Hiftoria Plant arum Succulent arwru D e c. II. 





Short Star- pointed 



Marigold. 



t 



HI S like the former is a 

 Native of Africa, 



an 



d 



grozvs in dry Ground. The whole • AfFricano orig 



Ficoides Capenfis bum'tUs, folio te- 

 reti, pills in extremhate ftellatis, 

 flore purpureo. 



Lanta h«c quemadmodum 5c 

 proxime fuperius defcripta folo 



fu 



acceptam 

 is. PJanta 



Plant feldom exceeds three In- refert, crefcit^m 



ches in Height; but runs clofe, integra digitos tre 



to the Earth t putting forth lit- \ perat, 5c humilius prope terrain 



tie Branches, which are almoJl\k\t, ramufculos foliis afperis f 



fa 



covered with rough Leaves 

 a Greyish Colour, adorned on 



pertos, coloris glauci mittens, fum 



funt nodulis fpi 



their Points with Clujlers <?/tera- narumftellas referendum albicanti 

 der white Spines in a Star-like atquetenerrimarumcumpuncl: 



Figure, with Spots of Orange 



Colour in their Centre. 



The 



pf; 



Flo 



purpurei funt colons, in medio 



owers are Purple^ with hite\xb albicante. In menfe Septembris 



Thrums in the Middle, and pen 

 themj elves in September. oWe 

 may propagate this like the for- 



mer. 



pullulare Stfefe aperire folent 



Eani propagabis facillime, fi ejuf- 

 dem ramufculos terra? inferueris ut 

 moris eft cum prius defcriptis. 





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