader -329 SITO UTICE ETOOTH NAM ante aliquot re- 2T is now ſome Tears tro annos colligere ſince I began to col- 1 JE incepi ejus Generis lect ſuch Plants as Plantas quæ com- might properly take mode in hoc Tra- Place in the follow- etatu defcribi poffent; in quo, quin- ing Treatiſe; which at firſt was quaginta figuras tantum, quem- deſign'd to have contain'd fifty admodum ego tum temporis co- Figures only; but finding that gitabam, contineri volui. Sed the Spirit of Botany was not poftquam rem ipfam perpendit-powerful enough to pay the Ex- fem, fatis vidi utilitatem meam, pence of Engraving the Copper- ex Studio Botanico, adeo fore Plates, I had ſome Time diſcon- modicam atque tenuem, ut Ta-tinued my Thoughts of Publiſh- bellarum Ænearum Sculpturam ing it; till now, at the Deſire ne vix quidem penderet, atque of ſome Friends (who are unwil- idcirco mutaviconfilium, aliquan- ling the Deſign bould be totally diu, illas reddendi publicas; donec laid aſide, when many Tables Amicorum tandem rogationibus are already finiſked) I have re- (qui hoc inftitutum meum plane new'd my former Reſolution of neglectum iri noluerunt; cum Printing it; but in ſuch a Man- jamjam Tabellæ plures eſſent per- ner as will be more eaſy to the fectæ) refumpferim priora mea con- Purcbafer, and may tend to filia, make To the Reader Ad Lectorem. make the Deſign more perfect filia, illas in lucem edendi, & ea than it could have been in the quidem Methodo, quæ & Emp- firil propoſed Method. toribus, & totius Operis perfe- &ioni, quam prima deſcipta Me. thodus, longe accommodatior eft & convenientor. The Publifoing of theſe Icons Editio harum Iconum per De- in Decades, will give me Liber-cades, temporis mihi præbebit ſa- ty (if I meet with Encourage- tis (ſi ex re mea, id laboris fore ment) to continue the Deſigning percepero) ut deſcribantur & in- and Engraving of every Succu- Iculpantur. Succulentä Plantæ lent Plant which is or can be quæcunque, five a meipfo, five diſcover'd either by my ſelf or ab amicis forent detectæ. Sed . Correſpondents; but as it will quemadmodum Plantæ omnes e- not be poſſible for me to collect | jus Claſſis una viçe a me inveni- at once all of one Tribe, ſo I ri non poffunt, ita, rationem, il- Mall not be capable of obſerving las in certas Claſſes diſponendi, ob- any ſtrict Order in the Ranging fervare non erit mihi poſſibile. and Clafing of them. Before I conclude, I muſt ac- Denique, Benevole Leftor, fic quaint my Reader, that what- tu tibi perſuadeas velim, omnes ſoever Figures I ſhall publiſh, Plantarum Imagines, quas tecum will be ( as near as I can make ſum communicaturus, genuina- them) perfect Copies of thoſe rum Plantarum Expreffiones fore Plants they are to repreſent, (quantum id fieri poflit) veriſſi- und ſhall be Engraved by the mas, & ab optimis elaboratas beff Hands. Sculptoribus. 097 onote moltott uncle ជា Ft. ន. បែ៤ tapi 90 101 docs Oslo CEREUS DO 1 H:Hulſbergh Sculp: D E c. I. I Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. ***** ***** SES CEREU ere&tus maximus Americanus hexangulatus, Great upright TORCH- flore albo radiato. THISTLE Cactus hexagonis Lin. A T DÁMUS HOLT, vir His Beautiful Plant longe ingeniofiflimus, was firſt rais'd in in Ædibus Epiſcopi England, by the in- Win Oppido vulgo Ful-hal Holt , at the Bishop Londinenfis quæ funt in genious Mr. Adam , ham, primus erat inter Britan- of London's Palace at Fulham: nos qui coluit fovitque Plantam It is wonderful to ſee this Plant hanc quam afpicis pulcherrimam: riſe out of the Earth in a Pillar- Cujus ex terra Ortus mirabilis pro- like Form, ſhooting directly up- fecto eſt viſu. Surgit etenim Co- wards, without Leaves or Bran- lumnæ adinftar, foliis ramiſque ches, 'till it will attain to the vacua, pedes viginti plus minus Height of about twenty Foot, as alta ; quemadmodum in Horto I have ſeen it in the Phyſical Medico Amſtelodamenſi, & Gardens at Amſterdam and at Lugduni Batavorum ipfe vidi. Leyden. It is of a Graſs-green Graminea viriditate nitet, forma Colour ; for the moſt part it plerumque fexangulata eft, & ali- has fix, but ſometimes reven quando feptem oftentat angulos, Ribs. On the Edges of theſe in quorum acumine, per integram are Knots of Spines of a light longitudinem, ſpinarum extant Brown, repreſenting little Stars; noduli, ftellularum inftar, fuſci from theſe Knots come forth the B Flowers 2 DE C.I. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Flowers about July or Auguſt, cujuſdam coloris ad albedinem which are radiated with white aliquantulum accedentis ; ex qui- Leaves, having a large Thrum bus nodulis, menſibus Julio 8 with Chives in the midſt , of a Auguſto, naſcuntur flores, petalis Sulphur Colour. albicantibus radiati, cum frequen- tiffimis Apicibus in medio, colo- ris plane Sulphurei The whole Flower, when it Flos, cum ad plenam maturi- is Blown, is about four Inches tatem pervenerit, digitos qua- over ; but as yet, the Fruit has tuor præterpropter eft latus ; not come to Perfection in Eu- Fructum ejus maturum in Europa rope, notwithſtanding it has hactenus vidit nemo, quamvis in fairly bloſſom'd in the Gardens Horto Regis Gallia, Amſteloda- of Verſailles, Amſterdam, Ley- mi, Lugduni Batavorum, nec- den, and thoſe belonging to Sir non in prædio viri Illuftriſſimi Richard Child, Bart. at Wan-| D. Richardi Child, vulgo Wan- ſted, in Eſſex ſted, in Comitatu Eſex, abunde effloruerit. The Top of this Plant being Summitatem hujus Plantæ cut off in the Summer Months, æftate fi amputaveris , & in terra may be planted in the Earth, plantaveris, radices aget; modo and will ſtrike Root; provided it eam identidem aqua aſperſeris, & be often watered, and expoſed to Aeri libero expofueris, omnium the open Air; for it is the leaſt quippe plantarum eſt minime de- tender of any in this Tribe. licata. CEREUS 2 HHullbergh Sculpa DEC. I. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succullontarum. Per CEREUS Antericanus Hex- Small Six-rib'd TORCH- angularis minor. THISTLE Lanta hæc in locis Saxoſis na- THIS Plant is commonly fcitur, ubi formæ columna- found to proſper among ris emittit ramulos ad tantam al- Rocks, where it will put forth titudinem, ut ſe ſuſtinere neque-its Pillar - like Stems ſeveral ant, ſed deorſum inclinando ra- Foot in length, ſhooting upright, dices agant: Hi ramuſculi hexan-'till it wants Strength to ſuf- gularis ſunt formæ, obfiti ſpinulis, tain it ſelf, but inclining to- coloriſque plane ftraminei. wards the Earth, taker Root. The Stems of this ſort are Six- ribd, bearing on the Edges ſmall Knots of Spines, of a Straw Colour. In villa Regia vulgo Hamp- I have ſeen this Plant in the ton-Court, necnon in Horto Me-Gardens of Hampton-Court, and dico Amſtelodamenſi, vidi hanc the Phyfick Garden at Amfter- plantam, quidem, fed in nullo dam ; but at neither of theſe | horum locorum flores ferentem Places have I yet ſeen it to pro- me vidiffe memini. duce any Flower. Eam facile propagabis, modo It is eaſily propagated, by ſet- in Terra eam digitum unum pro- ting one of the Stems an Inch fundam plantaveris Æftivis men- deep in the Earth, during the ſibus. Aquæ parum, terram le- Summer Months. It requires viorem, Aerem vero calidum ex- very little Water, a light Soil, igit & ficcum. and a warm dry Air. B 2 Threea 4 DEC. I. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Three-ribb'd TORCH-CEREUS Americanus Tri- THISTLE. angularis radicoſus. Cactus triangularis Kin. HIS Plant is found grouping P Latitur, agens radices an- Saxofis in ftony Places, ſtriking Root naſcitur as it runs on the Ground, and pliſſimas eundo. Folia ejus (fi increaſing plentifully. The Leaves ea appellatione illa inſignire fas (if we may ſo call them) are fit) triangularis funt figuræ, & three corner'd, of a Graſs-green gramineæ viriditatis; fpinofis no- Colour, ſet with Knots of ſmall dulis colore fubflavidis, extremi- yellowiſh Spines on the Edges. tates ejus armatas vides. Folia I have ſeen one of theſe Leaves tres pedes longa vidi, radices near three Foot in length, with quadraginta vel eo plures ex fuis above forty Roots Springing out fimbriis in terram agentia. Nul- from the Sides of it; but, as los hactenus in Anglia protulit yet, it has produced no Flower Flores, etiamfi in Palatio vulgo with us, notwithſtanding there Hampton-Court, plantæ ejus ge- are ſome extraordinary large neris inveniantur ampliſſimæ, fe- Plants of this Sort in the Royal decim circiter pedes altæ, in Mu- Gardens at Hampton - Court, ros Hypocaufti radices ſuas agen- which ſtrike Root in the Walls tes. of the Conſervatory, and are near fixteen Foot high. This Plant requires little Wa- Planta hæc irriganda eft fub- ter, and a very dry warm Air, inde; in Aere ſicco & valde ca- for which Reaſon it is always lido conſervanda eft, quamobrem kept within Doars. ſub tecto retinenda eft fedulo. Opuntia 3 ) H:Hulpbergh Sculp 4 - DE C.I. 5 Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Plan Opuntia minima Americana, PINPILLOW, or Minion Spinofifima, flore Sulphureo: PRICKLY-PEAR. Cactus Curafavičus kein. Imall Indianin dir Lanta hæc in locis Saxofis THis Plant is found growing naſcitur ; folia ejus, quæ , , in ſtony Places ; the Leaves plerumque longa funt digitos of it are commonly about two duos, frequentiſſimis ſunt obfita Inches in length, and are very ſpinulis, colore flavidis ; planta thick ſett with Spines of a Straw- ipfa longitudine pedes duos raro colour; the whole Plant feldom ſuperat in noftris regionibus, ubi 'exceeds two Foot high in our hactenus nullos protulit Fructus Climate, where it has not been neque Flores, niſi in Pradio vul-known to produce either Flower go 'Badminton (cura & arte Il- or Fruit, unleſs in the Gardens at luftriffimæ Dominæ Duciſa de Badminton, belonging to that in- Beaufort, piæ memoriæ, reique comparable Patroneſs of Natu- naturalis fautricis maximæ ) ubijral Learning, the late Dutcheſs hæc planta, menfe Junio emiſit of Beaufort, by whoſe excellent flores; ejus Petala fulphurei ſunt Skill and Direction, this Plant coloris, Apices vero ejus albican- was brought to blosſom about June; tes aliquantulum. Fructus ejus the Leaves of the Flowers are of ad magnitudinem juftam quidem, a Sulphur Colour, the Chives more ad maturitatem vero non perye-1 inclining to white. The Fruit, altho' it was full grown, did not come to Maturity. Propaganda eft hæc planta ſi This Plant is propagated by ejus folia feparatim in terram pro- ſetting ſingle Leaves of it about funda ſemidigitum plantayeris, & half an Inch deep in the Earth, modice irrigaveris aqua. and requires very little Water. nerunt. Star- 6 DE C. I. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Star-pointed Ficoid, or Fig-Ficoides Capenfis, fruteſcens, Marygold, of the Cape of Folio tumido, extremitate Good-Hope. tab.g. ſtellata, Flore purpureo. Mesembryanthemum barbafui Lin THIS Ficoid cor Fig-Mary- Ficoides hæc citiffime creſcit, gold) is of quick Growth, fed in noftris hortis pedes but ſeldom exceeds the Height of duos alitudine raro fuperat; hujus two Foot in our Gardens ; the aliarumque plantarum ejuſdem fa- Leaves of this and many others miliæ, folia per Paria cruciatim of this Tribe, are ſet on in croſs funt pofita in articulationibus ; Pairs at the Joints ; they are of colorem fi reſpicias viriditatis ſunt a bright Green, elegantly varie- fplendentillumą, cleganter varic- gated with little Veſſels which gata vafculis dicta folia tegenti- compoſe their Covering ; theſe bus, quæque in fummitatibus fuis Leaves are adorn'd at their ſtellata funt, cum albicantibus Points with Star-like Thorns, ſpinulis iiſque tenerrimis. very white and tender. The Flowers Phew themſelves Menſe Auguſti flores emittit ra- about Auguft, they are radiated, diatos, eofque elegantiffimos pur- and of a beautiful Purple Colour; purei coloris. Fructus hujus plan- but I have not yet ſeen any ripe tæ in Anglia hactenus me vidiffe Fruit of this plant in England; non memini, quamvis paflim apud although this Kind is common e- Hortulanos curiofiores invenienda nough in every curious Garden. fit hæc planta. We may propagate this Sort, Eam propagabis facile fi ejus by ſetting the Slips of it in the ramuſculum in terram inferueris Ěartli about June or July ; it menfibus Junii & Julii; irrigan- will bear Watering, and may be da eſt ſubinde, ac in Aere libero expoſed to the open Air from manere poteft, ab initio menſis May 'till about October ; for Maii, ad menfem O&obrem uſque; this, and all others of the ſame hæc planta etenim, ejuſque generis Tribe, delight to be abroad when aliæ, amant Aerem liberum, niſi the Air is not too ſharp. plane nimis frigidum. V Dill. Eltti. 245,246. Ficoides 15 H Hulpbergh sc: M 6 H:Hulpbergh Sc: DE C.I. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum, 7 Ficoides Capenfis fruteſcens, Foliis teretibus, confertis, Grey Spindle-leav'd FIG- glaucis, Flore albo MARYGOLD. membryanthemum pleudens Liu Piana Lanta hæc, codem modo quo THIS Plant, like the former, illa quam ſupra proxime de- may be propagated by Plant- fcripfimus, eft propaganda, menſi-|ing Slips of it in the Earth, di-, bus puta æftivis inſerendo in ter- ring the Summer Months. ram ejus ramuſculum. Formam præ ſe fert Arbuſculi It makes a pretty Shrub, com- pulcherrimi, pedem unum plus mi-monly about à Foot high. The nus alti. Caulis ejus dureſcit & Stalks become hard and woody, ligneſcit, folia racematim profe-bearing their. Leaves in Cluſters, rens glauca. Ad media Æftatis of a pale Green. About Midſum- in ramufculorum extremitatibus merthe Flowers appear at the Ex- emittit flores, argentei, ſed Cen-tremities of the Branches, of trum verſus ſtraminei fere co-Silver-colour, but inclining to a loris. pale Tellow in their Center. Fructus ejus maturos Britannia The Fruit of this Sort has not noſtra hactenus non protulit. yet ripen'd in England. 1. Dill. Alth. 270. a Green 8 DE c. I. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. the fame manner as the fores HC Planta, haud fecus Ficoides Capenſis fruceſcens, Green Spindle-leay'd FIG- Folio tereti pun&tato, Pe- MARYGOLD. talis luteis. Mesembryanthemum bicorum din. THIS may be increasd after ÆC Η quam illa ſuperious modo going Plant, and, like it, makes deſcripta, poteft propagari; Arbuf- a Shrub of about a Foot high.culum etenim eft pedem unum The Stalks are woody, bearing præterpropter altum. Caules ejus, Graſs-green Leaves in Pairs at ſunt lignoſi, Folia autem Gra- the Joints. mineæ ſunt viriditatis, & ad arti- culationem binatim poſita. About October the Flowers be- Menſe O&tobris Flores appa- gin to appear, of an Orange-co-rent, qui pomi Aurantii referunt lour before they open ; but being colorem ; ſed poftquam ſunt ex- once Blown their Leaves are of plicati, eorum petala flavidiſſimi a bright Yellow, only tip'd at ſunt coloris, ſed in extrematibus their Points with Orange. aureis variegata punctulis. I have not yet ſeen the Fruit Nullus hactenus in Anglia hujus of this Plant ripe in England. plantæ fructus apparuit maturus. 1. Dill. alk. 260. Ficoides 7 ****s site H.Hullbergh Sculp: 8 DEC. I. 9 Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Ficoides Capenſis, Folio te-l bure reti Argenteo, Petalis per- Silver Spindle-leavd Fig- plurimis Aurantiacis. MARY GOLD. Musembryanthemum pricali plin HA ÆC planta Arbuſculum THIS Plant is a Shrub, like eſt ſuperioribus non diſſi- the former, eaſily propagated mile, eodem modo propagandum, from Slips or Cuttings. inſerendo puta in terram ejus ra- muſculos. Bali Caules habet lignoſos, fuſcico- The Stalks are ſometimes woo- loris, Folia per Paria ex Articula- dy; of a browniſh Colour, bearing tionibus emittens, punétis varie- the Leaves in Pairs at the Joints. gata Argenteis , quæ, fole fplen- Theſe Leaves are ſeemingly pow- dente, hujus plantæ pulchritudi- der'd with Silver, which gives a nem augent plurimum.'esta beautiful Luſtre to the Plant, bron when the Sun fbines upon it. Flores ejus apparent ad ultima The Flowers appear, at the Æſtivi temporis in ramulorum latter End of the Summer, on the extremitatibus. Petala eorum Tops of the Branches. Their de nique Aurei & Aurantii mix- Leaves are finely intermix'd with tim coloris ; meridie ſe aperiunt, Gold and Orange Colours ; the quemadmodum & aliæ multæ Bloſſoms always open at Noon, hujus generis plantæ. Fructum as many others of this Tribe maturum hactenus apud me non uſually do. The Fruit has not protulit. 1 yet ripen'd with me. v. Dill Setti. 294 с Creeping 10 De c. 1. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Creeping Spindle-Leav'd Ficoides - Capenſis, bumilis FIG-MARY GOLD. tereti Folio, fiore coccineo. Mesembryanthemum tempuifolium Lin. THIS Ficoid (or Fig-Mary-Ficoides hæc citiffime creſcit ; gold) is of quick Growth, & in terram ferpendo ex qua- running upon the Ground, and libet articulatione dimittit radi- taking Root at every Joint; the ces. Caules graciles funt & te- Stalks are very ſmall and tender, neri, Folia binatim ferens gra- bearing Leaves in Pairs, of a mineæ viriditatis. Graſs-green Colour. The Flowers ſew themſelves Flores in extremitatibus ramo- about Midſummer, at the Ends rum æftivum circiter folftitium ſe of the Branches; their Leaves exhibent, coccinei plane coloris, are of a beautiful Scarlet, the Apices vero Pomi citrini colo- Chives of a Lemon Colour. Ireni æmulantes. Fructus maturos have not yet ſeen any Fruit of hujus plantæ nondum vidi. this Plant ripe in England. W. Dill H. Elth. ſ. 266. Ficoides 9 HHulbergh Scule 以​家​家 ​ 10 H:Hulbergh Sculp: DE C.I. II Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum, nua. Ficoides Capenfis, humilis, Folijs Cornua Cervina re-Night-flowering Harts-horn ferentibus, Petalis luteis, FIG - MARYGOLD. nocti-flora. Meremboyanthemum dplabriforme fin P Lanta hæc rariffime quinque THIS Plant ſeldom exceeds digitorum altitudinem fupe- five Inches in Height, and rat, quæ & lente admodum crefcit. is very pow of Growth. The Caules ejus funt lignoli, Folia Stalks are woody, bearing the glauca ferentes binatim, quæ Cer- Leaves in Pairs, ſomewhat re- vina quodammodo exhibent Cor- ſembling Bucks-horn in their Figure, and of a whitiſh green Colour. Flores in fummitate ejus appa- The Flowers appear in May rent menſe Maii, coloris citrini, on the Top of the Plant, of a &, quod obfervatu dignum, ante Lemon Colour, with this Singu- Solis occaſum ſeſe nunquam ex-larity, That they never open till plicantes. the Sun is gone down. Ramufculi hujus Plantæ facile Every little Sprout of this agunt radices menſe Junii vel Ju- | Plant will take Root, being plan- lii, terra modo fit levioris naturæ; ted in a light Soil about June aquæ parum, Aerem temperate or July; it requires little Wa- calidum in hyeme exigit. Hoc ter, and moderate warm Air in etenim Axioma eft generale & the Winter; and we may lay it veriſſimum, Quanto ſucculentior down as a true and general Rule, eft planta, tanto minus exigit that The more ſucculent any Aque. Plant is, the leſs Water does it 1. ill. Wth.249. ftill required FINI S. The END கட்டிங்க்க்க்க் ADVERTISEMENT. N. B. LE&orem monitum effe N. B. I Think my ſelf alſo oblig, velim, mihi firmum ed to give Notice effe propofitum, ad finem primas Reader, That as ſeveral of the quinquaginta Plantas complec- Plants which will be found in tentis Tractatuli, 'Tabulam Sy- this Hiſtory, have already been nonymorum adjicere methodicam, named by Authors ; ſo it is my quandoquidem plures ex his Plan- Deſign to add, at the End of the tis a me deſcriptis , apud Autho- firſt Fifty Plants, a Methodical res paſſim notentur ſuis nomini- Table of ſuch Names, bus Hisiyo Viro Præftantiſſimo HANS SLOANE, Bart. MEDICINÆ DOCTORI, Socio Collegii Medicorum Londonenſ, E T SOCIETATIS REGALIS NEC NON ACADEMIÆ SCIENTIARUM Pariſiis: In Grati animi Teſtimonium omni obſequio & officio hanc Secundam Decadem, D. D. D. Multis illi vinculis obſtrictus, RICARDUS BRADLEY. Τ Ο Sir HANS SLOANE, Bar'. DOCTOR of PHYSICK, Fellow of the College of Phyſicians, And of the ROYAL SOCIETY MEMBER of the RO Y AL A C A D E M Y AC Ο F SCIENCES in PARIS: As a Grateful Acknowledgment of his many Favours, this Second Decade of Succulent Plants is, with all Reſpect, moſt humbly Dedicated and Preſented, By His Moſt Obedient Humble Servant, RICHARD BRADLEY. J) Dec. II. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. I a Aloe Americana, Folio in Longum | Aculeum Abeunte C. B. Common American ALOE. Agave Americana Lin, OLOE hæc in hortis no- SE HIS Aloe is more com- ſtris quam alibi locorum mon in our Engliſh longe eſt frequentior, & Gardens than any Aeris frigidi adeo pa- s other, and is ſo bar- tiens, ut hujus generis dy that I have known plantam per totam Hiemem a Brumâ it to remain abroad all the Win. minime læfam me Vidiſſe memine- ter without ſuffering by the Froſt: rim. Folia ejus ad juftam magni- The Leaves when they are full tudinem protrufa, pedes quatuor grown are ſometimes near four funt aliquando plus minus longa, la-foot long, ſix inches broad, and ta digitos fex, craffa verò prope radi-three thick near the Root; they cem digitos præter propter tres, colo- are of the colour of Verdegris, lorem Glaucum planè referunt, quo-beſet with black Spines on their rum Extremitates fpinis nigris funt Edges. oblitæ. In Villa Regia Vulgo Hampton- The largeſt Plants of this kind Court Maximam fanè ejus generis that I have ever ſeen, were in the plantam Anno 1714. pullulantem Royal Gardensat Hampton-Court, vidiffe memini, Scapi floriferi a plantælwhere they blosſom'd in the Year 1714 2 Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Dec. II. 1714. The Flower-Stems, which meditullio prorumpentes pedes fep- came direčily out of the Center tendecim, in fublime ferebantur, tum of the Plant ſhot upright about fefe in ramuſculos multos diviſerunt, 17 foot high, and divided them- in quorum Extremitatibus racematim ſelves into many Branches upon germinabant flores flavi quidem co- the Extremity of which came loris, liquorem fuavitate melli mini- forth the Flowers in large Bunches mèinferiorem diſtillantes:Flos quique of a yellow Colour, dropping a digitos quatuor plus minus erat lon- Liquor as ſweet as Hony: Each gus præter ftilum & apicem, qui à Bloſſom was about 4 Inches in petalis menfuram digiti unius diſtare length beſides the Stile and Apices videbantur. which appear'd at leaſt an Inch be- yond the Petals. Theſe two famous Plants had no Duæ hæc plantæ celeberrimæ non leſs than 5 Flower-Stems a piece, minus quain quinque Scapos florife- 5 and continued their Bloſſom for a- ros oftentabant & per menſes duode- bove 12 Months and then dy'd. cim Continuos ufque florebant, tum The laſt Year a large Plant of marceſcentes evanuerunt. this kind bloſſom'd in the Gar Anno ſuperiore hujus generis plan- dens belonging to his Grace the tam vidi in Horto IlluſtriſſimiBuckin- D. of Buckingham in St. James's gamii Ducis prope agrum vulgo St. Park; the Flower-Stem of that James Park. Scapi ejus floriferi illos Plant was about the beight of the modò ſupra dictos omni ex parte re- former, and was branched in the ferebant. Flores hujus plantæ cum ſame manner : and as I had fre- ftrepitu aliquo erumpere ut non- quent Oportunities of viſiting nulli inconditè fatis memoriæ tradide- theſe Plants while they were flow- runt, auſim affirmare (ExpertusEnim ering, I can affirm that the com- loquor ) figinentum eſſe ineptiſfi. mon Story of their making a Noiſe mum. when the Flowers open bas no Truth in it. This Plant loves a light Sandy Solum amat planta hæc arenofum Soil, much Air, and little Water, & Levidenſe, Aeris inultum, aquæ and may be propagated from Suc-parum, illam propagabis fi Virgulas kers which frequently ſpring from ex radicibus ejus affatim & abundè the Roots. lerumpentes, in terram inferueris. 12, Dec. II. Hiſtora Plantarum Succulentarum. 3 THISTLE, TI Cereus Americanus Oétangularis, Great White TORCH- fpinis albicantibus. IC Cereus pafſim eft obvius in HIS Cereus is very common H Indiâ Occidentali & in ru- in the Weſt-Indies, growing pibus creſcens, ramos fuos Co- among the Rocks, and ſhooting lumnæ-formes ad magnam altitu- forth its Pillar - like Stems up- dinem propellens. Species hæc O&an-right to a great Heighth. This gularis eft, atque a fuis marginibus Sort is Octangular, putting forth fpniarum albarum nodulos digitum Knots of white Spines from the unum præter propter longos, emit- Edges of its Ribs about an Inch tens. Cacumen, vel plantæ ſummitas in Length. The Top of the Plant lanuginofà congerie dictarum ſpina- is adorned with a large Cluſter rum eſt ornata, quemadmodum ante of the ſame Thorns mix'd with Oculos ponet hæc figura, quæ ju- white Wool, as is expreſſed in ſtas ipſius plantæ in meo horto, hoc the Figure, which is exačtly the tempore creſcentis, exhibet dimen- Dimenſions of the Plant í bad fiones. In Villa Regia Hampton-Court in my Garden. At the Royal Gar- ujus generis plantas vidi plurimas, dens at Hampton-Court, I have fed hactenus in Europa Eforuiffe seen many of this Sort ; but I nondum mihi conſtat. "Planta eſt te- have not heard it has yet blof- nerima, aquam & aerem frigidum Somed in Europe. minime ferens. tender, and ſhould be kept from Water and Cold Air. It is very Long 4 Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Dec. II. Long-ſingle-Thorn'd-Eu. Euphorbium Capenſe, fpinis longis Euphorbia heptagona in . fimplicibus. HIS Curious Plant is a T. PLE Lanta hac quam afpicis Curio- Native of Africa, where fiffina Africano cælo eſt ori- it flouriſhes in Rocky Ground. unda in rupibus lociſq; faxofis It is yet so little known in Eu- EMoreſcens. In Europa hactenus adeo rope, that I have only found it eft hofpes & incognitus ut fi excipi- growing in the Leyden Gardens, am hortum Lugduno-Batavum (ubi where there is but one Plant of plantam unam tantum, figuram hanc it of the Size and Figure of magnitudine referentem inveni) nul- that repreſented in the Plate : libi locorum eam mihi obviam veniffe It grows after the Manner of memini. Creſcit eodem more ac Cereus a Cereus, but is so full of ſed ſucco lacteo ita abundans ut ex Milky Juice, that it iſſues out minimâ inciſione humor iſte diffluat at the leaſt Wound. The Spines abundantèr. Ejus fpinæ fufci ſunt are of a reddiſh Brown Colour, coloris, ſingulatim ad nodos cujuſque ſet on Jingly at every Joint on lateris pofitæ, ex quarum inedio ad each Rib. Among which, to- ſummitates plantæ erumpunt flores in wards the Top of the Plant, menſe Maii ejufdem plane coloris. come forth the Flowers of the Propagatur quemadmodum & aliæ fame Colour in May. This may hujus generis plantæ, amatq; aerem be propagated by Cuttings, like calidum atque Aridum. others of the Same Tribe, and loves a warm dry Air. Ficoides 13 414 14, Dec. 5 C. II. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. me puedouiformu GOLD. T Ficoides Capenfis, Caryophilli folio, Pink.leav'd Fig-MARI- flore aureo Specioſo. Meseurbryantlichu Fricana hæc eſt planta, Arbáf- . HIS Plant is a Native of A culum referens, pedes duos Africa, making a Shrub altum. Folia ejus figuræ funt triangu- about two Foot high. The Leaves laris, coloris vero graininei digitos are triangular, of a Graſs-green fere quatuor longa racematim in Ra- Colour, about four Inches in mulorum fummitatibus creſcentia, Length, and growing in Cluſters ex quorum centro proveniunt flores on the Tops of the Branches; coloris aurei in menſibus Junii atque from the Centre of which come Julii. forth the Flowers of a bright Terra arenoſa, Aer temperatus, Yellow Colour in June and July. Aquæ parum plantæ huic funt in de- It delights in a Sandy Soil, an liciis, Ex ſeininibus tantum (quan- open temperate Air, and little tuin ego novi) hæc planta propagari Water. I have not yet been able poteſt. to raiſe this Plant any other Way V Oil, Elth 28/ 30 than from Seed. B Short 6 Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Dec. II. P Lars Short Star-pointed Fig. Ficoides C apenfis humilis, folio te- reti, pilis in extremitate ſtellatis, MARIGOLD. Mesembru authessias bartha More purpureo. HIS like the former is a Lanta hæc quemadmodum & T Native of Africa, and proximè ſuperius defcripta folo grows in dry Ground. The whole Affricano originem fuam acceptam Plant ſeldom exceeds three In- refert, creſcitq; in locis aridis. Planta ches in Height; but runs cloſe integra digitos tres alitudine raro fu- to the Earth, putting forth lit- perat, & humilius prope terram cre- tle Branches, which are almoſt fcit, ramuſculos foliis afperis fere co- covered with rough Leaves of opertos, coloris glauci mittens, ſum- a Greyiſh Colour, adorned on mitates vero ornatæ funt nodulis fpi- their Points with Cluſters of ten-narum ftellas referentium albicantium der white Spines in a Star-like atque tenerrimarum cum punctuloau- Figure, with Spots of Orange rantii coloris in ipfarum centro. Flo- Colour in their Centre. The res purpurei ſunt coloris, in medio ve- Flowers are Purple, with bite rò albicante. In menſe Septembris Thrums in the Middle, and pen pullulare & fefe aperire folent. themſelves in September. We Eam propagabis facillimè, fi ejuf- may propagate this like the for- dem ramuſculos terræ inferueris ut moris eft cum priùs deſcriptis. Dill. Elth. 240 mer. Fiocides Fig. 15, را تو رد ممدود Dec. II. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. . 7. GOLD. Lanta hac ocyus creſcit, ramulos T Grower," Shooting fortla P4 Ficoides Capenſis procumbens Olea Olive-leav'd Fig-MANTE folio, flore albo, medio croceo. Mesembryuthenuyn tortuo fum Lur. hæc is a quick ſuos digitos novem altos porri- , gens in unius æftatis ſpatio. Ejus folia its Branches about nine Inches glauci ſunt coloris,binatim pofita,quæ long in a Summer. The Leaves tenella funt atque ſucculentiffuna. are of a pale Green, fet on in Flores habent petalos albos, in me- Pairs upon the Stalks, which dio verò ejufdem crocei funt coloris are tender, and full of Juice. aperiunt feſe in menſe Junii & The Flowers are compoſed of Julii. white Petals, with Thrums in their Centres of a Straw Co- lour, theſe open themſelves in Modo fuperius diéto propaganda June and July, and may be propa- eft hæc planta, gated then by planting Cuttings V. Dillisech 233 of them in light Soil. RAME B 2 DOG- 8 Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Dec. II. in IN Dogs-Chaps, or Tooth Ficoides Capenſis humilis, folio leav'd FIG-MARIGOLD. triangulari propè fummitatem Mesembryonthemum vikun caninum dentato, flore luteo. T HIS Plant is found grow. N locis faxoſis creſcit propè pro- . ing in Stony Places near the montorium Bona Spei, folia ejus Cape of Good-Hope. The Leaves triangularis ſunt figuræ, coloris qui- are triangular, of a whitiſb dem viridis ad albedinein aliquatenus Green Colour, about three Inches accedentis, digitos tres longa prope in Length, and grow in Cluſters terrain racematim creſcentia. "Flo- cloſe to the Ground. The Flowers res ſe oſtentant in menſe Junii, fila- appear in June of a bright rel. vedinis fanè lucidiffimæ, fuis pedi- low upon Foot-ſtalks, about five culis quinque vel ſex digitos longi or fix Inches high. It loves ainſiſtentes. warm dry Air, and little Wa- Aerem adamat calidum & aridum, ter. It is raiſed by ſetting the aquæ verò parum, propagatur, terræ Slips in May. inſerendo ejusramuſculos menſe Maii. V Dill. Eat 242 . Ficoides F19.17 Fig.18. Dec. II. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. 9 Ficoides Capenſis humilis, folio tri. Daiſie-flower'd F1G-MA: - angulari in ſummitate dentato, RIGOLD. fore minore pur puraſcenterli eliftforum Lin. Meserbryanthemum Olia hujus plantæ creſcunt race- F HE Leaves of this Plant TH matim propè terrain fine pedi- grow in Cluſters cloſe to culis digitos tres circiter longa, for- the Ground, without any Foot- mam habentia triangularem & ex-l ſtalks. They are about three tremitates plane dentatas verſus Inches long, triangular, and are fummitates. notch'd on their Edges towards Flores albi funt, & per Medium their Tops. The Flowers are cujuſque petali colore purpureo ftria- white, ſtriped with Purple thro? ti, menſe Junii vel Julii apparere fo- the Middle of each petal, and lent. Hæc tellurem ejuſdem indolis, appear commonly in June or July. gradumque coloris exigit eundem, This requires the ſame Soil and quem ſuprà monuimus. Warmth with the former. V Bill, Elth. 2AA. ONION, 10 Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Dec. II. F: ONION, or Quill-leaved Ficoides Capenſis humilis, Cepe fo- FIG MARIGOLD. lio, flore ſtramineo. meseimbrianthemum eslandi formelen". ze Lin TH HE Leaves of this plant Olia hujus plantæ creſcunt race- grow in Cluſters cloſe to matim propè Terram digitos the Ground: They are about four quatuor præter propter longa, glau- Inches long, of a whitiſh Green cum oftendentia colorem, & ſucco Colour, and very Succulent. In pleniffima. May the Flowers appear of a Menſe Maio apparent flores, ftra- Straw Colour, upon very ſhort minei quidem coloris pediculis bre- Foot-ftalks, ſeldom more than viſſimis fuffulti, digitos duos rarò two Inches in Length. This ſuperantes Plant may be increaſed and or. Propagatur quemadmodum & dered like the former. proximè defcripta planta. r. Dill. Elth . 239. Ficoides Fig. 19. Zee Fi9 20 کی تا در سردار النار عسر » سوری سری رام - وتا UD * وم رامنت Dec. II. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. 11 H na planta, & inter tributes THIS Fig-Marigold is alſo Ficoides Capenſis ramoſa, foliis Small Night - flowering minoribus, Noétiflora lutea. FIG-MARIGOLD. ÆC Ficoides quoque Africa- , & a Native of Africa, and fuos minimum eſt arbuſculum. Folia makes one of the ſmalleſt Shurbs vix frumenti granis majora, compacte of this Tribe. The Leaves are fatis & conjunctius polita in ſuos ra- hardly bigger than Grains of muſculos, qui ad altitudinem trium Wbeat, ſet pretty cloſe together digitorum & eo amplius elevantur upon the Branches, which never in fublime. riſe above three Inches from the Flores ex luteis petalis componun-Ground. 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I As a Grateful Acknowledgment of his many Favours; This third Decade of Succulent Plants is, with the greateſt Reſpect, moſt humbly Dedicated and Preſented, , ? a By, His moft Obedient, Humble Servant, WAS & PUGL RICHARD BRADLEY. THA8 UGSADLA 21 Два J. Pine Sulp. DEC. III. I Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. 200130990 2 19 A Aloe Africana, Margaritifera folio undiq; verrucis numero- Small Pearl'd Aloe. fifimis ornato, flore ſubviridi. Boerb. Ind. Aloe pumila margaritifera 1 km 2949222 CLOSE ÆC Planta, illius Or- HISPlant, which dinis ex pulcherrimis, is one of the moſt H primò è Promontorio T beautiful of its Bonæ Spei ad Hortos Tribe, was firſt Amftelodam enſes al- brought to the lata erat; & in An- Amſterdam Gar- gliam, Ipfe primus omnium advexi. dens from the Cape of Good- Hope, and from Amſterdam, I firſt brought it into England Folia hujuſce Aloes unius Digiti The Leaves of this Aloes Longitudinem rarò ſuperant, neque are little more than an Inch Planta ipſa ad majorem Altitudinem, in Length,nor is the Plant ever aut Craflitudinem Figuræ dimen- larger than the Figure, but is fionibus unquam creſcit ; fed ex very apt to fling out Off-ſets, Radicibus, Plantulæ ejuſdem or young Plants; the Leaves generis minores fæpiſſimè ſæpiſſimè e of this Plant are very thick e- rumpunt. Folia, nodulis duriſimis ſet, with Knots reſembling Pearls Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Dec. III Pearls which are of an hard Margaritarum formam gerentibus, Subſtance from theCenter of this denſe fparguntur, e Meditullio pro- Plant, in Auguſt, comes forth venit Scapa, menſe Auguſti, ad alti- the Flower Stem, which riſes tudinem Pedis unius aſſurgens, & about a Foot high, dividing it indè Summitatem verſùs, in Ramuſ. ſelf towards the Top in ſeveral culos plurimos ſeſe dividens, è qui- Branches, upon which come the bus exoriuntur Flores Coloris ſub- Flowers of a greeniſh White, viridis ad lacteum proximè accedentis after which follows the Seed, Semen poftremò in lucem prodit, & which ripens very well with in hoc Colo, ad ſummam Macurita- tem citò progreditur. The Off-ſets of this Aloe Facile propagatur hæc Aloë Plan. may be taken from the Mother tis junioribus Satis frequanter axipfa Plant in July, and be planted radice continuo pullulantibus. for Increaſe, and the Leaves! Folia, modo haud diſſimili, codem alſo will take Root, being plan- tempore plantata; Radices agent ; ted at the ſame time; it requires aquæ parum illi ſufficit, & Hypo- a little Water, and a common cauftum vulgare illam è brumali Greenbouſe in the Winter. frigore tuetur. us. Aſclepias 22 per tre AT MY (W ins win we biben wa min esite hwn AV IN Dec. III. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. 3 Aſclepias aizoides, Africana, F. R. H. 94. Apocynum hu- mile, aizoides, filiquis erect- The ſmall creeping thick is Africanum Ho. L. B. leav'd Cape Fritillary. Stapelia variegala in Locis ſaxoſis, aridis & monta- E HIS Plant is found na- nis, propè Promontorium Bonæ T: turally growing in dry, Spei,oritur hæc Planta, Caules,abfque tony, mountainous Places,about Foliis, cales quales in Figurd often- the Cape of Good Hope, pro- duntur ejiciens, qui, Plantâ vigente, ducing ſuch Stems, without Coloris ſunt graminei, ad Genicula Leaves, as are repreſented in autem Purpureo ſubfuſcato inum- the Figure; they are of a Grafs brati. Hi quàm facillimè Radices green Colour, ſoaded at the agunt,& humi ſerpunt, Menſem cir- Foints with a browniſhPurple, citer Auguſti Floſculis tenerrimis when the Plant is in Health. pullulantes, qui citò poft primum Theſe Stems take Root very Afpectum turgefcunt,& demum(quo eaſily, and creep along the modo Reprelentationc oftenditur) Ground, ſhooting forth, about ſeſe expandunt. Area hujuſce Floris Auguft,their Flower-buds,which eſt Coloris viridis ad aureum acce-well apace when they begin to dentis, Maculis fivè Punctulis purpu- appear and at length open as reis ad fuſcum inclinantibus obſig- the Figure expreſſes, the Ground nata, cum Stella concentrali cjuf- of the Flower being a yellowiſh dem Coloris. Green, which is mark'd with browniſh purple Spots, with the Star in the Center of the ſame Colour. Hic Flos Fætorem emittit inftar This Flower yields a ſtrong Cadaveris, qui Fætor Muſcas quam Scent like Carrion, which enti- plurimas illic Ova deponere invitat. ces the Flies to lay their Eggs up- on it. When the Bloſſom is paſt B. there a 4 Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Dec. III. there ſucceed long Cods, A Semine, five e Ramuſculis in which contain Seeds reſem- Terram inſitis, hæc Planta oritur. bling thoſe of an Apocynum, Ædem calidam hiberno Tempore 07 Dogs-bane, of a Cheſnut petit, parum autem Aquæ, niſi in ca- Colour, being pointed with a lidiſſima Æftatis Siccitate. Down or Cotton like Subſtance. This may be propagated ei- ther by Seed, or by ſetting the Stems in the Earth. It requires a warm Houſe in Win. rer, and no Water, but in the hotteſt Summer Weather. 100 ETO Aſclepias 23 NIE Shymnse Hin u pustine carte FRIA agini Summy the MuIL A mithal...AALAN manohmmy Uninam mins myanm mhinial Dec. III, Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. 5 mel rar. 19. N Locis montanis , atque faxoris. Tof the mountainous frony Aſclepias Africana, aizoides, flore pulchre firnbriaco. Com-The larger thick leavd Cape Fritillary Itapelia hirsuta din. HIS Plant is a Native IN propè Promontorium BonæSpei, creſcit hæc Planta, & fe priori, more Grounds about the Cape of Good Vegetationis, quam maximè aflimu Hope, and is in many Reſpects lat, niſi ut Scapos illius majores, & like the former in its mode of paulò ere&iores emittit, neque ad Growth, but brings its Stems Radices agendos maximè ſunt pro- Somewhat larger and more up- penſæ. In ſummâ Valetudine Colo-right, which are not very ris ſunt graminei, & in extremâ apt to take Root; they are of tantum Senectute ad purpureum a. a Graſs green Colour when liquantulùm declinant. they are in Health, and tending to a purple, when the Plant is decaying. Flores quam plurimos Junii, Julii This Plant, if we do not cut & Auguſti menfibus,præbet hæc Plan- it too much, is very free to give ta, qui prioribus Coloris ſunt fur- us Flowers in June, July, and dioris, & tam in Centro quam in Auguſt, which are darker co- extremis Marginibus purpurea La- lour'd than the former, and a- nugine pulcherrimè ornantur ; Ol- dorn’d, on the Edges and in the factui autem nihilominus priore, Center, with a fine purple offendunt. Down, but is no leſs diſagree- able to the Smell than the for- mer. Hanc Plantam ex Hortis Amftelo I brought this firſt into Eng- damenſibus in Angliam anno 1714. land, anno. 1714. from Amſter- ipſe primus attuli. Scapos five dam. It is eaſily propagated by Virgultas in Terram inſerendo, fa ſetting the Stems in the Earth, cillimè propagatur, & modo ſupra- and muſt be managed like the di&o Culturam recipit. former. B2 The 6 Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Dec. III. The ſmallerdwarf Tongue Ficoides Afric, acaulos, Foliis leav'd fig Qarygold. latiffimis, craffiflimis, lucidis, conjugatis, brevioribus flore, mesebryanthemum lint aureo amplo, Pedunculo bre- quifornik Lin vi. Boerh. Ind.alt. 292. No.7. THIS Plant, as well as T? the former, is a Native P Lanta hæc quemadmodum, & of Africa, growing in dry Africano Originem ſuam acceptam proximè ſuperius deſcripta, ſolo Ground, ſeldom exceeding three refert , creſcitq in Locis aridis. Planta , cloſe to the Earth, the Leaves integra Digitos tres Altitudine raro are very ſucculent, about an ſuperat, ſed humilius prope Terram Inch broad, and about three creſcit, Folia illius Succi ſunt ple- Inches long, if they are not kept & trium Digitorum Longitudineni, na, & ad unius Digiti Latitudinem, Too cloſe from the Air, but when ſeſe extendunt, niſi ex Aere puro they are kept too hot, I have known the Leaves of this Plant nimis occluduntur, fin vero Calori above four Inches long; between perquàm intenſo nudata funt, Folia the Leaves come forth the Flow- hujuſce Plantæ ſæpiſſime vidi ad ers like that in the Figure with. quatuor Digitorum Longitudinem out Foot-ſtalks, whoſe Petals perveniffe . E medio Foliorum e. , are of a bright yellow Colour, rumpunt Flores, haud diffimiles theſe are ſeen all the Summer, Repreſentationi Æneæ hic adhibitæ, after which the Fruit ripens. cam Pedunculo, hujuſce Floris Pe- tali Flavedinis ſunt lucidiſſimi; hi omni æſtivo Tempore Oculis appa- rent, & his diſcedentibus Fructus ad Maturitatem accedit. bon Hanc Plantam ex Ramuſculis five We e propagate this Plant from Virgultis fæpenumerò propagatur, the Off-ſetts, which we ſet in quæ Terræ mandantur,poftquam uni- the Earth, after they have us vel duorum Dierum Spatium in lain in the Sun a Day or Radiis ſolaribus ad exſiccandum ac- two to dry. cubuerant. A common Green-houſe, Hypocauftum vulgare è Frigore will preſerve it in Winter. brumali illam tutam conſervabit. Thc 3 e Dill.gith. 237. H:Hulpbergh Sc: H w 24 15 25 Den ク​学 ​H:Hulpbergh Sculp: DEC. III. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. 7 Grower, ſhooting forek Oyus creſcit hæc Planta, Ra- Ficoides Africana procumbens, Foliis planis, conjugatis, The large Silver Olive lucidis, perfoliata, Floribus leav'd 3rig Marygoid. amplis, filamentofis,ex albo 30 flaveſcentibus, dont Mesembryanthemum empowum Lin THIS Plant is a quick TH mulos fuos Æftatis its Branches about reven In- Spatio, ad digitos ſeptem, Longitu- ches in a Summer, the Leaves dine porrigens. Folia binatim po- which are ſet on in Pairs, are of fita, Panæis variegata argenteis, quæ, the Size and Figure of large Sole ſplendente, hujus Plantæ Pul- Olive Leaves, powder'd with chritudinem augent plurimum. Silver. In June and July, at the End Extra Extremitates uniuſcujuſq of every Shoot come forth Ra- Ramuli , Junii & Julii Menfibus Flo- diated Flowers, which are five res radiatos emittit. Petali Coloris or fix in Number, the Petals ſunt argentei verè albicantis, Me- are of a Silver White, but the ditullium autem ſtraminei. Planta Center is of a Straw Colour. integra Humi ſerpit, ubi Sponte, ſeu The whole Plant is inclined nullo cogente, Radices aget, & tunc to run upon the Ground, where Ramulorum tenerrimorum Exciſi- it will ſtrike Root of its own one, & in Terram, æſtivo Tempore, accord, and is eaſily propaga- Inſitione facillimè propagatur. ted by cutting off the young Shoots, and ſetting them in the Earth in the Summer. It muſt be ſhelter'd in a common Conſervatorium five Hypocauſt- Green-Houſe in the Winter, um vulgare ex Injuriis Hiemalibus illam defender, 1. Dill. 21th. 235. Ficoides 8 Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. DEC. III FigWarygoio. и Ficoides Africana, fruteſcens, perfoliata, Folio triangulari , glauco, punctato, Cortice lignoſo,candido,tenui.Boerh. The larger perfoliated Ind. alt. 29o. No. 16. - prevenbryanthemum uncinatuen kuin ÆC Ficoides & folo HIS Ficoides is a Native H Africano Originem ducit, & T of Africa, growing in ſuch in locis ſaxofis, haud diſſimilis ſtony Places as the former, Plantæ fupradictæ, nutritur. Sed and is very remarkable in hav. quod notatu dignum eſt, Folia & ing its Leaves and their Foote Pedunculi, (veluti Tabulâ facillimè ſtalks all of one Piece, as the demonſtratur) unius & ejufdem ſunt Figure expreſſes. This Plant is Subſtantiæ continuatæ. Colore gau- of a whitiſh green Colour, det viridi ad Albedinem paululùm growing but Nowly, and not accedente, tardè creſcit, & cùm ad capable of supporting it felf, Altitudinem ſex pluriùmve Digito. when it is above fix Inches rum accrevit, haud facilè ſeſe lufti- high, so that we uſually ſup- net, quamobrem Fulcris illam ful port it with Props, I have yet tentare curamus. Flores ſe oſtentant only ſeen it flower in my Gar- in Menſe Augufti : Coloris purpu- den, the Bloſſoms appear'd in rei ad Rubedinem inclinantis, in Auguſt, radiated with Petals Meditullio orbicularem continens of a reddiſh purple Colour, ha- Figuram, ad Albedinem tendentem. ving in the Center a Bottle like Figure, fomewhat whitiſh, and powder'd on the Top with yellow Duſt. Radices ſunt fibrofæ, & perpaucæ, Its Roots are fibrous, and fi tantum Magnitudinem Plantæ nu- very few in Proportion to the triendæ in animo revolvis. Propa- Plant it is to nouriſh, it is gatur Terræ Inſerendo ejusRamuſcu- propagated by Cuttings plant- los Menſe Maii. Ted in May. 7. Dill.ttt.. 252. The 27 26 2015 H. Hulfbergh Sculp. DEC. III. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. 9 T Ficoides Afric. Foliis triangulari, glauco, perfoliato, breviffi- The ſmaller perfoliated mo, Apice ſpinoſo. Boerh. fig-Marygold. Ind. alt. 29. No. 17. Mereubryanthemun undinatum biu. HIS Fig.Marygold is alſo TÆC Ficoides Africano Solo a Native of Africa, and H cft oriunda, Forma quoque cref- in its manner of growing imi- cendi priori haud diſſimilis, niſi ut tates the former but the Leaves Folia ejicit multò viridiora. are much greener. The Branches, when they Ramuli, cum primum ſunt lig- begin to grow woody, have noſi, quamdam quafi Tendacitatem a Springineſs in them, as if they retinent, Filo veluti metallico fire were hung upon Wires; but the mati ; Plantam ipſam nihilominus Plant muſt nevertheleſs be ſup- Suſtentaculis incumbere neceſſe eſt, ported with Props, when it is cum ad Altitudinem amplius ſex more than ſix Inches high, 1 Digitorum accrevit. Flores fe often- have not yet heard that it has tant in Menſe Auguſti Coloris pur- flower'd in England, 'tis pro- purei ad Rubedinem inclinantis. pagated as the former. Propagatur, veluti in prioribus of Itenditur. gul sett.251 3 Tithy- IO Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Dec. III. Tithymalus aizoides, arboreſ- cens, ſpinoſus, caudice an- The Oleander leav'd Eu. gulari, Nerii folio Commel phorbium. Prælud Bot 56 luphortiz nehiato la din, HIS Plant is brought Promontorio Bonæ Spei no- A TH to us from the Cape bis hæc Planta eſt advecta, è of Good Hope, it riſes out Terrà Ramulis oritur Succulentiſ of the Ground with green fimis erectis, qui nihilominùs nodis Succulent Stems, which moot irregularibus in extremitatibus cir- upright, but are irregularly cumvolvuntur, quorum unumquem- knotted on the Edges; on each que fupra, duæ Spinæ breves oriun- of which Knots are placed a tur fubfufcæ, & illinc exoriuntur couple of ſhort browniſh Spines, Folia Succies Foliorum Sedi arbor from whence alſo Spring the plenacentis formæ aliquatenùs ( Leaves, which are Succulent accedentia. 51 dan and ſomewhat ſhaped like the 201 aniloans cebudes Leaves of the Sedum Arbo- reſcens. Hæc Planta ad altitudinem unius This Plant, when it is a circitèr Pedis frondeſeit, & poftea Foot high begins to Branch Arbuſculum effe trium Altitudine and will in time make a Shrub Pedum progreditur. of about three Foot high. Conſervatorium vulgare, ex In- I have kept it in a common juriis Hyemalibus illam defen-Green-Houſe, and propagated it det, &, Ramuſculos abſcindendo, & by the ſmallShoots ſetting them eos in terram inſerendo, menſe Ju. in fine Earth in June, firſt nij, propagavi, cum primum duorum letting them lie two or three triumve dierum Spatium Radiis So-Days in the Sun to dry up the laribus, expoſiti , accubuerunt ad Wound made by taking them areſcandumi Vulnus eorum, à mater- from the Mother Plant, for na Plantâ exciſlione effe&tum. Ex upon every Amputation the illis enim omni amputatione Succus Milky Juice flows abundantly. Lacteus ubertim effluit. Small а 28 29 Dec. III. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Hm T Ficoides, feu Ficus Africana Sphærica Tuberculata La- Eteſcens, Flore Albo Fru- Small African Motion- Etu Pyramidali Rubro. Chiltie. Cactu mammillari Line UNC Melo Carduum è Pro. HIS Melon - Thiſtle is montorio Bonæ Spei origi- brought to us from the nem traxiſſe conftat, & frigore Hye- Cape of Good-Hope, and is malia in Conſervatorio vulgari haud hardy enough to ſtand the Win- difficillimè paſſus eſt. Sex ſuperaffeter in a common Green Houſe. I digitos nondum aliquos adhùc me have not yet feen any of them vidiffe memini, nihilominus perpau- exceed fix Inches in height, tho' ci eorum in Hortis Amſtelodamen- there are ſome of them at Am- fibus diù floruerant. ſterdam, that have been there Truncus hujuſcè Plantæ, trium Di- many years. gitorum Diametri, Subſtantiam Po- The Body of it, which is mi internam quam maximè aſlimu- about three Inches Diameter, lat, & omnis illius fuperficies Ma- is of the Subſtance of the Flesh mellis ufquequaque circumvelata, of an Apple, which is cover'd ſummitates vero ornatæ ſunt Nodu- all over with green-Knots lis ſpinarum Stellas referentium, è pointed with Stars of a red- è quarum interſpatiis apparent Flo- diſh brown Colour, from between res, & poftea erumpunt Fructus pri- which come forth the Flowers, mo quidem afpe&u, plenè ac per- and afterwards the Fruit breaks fe&tè maturos, & ad Ruborem altum out at once perfečtly ripe, and accedentes. Illis continentur Se- of a deep red Colour : Theſe in- mina quædam exigua nigra, quæ in clude little black Seeds, which Areolâ callida ſata, Plantas juniores being ſown in an hot Bed, will proferrent: Sin autem Cacumen bring forth young Plants, or if fivè Summitatem illius exſcindimus we cut off the Top of the Plant, ſtirps reliqua Verticibus novis repul- the remaining part will put lulabit, qui Vertices, æſtivo tempo. forth young Heads, which may re abſciſlī, ad majus Incrementum, (be ſeparated from it in the Sum- in terram ſunt inſerendi. mer, and planted for Increaſe. C The a I 2 Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Dec. III. TH А. Aloë Afric. minima, atroviri- The Little Clufter'd Aloë. dis; fpinis herbaceis nume- roſis ornata. Boerb. Ind. Aloe punila árachnoidea P. 131. E. HIS Aloe is alſo an A- LOE hæc quoque Africana frican Plant, and is the Planta, & inter tribules ſuos ſmalleſt of any of that Tribe. minimum eſt. The Roots are fibrous and Radicibus fuftentatur hæc Aloe white, ſuſtaining many Leaves fibroſis & albicantibus, folia multa placed round about the Center in Orbem pofita his innaſcuntur, of the Plant; theſe Leaves are & in mucronem acutum exeunt, in pointed at the Extremities, and utraque margine & dorſi medio fpinis Their Margins or Edges, as well armantur albis & inermibus ; hoc as their Backs, are ſet with eſt non rigidis ſed fiexibilibus. whitiſ tender Spines. In Auguſt appears the flower Menſe Auguſto ſcapus floriferus Stalk, bearing whitiſh Flowers prodit è centro hujus plantæ, in towards the Top extremis parit flores colore albido. It has not yet ripend any Semina hactenus produxit nulla, Seed with us, but may be ea- ſed per plantas juniores ex ipſis ra- fily propagated by the young dicibus pullulantes propagari poteft. Plants which frequently ap- pear about the Root. It loves a light Soil, a tem- Terra arenoſa, Aer temperatus, perate Air, and little Water. Aquæ parum plantæ huic ſunt in | deliciis. The END. FINIS. on fotoaloia silli muistan svik bo sobotti gia Vinh te do oz 30. Sturt fo. Admonitio ad Bibliopegum. Directions to the Book- binder. IN I N hoc libro Icones aggluti- N binding of this Book the nandæ ſunt chartarum laci- Figures muſt be paſted each niis, fingulæ autem inſerantur of them to front the proper fuis locis, ut hic ordine notantur. Page, as follows. Inſeratur Pagin. - 3 6 Icon. 121. 22. 23. 24. 25.- 26. 27. S 28. 29.--- 30.- 7 8 -IO II 121 - N. B. This Work will now be carried on with all Expedition. doo sito sit 300 do gotti * รร ไม่ร15 5 4 2. งาน a lot of doo reso. VIR O REI BOTANICÆ Peritiſſimo MSHERRARD, Legum Doctori, > Smyrnenſi non ita pridem Conſuli. ( Quartam hanc Decadem Planta- rum Succulentarum Humilli- me D. D. In omni Obſequio Devinctifimus, RICARDUS BRADLEY. TO THE Moſt Incomparable, Learned, and Acurate Botaniſt, Dr. SHERRARD, L. L. D. and F. R. S. Late Conſul at S MYR N A; This Fourth Decade of Succulent Plants is moſt Humbly Dedicated and Pre- ſented, ancora 190 By his of moſt obliged, a humble Servant, ca RICHARD BRADLEY, ICAT a Úch Sturt Sc. 32 DEC, IV. I Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. KUR 2 33. 686. Sedum Majus Arboreſcens I. B. The Tree Houſeleek, with a Yellow Flower. Tempervivum arboreum die GAS LANT A hæc ad fex HIS Plant will grow to D. feptemve peduin altitu- be fix or ſeven Foot dinem affurgit, com- bigb, bringing many plures exerens ramuſ- Branches, which grow culos erectos; fulcit- upright, bearing on each que in apicibus racematim folio-Top an Head of Leaves in Ciufters, rum corona, rofarum more, ordine almoſt in the Manner of a Roſe, but tamen diſpoſitas; quod ex Icone very regularly ſet together; as may conftabit. Apices hi roſæ-formes appear by the Figure. Theſe Roſe- expandunt fefe plerumque tres qua- like Heads meaſure generally about tuor ve digitos, folüſque gaudent three or four Inches over, and each binos pollices longis, colorem viri- Leaf is about two Inches in Length, diorem referentibus. of a Graſs-green Colour. Floreſcente hac Planta, ex apicum When this Plant attempts flower- meditullio pediculus emicat ad alti-ling, one of the Heads breaks forth tudinem from 2 DEC. IV. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. dinem pedalem, utrinque folus de- from the Middle; and riſes till it coratus; germinatque Figura py-becomes a Stalk of a Foot high, a- ramidali, flavis abunde ornatus dorn’d with Leaves on every Side, floribus & ftellatis. Planta vero and then branches in a pyramidal hujus Deſcriptionis eĉtipum, inedio Form, bearing Yellow Star-like - Agufto florere cæpit, &, ritu flo- Flowers in great Numbers. The rum congenerum, maximam Hye. Plant which I delineated this from, mis partem flofculos edebat; ma-began to flower about the Middle of turum autem ſemen ejus nondum Auguft; and according to the Man- mihi contigit videre. ner of others of the Same Kind, continued flowering the greateſt Part of the Winter; but I have not yet diſcover'd any ripe Seed upon it. In inenſibus æſtivalibus terraque It is eaſily propagated, by ſetting cribrata furculi nullo negotio ra- the Branches in fine fifted Earth, in dices agunt; Hyeme tamen irr- any of the Summer Months, and bres & frigora repellantur, opercu- kept from Water in the Winter, or lis interpoſitis. Species hujus tribûs, while we ſhelter it from the Froſt in folus variegatis, apud nos degit the Greenhouſe; we have a sort of nondum tamen, ut memini, no-this, with variegated Leaves, but biſcuin in florem prorupit. lit has not yet flower'd with us. : a חומשהו) Erinome- Page Missing in Original Volume Page Missing in Original Volume Page Missing in Original Volume Page Missing in Original Volume Page Missing in Original Volume Page Missing in Original Volume 0 32 DEC. IV. 9 Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. PI : The Turk’s Head, or Turk's Cap, ſo call'd in America, Echinomeloeactus. or with us the true Melon- Thiſtle Caelus Melocactuy Lin. LANT A hæc nomine MeTalla Melon Thiſtle, becauſe HIS Plant is particularly locardui infignitur ex parti- . callid -, bus ; quoniam caulis ejus melonis the Body of the Plant reſembles a æmulus canaliculatus & multan- Melon, being ribb'd, and conſiſting gulus confpicitur; cujus extremi. of many Angles; the Edges of tates fpinis ſtellatis funt obſitæ, which are very thick, ſet with Star- fenunciam & dimidium longæ : ſlike Thorns, about three Fourths of Hinc enim appellationem forſtur an Inch long, which is the Occa- Melocardui. fion of giving it the Name of Thi- file as well as Melon. Spinoſus caulis, & Melonis This thorizy and Melon like Bo- æmulus, inſummitate gerit coro-dy, bears on its Top a woolly or nam lanuginofam, in cujus ſuper cottony Head, on the outſide of ficie rubeæ exiles fpinæ, aurantii which, appear reddiſh ſmall Spines, mnaturi colorem fimulantes, riſun- which gives is a Colour net much tur; & ex ſpinarum meditullio unlike that of a full ripe Orange; præcoces oriuntur fructus, coloris from the midft of which, come inali Perſicæ inter florendum; qui- forth the Fruit full ripe, of a bus durantibus per paucos dies, [Peach-bloom Colour, which remain ocyus decidunt. a few Days upon the Plant, and then drop off. D. Fairchild Hoxtonienfis, Rei From the Seed of this Fruit, hortenſi promovendæ natus, quam- Mr. Fairchild, a famous Gardener plurimas hujuſinodi plantas ſativas of Hoxton, has raiſed many young fufcitavit ex pulvino calenti : Et Plants, by Sowing them in the Sun amputata fummitate, tenelli fuc- mer in Hot-beds; and if the Head creſcent ramufculi , 'idque repeti-be then cut off, the Plant will put B ferth tis IO DEC. IV. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. tis vicibus ; adeo ut numeroſa forth new Branches, if we may ſo propago plantationi inferviat. call them, that may be afterwards cut off and tranſplanted. Hæc planta, aqua pauxillulâ This is a Plant that loveth very contentus, perpetuum & inten- little Water, and muſt have con- fum folem poftulat; ad littus ve- ſtantly a great Share of Heat. We ro noftrum appellit ex inſulis Ne-receiv'd them from the Iſlands, Ne- vis & S. Chriſtophori, Ameri- vis, and St. Chriſtopher's in Ame- canis. rica. Hanc plantam aliquoties vidi I have ſeen of this plant three tres pedes altam, pedemque latam Foot high, and in the broadeſt in prominenti parte; licet cuin Part above a Foot over, but it huc aſportetur ſuperat pedem alti moſt commonly brought to us about tudine. a Foot high, SUPPORT Aloe Sturt fo. 33 DEC. IV. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarun. II Aloe Africana, cauleſcens, fo- liis caulem ample&tentibus, Common-ſpotted American floribus aurentiacis. Dom. Aloe. Gul. Sherrard. tùn cedit majori Americam.THIS Spotted Aloe, next to A LOE , tan- to the great American Kind, ſpeciei in hortis noftris frequen- has been the most common in our tandis: Folia ejus plus minus pe- Gardens. The Leaves are about dem longa, cum ad juftam mag- a Foot in length, when they are at. nitudinem accreverint ; in ſum- their full growth; they are point- mitate ſunt acuminata deſcenden-led at the Extremities anil thorn'd tibus fpinis. Color grainineus on the Sides ; their Colour is a albo maculatus, intuenti con- Graſs green, maculatedwith White, fpectum præfe fert gratiflimum. which renders the Plant very a- greeable. Menſe Julio ſcapus floriferus From the Centre of this Plant prodit e centro hujus plantæ, in riſes the Flower-Stalk, in July, Extremis parit flores colore ba- bearing at the Extremity, the lauſtino. Flowers of a bright red Colour. Facile propagatur hæc Aloe This is eaſily propogated by plantis junioribus fatis frequenter young Plants, which frequently ap- ex ipſa radice continuo pullulan-(pear about the Root. tibus. Aerem adainat calidum et ari- It loves a warm dry Air andlit- dum, aquæ vero parum. tle Water. B 2 Ficoides 12 DEC. IV. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. V. hujus Ficoides, ſeu Ficus aizoides The White-flower'd, Sweet- figuram Africana ere&ta, teritefolia, ſcented, Umbeliferous Aliad V. floribus albis umbelatis. Fig-Marygold. 19.11.1.44. Par. Bat, 16 emum unbellatum diu. FRICANA eft hæc planta, HIS Plant is a Native A arbuſculuin refereus, pedes T of Africa, it makes a Shrab duos altum ; Folia ejus glauci about two Foot high, bringing its ſunt coloris, binatim poſita. Leaves in Pairs; at the Joints, of a Whitiſh-green Colour. Planta hæc rarius Effloreſcit It blosſoms but feldom, and then licèt inſtante partu raceinos emit- brings Cluſters of very white Flow - tit floribus peralbis apibuſque ers with yellow Apices, ſmelling flavis, fuaveolentibus adinftara- like bitter Almonds; the Leaves mygdalæ amaræ. are of a Wbitiſh-green Colour. Eäm propagabis facilite fi This Fig-Marygold is eaſily pro- ejus rainuſculum in terram inſer-pogated, by planting Cuttings off yeris menſibus Junii & Julii. it in June and July, Ficoides hæc etenim ejuſque may be kept the Winter in a generis aliæ, amant aerein libe-common Green-houſe, and loves an rum, nifi planè nimis frigidum. open Air, when the Weather is not vi Dill. Elth. 298. very harp. It Ficoides, . 34 Shurt le Hace figura referri debet ad Lecad. V. 1-17. Bill. gitti.f.272. 35 Sturto DEC, IV. 13 Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Ficoides, ſeu Ficus aizoides Africana folio longo tenui, The Hairy Spindle-leay'd flore Aurantio Boerh. Ind. Fig-Marygold, with a alt. 291 Fo. pale Purple-Flower. 5. Mesembryanthemum lüppidum y Lín. HIS Plant P Ro Mobis commendat Bame T hi fromene caperont is brought to fpei us the of Good- plantam : Suffruticis menſuram Hope; it makes a ſmall Shrub, æquat, crefcitque erecta, caule holding its Shoots upright, the minutis capillis oblito; folia per Stalks are cover'd with Small ; paria ex articulationibus emittens, Hairs, it bears its Leaves in Pairs, punctis variegata Argenteis fic- at the Joints; ſeemingly powder’d res que ejus ſunt coloris purputei with Silver, and its Flowers are ad pallidum vergentis, in mediti- of a pale Purple Colour, ſtriped tullio petalorum ftriati purpureo through the Middle of the Petala, faturatiori. Singula biennio hæc with a Deep-bar-Purple, we ought planta e ſarmentis oriunda, men- to raiſe this Plant from Cuttings, fibus æſtivis; vivendo enim non every two Years, any time in the tertium vincit annuin. Summer, for it dies when it has lived three years. Effloreſcit hæc planta in men- This flowers in July and Au- ſibus Julio & Augufto ; uberrime guſt, and bears Seed plentifully, ſemen emittit, cui ſerendo menfis which may be ſown in March, it Martius benigniſſimus. Hyberno requires only a common Green- tempore hypocauſti vulgaris ope houſe in the Winter. indiget. 1. D'ill. Eith: 292. Ficoides, 14 Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum: Dec. IV: EC planta forfan primàn T of the oldep' Fig- Marygolds Ficoides, ſeu Ficus, aizoi- des Africana, fruteſcens, The Purple-flower'd, Spin- folio glauco, parvo, flore dle-leav'd Fig-Marygold. violaceo, Boerh. Ind. alt. 290, No. 8. mosen authenum glomefatum Lin. HR Æ , HIS Plant is one præ cæteris ejufdem gene- ris, Anglicum inviſit folum : Por that we have bad in England; rigebat eam nobis Promontorium it was brought us from the Cape Bonæ Spei. of Good Hope; it makes an up- right Shrub, about two Foot high, bringing the Leaves in Croſs pairs Ramuſculorum extremitate at the Joints. flores proveninunt menſibus Ju- On the Extremity of the Bran- lio & Augufto, more cætera-ches come the Flowers, in July and ruin Ficoidum irradiati : Sunt Auguſt, which are radiated like que coloris purpurei. Seo, other Fig-Marygolds, and are of a neglecta renouvellatione, hæc|blueiſh Purple-Colour, but this Plant planta vivendo tertiam will not laſt longer then three Years vincit annum. Biennio igitur without renewing; and therefore nondum completo, & durante when it is in its ſecond rear, æſtate, præſegmina terræ funt plant some Cuttings off it in the inſerenda. Summer to raiſe new Plants. N. Dill. Efth, 287 1- non Ficoides, Slurric 36 37 Sturt le DEC. IV. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum, 15 AT a Ficoides Afric. caule lignoſo, erecta, folio triangulari, The upright Triangular- enfiformi, ſcabro, flore leafed Fig-Marygold, luteo, magno. Boerh. Ind. with a yellow Flower. alt. 289 Mesembru anthemum glaucm Lin FFICANA hæc elf plan: THIS Shrub we received referens from the Cape of Good Folia fert glauca, floreſque flavi Hope; the Leaves are of a blues ſive limonii coloris. iſh Green, and the Flower of bright Yellow or Lemmon Colour. Ex hæc planta, media hyeme This Plant flowers in the Win- copioſe pallulant flores tegmine ter very freely, while it is in the accedente ne frigore' aduratur, Green-houſe; at which Time, the qua quidam tempeftate folia re- Leaves and Stalks grow longer muſculique uberius protuberant than they uſually do when the quam cùm in apricum proferun - Plant is abroad: It delights in a- tur, copiam tamen aeris tempe-| bundance of Air, and will bear ratioris & aquæ fuſtinabit, hæc frequent watering; a very little planta parumque refugii frigóra Shelter will defend it from the protelabit. Froſts. Propogatur quemadmodum & We may progate this Plant like: proxime defcripta planta, 1. Dill stth. 257 the former. Ficoides, 16 DEC. IV. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Ficoides Afric. reptans, folio The Club-leafed Creeping- triangulari, viridi, flore Fig-Marygold, with pur- Saturate purpureo. ple Flowers. Miesembrijanthemum craffolium Lin FIGO Boss hele promunta: Trombie - Napocolos conced ICOID E S hæc HIS rio Bonæ Spei . the Cape of Good Solum ficcum ſaxoſumque ainat; Hope: It delights in a dry ſtony caules eniin & folia funt generis Soil, for the Stalks and Leaves fucculentioris; plantaque omni are very ſucculent, and the whole ex parte humi ſerpens, obſidente Plant creeping upon the Ground, humore, promptè putrefcit; adeo will eaſily rot with wet; and ſo ut modici imbres nutriorii ſunt it requires little Water where ſatis, niſi radii ſolares aut locus tbere is not a great ſhare of Sun declivis aquas confeſtiin minuant. to dry the Surface of the Earth Notatu dignum, quod genicula, immediately ; the Earth does not ubi folia prorumpunt e novellis, draw off the Moiſture preſently diſtincta ſunt colore rubeo-pur- of it.ſelf: It is remarkable, for pureo. baving the Joints where the Leaves appear in the new Shoots, markt with a reddifle Purple-Co- lour. Planta hæc apud me florebat This Plant flower'd with me in menſe Septeinbri flores radiatos September, with radiated Flowers Summitatibus of a Purple-Colour. It is eaſily præſectis numerus facillime adau- propogated by Cuttings planted in geatur fub æftivo fole, the Summer. 1. Dill. Uth, 260 purpute coloris. Ficoides Clark sc. 38 Charkse, 39 VI Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. DEC. IV. 17 un Ficoides Africana, aculeis The Thyme-leafʼd Thorny- longiſſimis & foliatis naf- Fig-Marygold. centibus ex alis foliorum, Boerh. Ind. alt. 290. miesembryanthemum posum Lü . A T HIS is brought to us from coides,fruteſcit ad altitudine the Cape of Good Hope : pedalem, cum minutis foliis per It makes a Shrub about a Foot pares adginicula diſpofitis, formá high, with ſmall triangular Leaves, triangulari . of a Light-green Colour, ſet in Pairs at the Foints. Caulium extremitates in duris The Extremities of the Stalks acutafque fpinas definunt, quibus are terminated with bard ſharp diviſis tenuioris emergunt fpinæ Thorns, which branch into ſmaller una cum faſciculis foliorum flo- Thorns, among mhich, come Knots rumque pallide purpurei coloris. of Leaves, and the Flowers of a Florendi tempus cedit menfibus pale Colour. The flowering Seafon Auguſto & Septembri. Singulis is in Auguſt and September. It annis, tempore æſtivo, renovetur Mould be renewed every rear, by ex fármentis, cum ad tertium Cuttings planted in the Summer, annum non durabit. Rariſſimam for it will not live to be three hanc plantam folùm vidi in fortis Years old. I have only ſeen this releberrimæ nuper duciflæ de Plant in the Garden of the late Beaufort, cellebrated Dutcheſs of Beaufort. . С Ficoides, 18 DEC. IV. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. a C'etiam planta Africam T Hibich"always lies cloſe to Ficoides Afric. reptans, folio|The creeping Cluſter-leafʼd triangulari, craſo, lon- Fig-Marygold, with a giſimo flore intus luteo, Yellow-Flower. extus aurantiaco. throom mesembryanthemum corniculatumblu. H genitalie Gouin Fatetur, qua ÆC HIS is alſo an humi procumbit ſemper, & re- the Earth, ſending forth young deunte æſtute tenellos einittit Shoots every Summer from all ſurculos utrinque, quorum prope Sides ; near the Extremities of extreinitates prodeunt flores pedi which, come the Flowers upon culis inſii tentes, pollicem & di- Foot-ſtalks, about an Inch and midium longis. Cur flos ſeſe half long; when the Flower is aperuit, petalorum pars ſuperiolopen, the upper Side of the Petalls coloris lucidè flavi, pars tamen is of a bright Yellow-Colour, but alter colore fubfuſco flavoque the back Side of them is varia- variegata. bus gated with a browniſh Red and SagnifTorellow.msibao auringolt Folia formâ triangulari plus - The Leaves are Triangular, minus tres pollices longa, gra- and near three Inches long, ſet ininei color racematim polita. together in Cluſters, of a Grafs- ossuil 10 l green Colour. Jidstos no UNOS TOTS Ex avulfo ramulo, ut omnes This Ficoides, as well as all plantæ aizoides, facile multipli- other ſexccurlent Plants, may be catur. 099 bstedslis s'encreaſed by Cuttings. is dat grouma N. Dill. Alth.261 FINI S. - ใกล3 40 Sturt ſc. 7 | DMONITIO ad Bibliopegum IRECTIONS to the Book. in hoc libro Icones aggluti. Binder; in binding of this Book ñandæ ſunt chartarum laciniis, fin-the Figures muſt be placed each of gulæ autem inferantur fuis locis, ut them to front the Pages, as follows.. hic ordine notantur. Inferatur Pagin I Icon. 31- 32 33 34 35 - 36 37 38 39 40 9 II 12 13 14 IS 16 17 18 Note, The Fifth DECADE is now in the Preſs and compleats this Work. N. B. The Reader is deſired to correct the Error of the Printer in Reo gard to the Folio's, which are wrong number'd, the Folio's 1. and 2. ſhould be 7, and 8. , SAMO Matura la OITTIONCA 15.2 odit Rytist so sugitsdiesel en sanoatid na en la regulator of the most 2 tintorno od I 191.0.1 SD SI 8 81 CA eins troqnoo brin elo Torld at wont i ICAS ST TO το ni Darts ott 10 1001 od Batio of Barilob robo ST.& V Onet e orlo'l out bredmet 301 918 nbidw me oilo srit of breg 8 Ones 9d Sicon .s HONORATISSIMO VIRO CAROLO WAGERO, Equiti, Uni ex Dominis Delegatis quibis rerum Maritimarum cura mandatur, eidem- que Claſſis Britannia prefecto, et Re- giæ Majeftati a Secretis Confilijs. Conto-xvil eldenroho M Hec quinta Decas Succulenta- rum Plantarum in maſcimum Honoris fignum humillime De- dicatur et offertur ab, Fris 9 hogind Obſequentiffimo U is et addictiffimo, Та я сл. от fibo Servo, RICARDUS BRADLEY, О Τ TO THE O 0 ОН RIGHT HONOURABLE Sir CHARLES WAGER, A S20 mm OTIM One of the Lords Commiſſioner's of the Admiralty, and one of His Majeſty's Moſt Honourable Privy-Councel . 2009 su JF OH This Fifth Decade of Succulent Plants is moſt Humbly Dedicated and Pre- ſented, PULSI 2 Tono UC 7039 Roib By his On moſt obliged, () นานาปาง ๆ humble Servant, oumised RICHARD BRADLEY, YOGA & UTASIA Page Missing in Original Volume Page Missing in Original Volume Page Missing in Original Volume Page Missing in Original Volume Page Missing in Original Volume Page Missing in Original Volume 42 Sturt je. This Fizure belongs to p. 18. the; Decad. . DEC, V. 7 Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. tadt indledom. U kelle tuduhan 2000 SIJE Kumma . 24 on Cotyledon Africana fruteſcens The Scarlet-flower'd Afri- flore umbellato Coccineo. can Cotyledon. C. Commelin: Hort. Amfte- Crapula tollithe Locatne a hin. See the Figure of this flaut at p.18 of this RUN CUM ha- HIS Plant riſes with Deéadtiso. bet hæc Cotyledon a round Stem, ſome rotundum, tubenrem wbat reddiſo and knot- & quaſi genicula ted, which divides it tuin, qui in ramos ſelf into ſeveral Bran- dividitur, quos folia ex adverfo ches, beſet with Leaves in Croſs- bina ita amplectuntur, ut a ra- pairs at the Joints. Theſe Leaves mulis tranfadigi videantur, hæc are ſucculent, ſomewhat broad and ſucculenta, lata, mucronata, & pointed, and a little fringed on pauca hirſutie fimbriata ſunt, the Edges. On the Tops of the ramulorum cacumina pulcherrime Stalks come the Flowers in great ornantur floribus numeroſis, coc- Numbers of a beautiful Carmine cineis, Colour 8 DEC. V. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. cineis, & umbellatim pofitis, &|Colour placed in Umbells; they erectis, qui omnes monopetali, are monopetalous bust divided at tubulati & quinquifidi funt, & the Tops into five Parts, each in calyce quinquifido & fuccu- Flower ſtanding in a green ſuccu- lento naſcuntur, fructus è variis lent Calyx; and the Fruit or Seed- vaginulis componitur femine mi- pod containing ſeveral Cells, full nutiflimo fætis : of very ſmall Seeds. Per integrain floret æſtatem. It flowers in moſt of the Sum- mer Months. Ex avulſo rainulo in terrain de- We may propogate this Plant pacto facillime propagatur cum eaſily, by ſetting Cuttings off it in ilico radices agat. the Earth, any time in the Sum- mer. _I brought this Cotyledon firfi into England, Anno. 1714. Caſpari Commelin M. D. Bo- tanices Profeſſoris & Academiæ Cæfareæ Naturæ Curioſorum Collegæ Horti Medici Amſtel Adamenſis Plantæ Rariores & Exoticx: Printed at Leyden 1706. . citer Ficoides Sturtfo 42 DEC. V. 9 Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulent arum. Ficoides Afric. folio trian-| The Thyme-leafʼd Fig- gulari, enſiformi, breviſi- Marygold. mo, flore purpurafcente, filamentoſo. Boerh. Ind. alt 190. gsumum falcatam din. N 19 F fuperat digitos quinque, & makes a Plant above five inter tribules fuos minimum eſt|Foot high, and is one of the ſmal- Arbufculum ; Folia vix frumenti left Skrubs of this Family . The granis Majora, compa&tè fatis & Leaves are bardly bigger than conjunctius pofita in ſuos ramuf-Grains of Wheat, and are ſet very culos. cloſe together upon the Branches. Menſe Augufti flores emittit The Flowers are radiated and radiatos, eoſque Elegantiſſimos of a fine Purple-Colour. purpurei coloris. Fructus hujus plantæ, in An- They appear about Auguft, but glia hactenus me vidiſſe non Me. I have not yet obſerv'd any ripe mini, quamvis paflim apud Hor- Fruit, notwithſtanding it is grod- tulanos curioſiores invenienda eſting in many curious Gardens. hæc planta. It is eaſily propogated, by plan- Eain propogabis facilè fi ejus ting Cuttings of young Shoots off ramuſculum in terram inferneris it, in June or July. menfibus Junij & Julij. This Plant, and all others of Hæc planta eteniin ejuſque the Same Tribe, love an open free generis aliæ, amant aerem libe- Air, when the Weather is not ex- rum, niſi planè nimis frigidum. 'treme cold. ✓ Dil Elth. 288. B Ficoides IO Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. DEC. V. ICOID ES hæc in locis T Places, about the Cape of Ficoides Afric. folie triangu- The Dwarf - Triangular lari, enſiformi, glauco White-leafʼd Fig-mary- crafo, flore amplo, aureo. gold. Mesánbryanthehin albifluin Live THIS Plant grows in ftony F faxoſis creſcit propè pro- montorium Bonæ ſpei, folia ejus Good Hope; the Leaves, which triangularis funt figuræ, Coloris grow in Cluſters cloſe to the Earth, quidam viridis ad Albedinem are of a greeniſh white Colour, of aliquatenus accedentia, digitos a triangular Figure, and about tres longa propè terram racema- three Inches in length. tim crefcentia. Flores fe oftentant in menſe The Flowers appear in Auguſt, Augufti , coloris aurei fuis pedi-upon Foot-ſtalks of five or fix culis quinque vel fex digitos Inches in length, they are radiated longi inſiſtentes. and of a Golden-Colour. Eam propogabis facillimè fi We may eaſily propogate this ejuſdem ramuſculos terræ inſer- Plant, if we ſet the of-Sets in ueris ut moris eft cum priùs de- the Earth, as directed for the fcriptis. former. Adamat Aerem Calidum & It loves a dry warm Air and Aridum, aqua vero paruin. little Water. 1.Dil. alth, 243. AT , Ficoides 43 Sturt fe Sturtjo. 44 This Figure belongs to Decad.IV.p.12. DEC. V. II Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. LANTA hæc citimine Tromelinge it rarely exceeds Senecio Africanus arborſeens, The Ficoid-leafʼd African folio Ficoidis Comel. rar. Groundſell. 40. Cacabin Ficoides kia, vee to Higure of this placas p.17.05 Har Secad HOthis Plant is 7.49. P! creſcit, fed in hortis noftris Grower, yet pedes duos altitudine raro ſupe- the height of two Foot in our rat; caulem habet craſſum & ro-Gardens. The Stem is round and tundum cui undique adhærent thick, ſending forth many Branches, folia craſſa, fucculenta & mucro- about the Tops of which, grow the nata, rainulorum cacumina in Leaves, without any exact Order; varios terininantur pediculos, qui they are thick; juicy, and pointed flores in calyce multiſciffo & at the Ends, from the Extremities cylyndraceo ferunt multifidos, of which Branches, come forth the femina, pappofa. Flower-Stalks, bringing Cluſters of Flowers, each conſiſting of many Flowrets, incloſed in a Calyx of a Cylindrical Figure; theſe are ſuce ceeded by Pappoſe Seeds. Cæterum glauca eft tota Planta Both the Leaves and Stalks of & rore cælio obducta. the Plant are glaucous, and pon- dered with a whitiſh Dev, which feels fomewhat oily. Ex avulſo ramulo, ut omnes The Slips or Cuttings of this plantæ aizoides, facile multipli- Plant, as well as thoſe of other fucculent Plants, will eaſily take catur. root. Succus hujus plantæ viſcoſus, The Juice of the Plant is viſ- oderatus & dulcis eft. cous, ſweet-ſcented, and ſweetil to the Taſte. B 2 Euphor- 12 DEC. V. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. ADIX hujus Tithymali T bite and thick, Sending out Euphorbium Africanum caule |The Large White flower'd Squamoſo, tuberoſo, minus, African Spurge. Boerh. Ind. alt. 258 Nº.7. RA alba & craſſa fibras aliquot emittit albicantes : Caules ex ip-whitiſh Fibres ; from this Root ſa radice exit rotundus virridis riſeth the Stem round. green and & fquamofus ; circa caulis naf-Squamous, from which, ſhoot the cuntur ramuli & ut caulis ſqua Branches that alſo are Squamous; inoſi, ſingulis ſquamis, cum juni- from each of which, while the ores ſicut, folia innaſcuntur par-Shoots are young, shoot forth va & augufta. Small narrow Leaves. In caulis ramulorumque fum- From the Tops of the Stems or mitate pediculi oriuntur mediam Branches, come forth round thick unciam longi, rotundi & craſli, Foot-ſtalks half an Inch in length, quorum quiſque florem gerit al-Ion which come the Flowers, which bun unicum, monopetalum, in are whitib and monopetalous, quinque profundas lacinias divi- deeply cut in five, ſo that the fum, ut pentapetalus appareat, Flowers ſeem to be pentapetalous, hæc itaque perala denuo in tres and theſe ſeeming Petals are again quatuorve alias lacinias dividun- cut in three or four Diviſions. tur. Seminibus maturis, & avulſis We may eaſily encreaſe this, or rimulis facile multiplicari poteft, any other fucculent Tithymal by quum, ut cætera Tithymalorum Sowing the Seed, or by Cuttings. Species aizoides. Tota planta copioſe lactefcet. The whole Plant is very full of Adamat aerem calidum & ari- Milk. It loves a warm dry Air. dumn. Ficoides Share 45 Sture 46 DEC. V. 13 Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Ficoides Africana, fruteſcens, The Thorny Perfoliated perfoliata, folio, triangu- Fig-Marygold. lari glauco, pun&tato,cortice lignoſo candido, tenui. Bo- erh. Ind. alt 290. N° 16. Mesembryanthemum unenalum din. Æcindigena HIS is H Econ disconti da friccaliquanto T Hoa Native of Africa, lato generi Somewhat tiâ ineâ decade memorato confi. large perfoliated kind Mention'd milis, verum folio minora & in my third Decade, but has its vindiora eo habet, extreme etiam Leaves ſmaller and greener than in hac foliorum partes rubentibus|that, and alſo the Extreme Parts fpinis interferuntur, of the Leaves in this, are ſet with Hujus flores rubicundi, purpu- reddiſh Thorns. rei, ejus artem apices flavi coloris The Flowers of this, are of funt.' Floſculum hunc circiter a reddiſh Purple Colour, and their eftatis finem apparentem ſciſſioni. Apices are rellow; their Eloſoms bus propogare eodemque quo alie appearing about the End of Sum- Ficoides modo excolore licet. We may propogate this by Cuttings, aud cultivate it like 1. Dill. Elth. 252. the other Ficoides, mer. Ficoides 14 Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. Dec. v. Ficoides Afric. procumbeus Tripolii ſucculento folio, flore candido. Pluck. Mant The Daiſy-leav'd Creeping- 77. Tab. 329. f. 4: . . . Fig-Marygold, E C Planta quamvis multos T Tears in England, but is tilripolida Lin! HIS HE annos in Angliâ fuerit, raro tamen in hortis inveniatur, ex A-yet a fcarce Plant in the Gardens; frica proveint; cito gravis eradit, it is a Native of Africa, and ſoon adeo at Terram verſus vergat, et becomes weighty enough to encline Stipitibus eam alligari neceffe fit, to the Ground; ſo that unleſs we ut in Figura oſtendimus, aliter in tye it up to Sticks, as I have re- terram proftrata appareat. preſented it in the Figure, it will lye flat to the Earth. Circiter Auguſtum petaliis argen- It flowers commonly about Au- tei caudaris, apicibus in centro co guít, the Petals being of a Silver- loris Atraminei, floris edit. White, and the Apices in the - Centre, of a Straw Colour. Hujus fructus communis generis The Fruit of this is much larger, aliis multo major eft. in proportion, than any of the common Sorts. Notandum, coftas foliorum in It is remarkable, that the Ribbs medio, colore purpureo fore, quum in the Middle of the Leaves are reliqua folii pars pallidâ viridatate of a Purple Colour, while the fit. other Part of the Leaf is of a pale Green. Surculos five ſciſſuras plantando, It may be propagated by plant- antequam utriculi live floris germi-ing the Slips or Cuttings before the na in ijs appareant, propagatur. Flower-Buds appear upon them. 4. Dill. alth.231 . Ficoides *** Sturt ſc. 48 u LE Sea a za EG Tatu GAUL GIA Shurt Se. DEC. V. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. 15 gold, Ficoides Africana, folio Plan- taginis undulato, Micis Ar- The Diamond Fig-Mary- genteis Aſperfo. Tournf. Ac. R. Sc. Ann. 1705. movemebryauttemu'm cryftalinum Lin. EC Aniinalis Planta, cui A- HIS is an annual Plant HE damantine arboris nomen in from the Cape of Good- didi, ut ab Hortulanis dignoſcatur, Hope, to which I have given the a Bone-Spei, Preinontorio proveni-Name of the Diamond-Tree, for it to be known amongſt the Gardi- Unoquoque Anno a feminibus It is raiſed, every Tear, from Martio et Aprili menſibus fatis ex-Seeds ſown in March or April. citanda eft. ens. ners. Quum primum comparet, folia) When it firſt appears, the aliquantulum formam folioruin Leaves are ſome what of the Plantaginis aſſimilant ; aliquando Figure of the Plant ain Leaves, duos vel tres uncias lata, quinque Sometimes three or four Inches aut fix Digitis longe culminibus broad, and about five or fix Inches punctata, intra duos aut tres menſes long, pointed on the Tops; but in frondeſcit, harum antem frondium two or three Months it branches folia diverſe adinodum Figure a forth, and the Leaves of thoſe prima fronde ſunt, ut Icon oftendit, Branches are of a very different tum autem prime tum poftreme Figure from the firſt, as the Icon frondes itidem caules ſucculanti Sets forth; but the firſt and laſt admodum, et puſtulis limpide aque Leaves, as well as the Stalks, are conte&i funt, que, ſole Plante al- very ſucculent, and cover'd over lucente, totidem adamantes aſſiini- with Bliſters of clear Water,which lant: Cerciter Menſis Julium et hining upon the Plant, reſembles Augufium flores argentei candoris So many Diamonds; about July or videntur, imum verſus colorem Auguſt the Flowers appear of a carneum Silver 16 DEC. V Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. carneum quodamınodo repreſentant Silver-W bite, enclining towards plerumque menfe Novembris perit, the Bottom to a Flejo Colour. It apertis campis, eſtivo tempore cre- commonly periſhes in November, ſcere gaudens: Eain fruticem, and loves to grow in the open duos pedes altum edentem vidi. Ground during the Summer. I ill. Etth. 232 bave ſeen it make a Shurb two Foot bigle 15 Ficoides Surt fo. 4.9 This Figure belongs to p. st. of this Decada 18. DEC. V. 17 Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. ex , a Ficoides Neopolitanum flore candido H. L. B. Boerh. The Roſemary-leav'd Fig. Ind. alt. 291. No. 15: Marygold. Mosembryanthemum geniculi florim din. v. Sujus plantas figuram Decem (IV. p. 12. 6.3. ANC Plantam uñam HA HIS Plant I ſuppoſe to be Kali's Parkenfoni, vel ut ali- TH one of the Kali's of Parkin- ter efferain, Neopolitanam, non ſon, or that it is in other Terms a vero (ut quidam Autumant) Afri- Fig.Marygold of Naples, and not canıım Ficoidem eſſe exiſtimo. Plan- of Africa, as ſome take it to be; tam circiter duos pedes altam effi- It makes a Plant of about tooFoot cit; rami Autum et Frondes admo-high; but the Branches and Leaves dum ſucculente et debiles, qua de are very ſucculent and weak, so Cauſa pedis altitudinem fuperans that it cannot wel ſupport itſelf, ſe fuftentare nequit ; lucida viridi- when it is more than a Foot high; tate quali argento arfperfa fulget. It is all of a Light-green Colour, Flores ut in tabula videre licet ; lo-hining, as if it was powder'd with cantur, pallido, ftramineo colore Silver. The Flowers are placed, per omnes fere eſtivos menſes ap- as in the Figure, and are of a pale parentes. Straw Colour, appearing in moſt of the Summer Months. Sciſſionibus ut aliæ Ficoides pro- It is propagated from Cuttings, pogatur. like the other Fig-Marygolds. D. Dill. Elth. 272 C Cotyle- 18 DEC. V. Hiſtoria Plantarum Succulentarum. of this Plant cin. EC Planta. "Africe indigena, T'Africa, resembling, some t.41 a The Arboreſcent White- Ogohla Fanning Cotyledonoides Afric. Ju Figure flower'd, Cotyledon. el paz. of Crapula tetragona this Decalls HIS Plant a Native of H Ficoides quaidam aſſimilans foliis, que tranfverſis paribus juxta Sorts of Ficoides in its Leaves, articulus ponuntur. Fruticem duo- and are ſet in croſs Pairs at the bus pedibus altum facit, e caule Foynts: It makes a Sbrub about rotundo, aliquantulum nodoſo fuf-two Foot high, proceeding from a co rubro colore Orientem. In round Stem, ſome-what knotted, ſummitatibus ramorum caules Flo- of a browniſh Red Colour. On the rum circa Menſem Septembrem ap-Summits of its Branches the Flow: parent, culminibus gerentes par-er-Stalks appear about September, vos candidos flores, qui Marceſcen- bearing on their Tops Small White tes flaveſcunt, et denno fefe occlu- Flowers, which, when the decay, dunt; ut alie ſucculente Plante turn-Yellow, and then cloſe them- propogatur, tant opere creſcit, ut ſelves. It is propagated like other frons in Terram decidens radices Succulent Plants, and is in a par- agit. Hanc Plantam primum inticular Manner given ſo much to Angliam, Anno 1714. attuli. Encreaſe, that even a fallen Leaf will take root with only falling to the Earth. I brought this firſt inn F I N I S. to England, Anno 1714. 54 THE END sy This figure belongs to p.7. of the A | in hoc libro Icones aggluti Binder; in binding of this Book nandæ funt chartarum laciniis, fin-the Figures muſt be placed each of gulæ autem inferantur fuis locis, ut them to front the Pages, as follows, hic ordine notantur. 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