D E C A S S E C U N D A . 4 1,
COTYLEDON frutefcens, folio oblongo, v irid i, floribus ramofis,
pendulis, reflexis.
Tab. XFIIL
PRovenit haec planta in foli faxofi planitie radice maxime
fibrolà in plurimas longasque majores fibras divilà, quae
fibrillas tenues fibi invicem intricatas plurimas emittunt fufcas,
lata plaga fefe undique difpergentes -, unde exfurgit caudex:
craffus, fcaber, fufcus, in fruticis formam fêle attollens, qui
vario modo fuos protrudit ramos nodofos, craflos, in furnmo
producentes folia plana,lata, craffa, oblonga, tenuiori bafi in
obtufum planitiem faepe extenfa, a nunc viridia, nunc glau-
c a , fucculenta. Florum rami multiplicés fupremam hujus
plantae partem occupant longiflimi, vario modo divifi, unde
îînguli ex propriis petiolis flores dependent tubuloll, magnis
calicibns quinquefidis contend, qui ad oras inquinque lacinias,
latas, reflexas nunc flavas, nunc rubefcentes dividuntur, qui
ante frudtificationem marcefcunt b plurimaque ftamina viren-
tia antheris purpureis habent. Frudtus tubulofus, acutus, c
in quinque fegmenta perpendiculariter divifus, quorum Unguium
d oblongo-acutum eft, atque in capfula feminali plu-
rima continentur femina, oblonga, fufca, minima e. Variât
haec admodum planta ratione formae ac coloris foliorum,
nunc enim latiora, nunc magis oblonga, nunc viridia, nunc
penitus glauca funt : flores itidem flavo ac rubro fefe diftin-
gunt fàepe colore , unde & varie admodum haec denominata
eft planta; vocatur enim a ClarilTimo Boerbaavio inlnd. H.L.Bat,
f . 287, Cotyledon Afra, arborefcens, major, foliis glaucis,
F oblon