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Hijloria VUntarum Succulent arum. D E c. II 



1714. The Flower -St ems, which 



came diretlly out of the Center 

 of the Plant fiot upright about 

 1 7 foot high, and divided them- 

 fehes into many Branches upon 

 the Extremity of which came 

 forth the Flowers in large Bunches 

 of a yellow Colour, dropping a 

 Liquor as fweet asHony: Each 

 Blojfom was about 4 Inches in 

 length befides the Stile and Apices 

 which appeared at leaft anlnch be- 

 yond the Petals. 



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Thefe two famous Plants had no 

 lefs than 5 Flower- Stems a piece, 

 and continued their Blojfom for a- 



bove 1 2 Months and then dy*d. 

 The lafl Tear a large Plant of 

 this kind blojfom* d in the Gar- 

 belonging to his Grace the 

 D.of Buckingham in St.James'i- 



neditullio prorumpentes pedes fep- 

 temdecim, in fublime ferebantur,tum 

 fefe in ramufculos multos diviferunt, 

 in quorum Extremitatibus racematim 

 *erminabant flores flavi quidem co- 

 lons, liquorem fuavitate melli mini- 

 me inferiorem diftillantes:Flos quique 

 digitos quatuor plus minus erat lon- 

 gus praster ftilum &c apicem, qui a 



petalis menfuram digiti unius diftare 



videbantur. 



dens 



Park 



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the Flower-Stem of that 



Plant was about the height of the 



Duas hasc plants celeberrimx non 

 minus quam quinque Scapos florife- 

 ros oftentabant <5t per menfes duode- 

 cim Continuos ufque florebant, turn 

 marcefcentes evanuerunt. 



Anno fuperiorehujus generis plan- 

 tain vidi in Horto Illuftriilimi2?ztf&0- 

 gamii Ducis prope agrum vuigo St. 

 James Park. Scapi ejus floriferi illos 

 modo fupra dittos omni ex parte re- 



former, and was branched in the ferebant Flores hujus plants cuni 



fame manner : and as I had fre- 

 quent Opofiunities of vifiting 



thefe Plants while they were flow- 

 ering, I can affirm that the com- 

 mon Story of their making a Noife 



when the Flowers open has no 

 Truth in it. 



This Plant loves a light Sandy 

 Soil, much Air, and little Water, 

 and maybe propagated from Suc- 

 kers which frequently fpring from 

 the Roots. 



ftrepitu aliquo erumpere ut non- 

 nulli incondite fatis memoriastradide- 

 runt, aufimaffirmare(ExpertusEnim 

 loquor ) figmentum efts ineptiffi • 

 mum. 



Solum am3t planta hascarenofum 

 <Sc Levidenfe, Aeris mult urn, aquas 

 parum, iliam propagabis fi Virgulas 

 exradicibus ejus affatim &c abundc 

 erumpentes, in terrain inferueris. 







