The same work contains superlative portraits of Bromeliads, Sansevierias and other occasional inhabitants 

 of succulent collections. 



Redoute's first published coloured illustration of a succulent seems to be that of Cacolia articulata L. {-^^Senecio 

 articulatus (L) Sch. Bip. ; c.f. PI. Gr.l8), the well-known "Candle Plant." It appears as Plate LXXXIII of 

 L'HERITIER'S " Stirpes Novae aut minus cognitae illustravit," a beautiful flower album of 90 plates published in 

 Paris in 1784-5. of which 54 of the plates are signed by Redoute. The plant is accurately portrayed although a 

 little drawn up by lush cultivation. No other succulents are in this book. 



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Fig. 8. Nyctocereus serpsntinus 

 (Lag. & Rodr.) Br. & R. 



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Fig. 7. Ncpa!xochia phyllanthoides (D.C.) Br. & R. 



PIERRE-JOSEPH REDOUTE — Cacti from Bonpland's "Description des Plantes Rare; 



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The finest of his cactus studies are two plates in a folio volume by BONPLAND, " Description des Plantes 

 rares cultivees a Malmaison et a Navarre " (Figs. 7-8). This came out in parts between 1812 and 1817, and 

 54 of its 64 coloured plates are by Redoute. The succulents are : — 



Plate Date 



Bonpland's name 



3 1812 Cactus speciosus 



Fig. 7 



36 1814 Cactus ambiguus 



Fig. 8 



37 1814 Cotyledon tardiflorum 



Modern name 



Nopalxochia phyllanthoides 



(D.C.) Br. & R. 



Nyctocereus serpentinus 



(Lag. & Rodr.) Br. & R. 



Cotyledon panlculata L.f. 



Authority 

 Br. & R. 



Br. & R. 



N. E. Br. MSS. 



Another lavish florilegium with 89 of its coloured plates by Redoute is VENTENAT's " Jardin de la Malmaiso 

 in two volumes folio, 1803-5. Three of these plates are beautiful and lifelike studies of succulents : 



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