Ho R T I E l T H A M E N S I S . 285
Ficus Africana aizoides major procumbens, folio triquetro, frudtu maximd eduli
Ammann. Hort. Bof. ƒ>. 1 3. Mefembryanthemum, five Flos meridianus Africanus
triangulari folio, frutefcens maximus procumbens, fruftu turbina to eduli flore
luteo Breyn. Trodr. 11. p. 67. Ficus aizoides Africana major procumbens, triangulari
folio, fructu maximo eduli Hermanni Raj. Hifi. lia n t. Tom. I I. App. pl
1879. n. i ubi delcriptio Hermanni: Ficoides Africanum Mefembryanthemum
feu Ficus aizoides frutelcens maxima procumbens, fruftu turbinato eduli, flore
luteo Tink. Alm. p. 148. Mirafol Eid. Mant. p. Tl- Ficoides five Ficus aizoides
Africana major procumbens, triangulari folio, frudtu maximo eduli D. Hermanni
Hifi.Oxon. Tart. III. p. 506. n. 1. ubi delcriptio Hermanni : Ficoides major Africana,
folio triangulari glauco majori Ibid. Seâ. X I I Tab: 7. Ser. 3. fig. 1. quæ ra-
mum faltem abfque floribus reprælèntat minori forma, cum foliis nimis cufpida-
tis. Ficoides Africana major, triangulari folio, fruétu maximo eduli Tein. Hort.
Bof. Ann. 1699. 1712. 1713. Ficoides Africana major, folio triangulari, fructu
maximo eduli, five Ficus Hottentottorum Schsoer. Cat. Ficoides Africana ere-
fla, folio triangulari Heuch. Hort. Vitemb.p. 22. Sempervivum Africanum ma-
jus procumbens, flore aureo fulgore micante, frudtu maximo eduli, folio triangulari
viridi crafïö Ejufd. Nov. Trov. Ann. 1713. p. 47- Ficoides Africana ereéta,
folio triangulari glauco, cauliculis viridantibus, frudtu maximo eduli Wehm. H rt.
C. Bof. Male autem eredta dicitur.
De ufu & viribus ex Petri Kolben Defcript. Cap. Bon. Sp. id porro annotari
meretur, quod earum fpecierum, quæ flores luteos & purpureos gerunt, (videtur
autem hanc 8c fequentem fpeciem defignare) fructus leniter alvum moveant, ut
refert p. 258. Edit. Germ. 8c quod foliorum fuceo infantes recens natos, a Iter-
core vaccino, quo perungunt, prius repurgatos, lavent Hottentotti, quod cre-
dant ad agilitatem 8c currendi celeritatem tenella membra inde difponi, ut habet
idem p. 443.
ME SE MB R TANTHEMUM FALCATUM MA JUS,
F L O R E T U R T U R E O M E T I O C R I T. CCXII. F. 273.
C Aux. es pracedenti fimiles ad cubitalem, bicubitalem 8c amplius longitudi-
nem excrefcunt, ni fùftententur provoluti, inferiora verfiis cinerei & tere-
tes, filperiora verfus purpurei, leniter compreffi, 8c duobus veluti angulis præ-
diti, in quibus folia nafcuntur, inferius quidem (vid. figura tertia) longiora 8c
reftiora, fuperius 8c quæ e geniculis nafcuntur breviora 8c incurva, funtque junio-
ra quidem 8c media folia introrfum, exteriora 8c natu majora extrorftim falcata,
triquetra, fatis crafïà, acuta 8c rigida, tribus lateribus invicem æqualibus, pér
margines, præfèrtim vero in dorfb, minutis denticulis, limæ triquetræ inftar, afpe-
rata, fuccofay adftringentia, quæ luci obverfa punftata apparent.
Flores Septembri menie nobifcum protulit, fècundum caulium longitudinem
pediculis biuncialibus, uno foliorum pari cinflris, infidentes, mediocris magnitu-
dinis, purpureos, e plurimis petalis radiatim digeftis confiâtes, petalis exteriori-
bus majoribus, interioribus pedetentim minoribus, ita ut interiora, quæ ftamini-
bus apponuntur, non nifi filamenta fint tenuiâ mucronata ihflexa,' intima vero in
ftamina tandem abeant, quibus apices luteoli inhærent. Calyx in quinque inæqualia,