

DEC. V. Hijioria Flantarum Succulent drum. j^ 



Ficoides Africana., folio Flan- 



taginis iwdnlato, Micis Ar-\Thc Diamond Fig-Mary- 

 gentcis Afperfo. Tonrnf. Ac. \ gold. 



K. Sc. Ann. 1705. 



EG Animalis Phnta, cui k\'~ 1 C y HlS is an annual Plant 



H 



didi, ut ab Hortulanis dignofcatur (Hope, to which I have given 



T 



damantine arboris nomen in X from the Cape of Good 



Bone-Spei, Premontorio prov 



ens. 



Unoquoque Anno a feminibu 



Name of the Diamond-Tree, fo, 



it to be known amongjl the Gardi 



tiers. 



It is ratfed, every Tear, ft 



Martio et Apr Hi menfibus fatis ex- Seeds fown in March or April 



citanda eft 





5 



Qyum primun\ comparer, folia When it firft appears, the 

 aliquantulum formam foliorum*. Leaves are fome-what of the 

 Plantaginis aflimilant } aliquando Figure of the Plantain Leaves 

 duos vel tres uncias lata, quinque fometimes three or four Inches 

 aut fix Digitis longe culminibus broad, and about five or fix Inches 

 punctata, intra duos aut tres menfesi /<?«£, pointed on the Tops\ but m 

 frondefcit, harum antem frondium \two or three Months it branches 

 folia diverfe admodum Figure zlforth, and the Leaves of thofe 

 prima frondefunt, utlcon oQcndh. I Branches are of a very different 

 turn autem prime turn yoftxzmA Figure from the firft, as the Icon 

 frondes itidem caules faccuhttilfets forth , but the firft and laft 

 admodum, et puftulis limpide aquell^-u^, as well as the Stalks, are 

 contecli funt, que, fole Plante z\-\very fucculent, and cover d over 

 Jucente, totidem adamantes affimi- \with Blifters of clear Water, which 

 Jant: Cerciter Menfis Julhtm zt\ /Lining upon the Plant, refembles 

 Augnftwn fiores argentei candorisl/0 many Diamonds-, about July or 

 videntur, imum verfus colorem j Auguft the%Flowers appear of a 



carneum' Silver- 



