P L A T E CCXV.
E M B O T H R I U M S A L I G N U M.
Willow-like Embothrium.
CLASS IV. ORDER I.
T E T R A N D R I A MONO G YNI A . Four Chives. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
ITX ntillus. Cor. t e t r a p e t a l a . Stamina limbo
p e t a l o r um infer t a . Folliculus polyfpermus.
Sein. alata.
E m p a l e n i e n t none. Blofl. four-petailed. Chives
inferted into the limb of the petals. Onecelled
pod, many feeded. Seeds w i n g e d.
2 E M B O T H R I U M S E R I C E U M , PI. C. Vol, II.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
E m b o t h r i um foliislanceolatis,uninervis, u t r i n q u e ,| E m b o t h r i um w i t h lance-fhaped leaves, onenerved,
g l a b e r r i m i s ; umbcllnlis a x i l l a r i b u s ; corollis
fubalbidis.
very fmooth on b o t h fides; the fmall umbels
of flowers grow from the infertion of the
leaves into t h e Hem ; blofloms whitifh.
R E F E R E N C E TO T H E P L A T E.
1. A flower complete, w i t h the fummit relieved from the petals, magnified.
2. The fame w i t h the fummit yet reftraiued by the petals.
3. One petal w i t h t h e tip, magnified.
4 . T h e Seed-bud, Shaft, and S u m m i t , magnified.
T H I S Genus, if w e may j u d g e from w h a t we already potfefs, a m o u n t i n g to 6 fpecies, promifes to furnifh,
an ample feafl for Botanifls; for we have n o doubt, but the fpecies are as numerous as of any one from
N e w Holland. The W i l l o w - l i k e E m b o t h r i um makes a very handfome b u l h y green-houfe p l a n t;
t h e leaves are not fubject to damp, and the i t em acquires the height of 5 or 6 feet. It flowers about
May, and from t h e manner in which the leaves r a t h e r fall downwards, from their infertion, leaving the
b u n c h e s of flowers fully expofed, at their bafe, it has a very picturefque appearance, as the whole
plant is fometimes covered with blofloms. It thrives beft in fandy peat e a r t h , and is increafrd by cutt
i n g s , made about March, or April, and placed in the heat of the Hot-houfe, or a cucumber frame.
Our figure was t a k e n at the H a m m e r f m i t h Nurfery ; where, i t was firfl r a i l e d from feeds, in t h e year