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a long tubalous Flower ; whereas 

 the Craffula has fliort Flowers divi- 

 ded almoft to the Bottom. 



The Species are ; 



1. Cotyledon major. CB. The 

 greater Navelwort. 



2. Cotyledon Africana frute- 

 fcens, foliis orbicularis, limbo purpu- 

 reo cir.clis. Tourn. Shrubby African 

 Navelwort, with round Leaves edged 

 with a purple Rim. 



3. Cotyledon Africana frute- 

 fcens, folio longo iff angujlo, flare fia- 

 <vefcente. Com.Rar. Shrubby Afri- 

 can Navelwort, with a long narrow 

 Leaf, and a yellowilh Flower. 



4. Cotyledon Africana frute- 

 ) fcens, fore umbellato coccineo. Com. 



Rar. Shrubby African Navelwort, 

 with fcarlet Flowers growing in an 

 Umbel. 



5. Cotyledon Afra, folio craffo 

 lato laciniato,-flofculo aureo. Boerh. 

 Ind. African Navelwort, with a broad 



; thick divided Leaf, and fmall yellow 

 Flowers. 



6. Cotyledon Afra arborefans 

 \ major, foliis glaucis oblongioribus, 



flare luteo. Boerh. Lid. Greater tree- 

 like African Navelwort, with oblong 

 fea -green Leaves, and a yellow 

 Flower. 



7. Cotyledon major arborefans 

 Afra, foliis minonbus crajfjjimis vi- 



: ridioribus minutijfme f unci atis. Boerh. 

 Ind. Greater African tree-like Na- 

 velwort, with fmall thick Leaves. 



8. Cotyledon major a.rbore fcens 

 Afra, foliis minoribus oblongis afro- 



: <viridibus. Boerh. Ind. Greater Afri- 

 : can tree-like Navelwort, with fmall 

 oblong dark-green Leaves. 



9. Cotyledon major arborefans 



■ Afra, foliis orbiculatis glaucis, limbo 



■ purpurea iff maculis njiridibus ornatis. 

 ' Boerh. Ind. alt. Greater tree -like 



African Navelwort, with rounder 

 fea -green Leaves, having purple 

 Edges, and fpotted with Green. 



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10. Cotyledon Capen/is, folio fe- 

 miglobato. Hort. Elth. Navelwort 

 of the Cape of Good Hope, with thick 

 half-globular Leaves. 



1 1. Cotyledon Cretica, folio, ob~ 

 longo fimbriato. Hort. Elth. Navel- 

 wort of Crete, with an oblong fur- 

 below'd Leaf. 



The firft Sort, which is that ufed 

 in Medicine, grows upon old Walls 

 and Buildings in divers Parts of Eng- 

 land, particularly in Shropjhire and 

 Somerfet/hire, in both which Coun- 

 ties it greatly abounds upon old 

 Buildings, and on rocky Places ; but 

 is not often found wild near London, 

 nor often cultivated in Gardens : it 

 requires a dry rubbilhy Soil, and to 

 ha.e a fhady Situation : this is a bi- 

 ennial Plant, 10 that after it has per- 

 fected Seed, the Plant decays ; but 

 if the Seeds are fcattered on Walls, 

 and old Buildings, as foon as they are 

 ripe, or if they are permitted to fall 

 upon fuch Places, the Plants will 

 come up, and thrive much better 

 than when they are fown in the 

 Ground : and when once the Plants 

 are eftabliilied upon an old Wall or 

 Building, they will fow their Seeds, 

 and maintain their Place, better than 

 when they are cultivated with more 

 Care. 



The African Kinds are all of them 

 propagated by planting Cuttings in 

 any of the Summer-months, which 

 fhould be laid in a dry Place for a 

 Week or more after they are taken 

 from the Plant, before they are 

 planted ; for thefe abound with Juice 

 through every Part of the Plant, 

 which will certainly rot the Cut- 

 ting?, if they are not fuffered to lie 

 out of the Ground, that the wound- 

 ed Part may heal over, and the great 

 Redundancy of Sap evaporate. The 

 Soil in which thefe Plants thrive 

 beft, is one-third frelh light Earth 

 from a Pafture, one-third Sand, and 



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