Dec. III. 



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Hiftoria 'Plant anon Succulent arum. 



Afclepias aizoides, Africana, J. 



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mile, aizoides, iiliquis ere£t- The fmall creeping thick 



is Africanum Ho. L. 5. 



leav'd <£ peJtttifitatlN 



Locis faxofis, aridis 5c monta- 

 nis,prope Promontorium Bona: 



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//A9 "Plant is found >/*. 



turalty gro 



in 



dry. 





Colons funt graminei, ad Genicula 

 autem Parpurco iubfufcato inum- 

 brati. Hi quam facillime Radices 



Spei,oriturha:cPlanta,Caules,abfque ft ony .mountainous T laces, about 

 Foliis, talcs quales in Figuri often- Uhe Cape of Good Hope, pro- 

 a^untur cjiciens, qui, Plantajigentc, during fuch Stems, without 



Leaves, as are reprefented in 

 the Figure ; they are of a Grafs 

 green Colour, jhaded at the 

 agunt,& humi ferpunt, Mcnfem cir- vjoint s with a brownifiPurple, 

 citer Augufti Flofculis tencrrimis \when the Tlant is in Health, 

 pullulantcs, qui cito poft primum Thefe Stems take Root verf 

 Afpeftumturgefcunr,&demum(quo- eafily, and creep along the 

 modo Rcprdentationc oftenditur)GV0#w^, footing forth, about 

 fefc expandunt.. Area hujufce fTotis{Aug\ift,theifFlower-buds 9 which 

 eft Colons viridis ad aurcum zccc~\fwell apace when they begin to 



dentis, MaculisfivePundurispurpu-f^^r and at length open as 



dem Coloris. 





rcis ad fufcum inclinantibus obf\g^ the Figure elcpreffes, the Ground 



nata, cum ScelJa concentrali cjuf- of the Flower being a yellowijb 



Green, which is mark'd with 

 brownish purple Spots, with the 



Stat in the Center of the fame 

 Colour . 



This Flower yields aftrong 



Hie FlosFoetorcm eraitttt inftar 

 Cadaveris, qui Foetor Mufcas quam Scent like Carrion, which enti- 

 plurimas illic Ova deponere invitat. \cesthe Flies to lay their Eggs up- 

 on it. When the Bloffom is paft 



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