P L A T E CCLXXII.
EMBOTHRIUM LINEARE.
Narrow-leaved Embothrium.
CLASS IV. ORDER 1.
TETRANDRIA MONOGTNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER,
C A L Y X nullus. Corolla tetrapetala. Stamina
limbo p e t a l o r um inferta. Folliculus polyfpermus.
Semina alata.
E M P A L E M E N T none. Bloflbm four-pet ailed.
Chives inferted i n t o t h e limb of t h e petals.
A one-celled pod many feeded. Seeds
winged.
See E M B O T H R I U M S E R I C E U M , FI. C. Vol. I t.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
E m b o t h r i um foliis linearibus, fubtomentofis,
u n i n e r v i i s ; riorum racemis axillaribus; corollis
albis. Semina nuda.
E m b o t h r i um with linear leaves rather downy,
one-nerved; the fmall heads of flowers
g r ow from t h e infertion of t h e l e a v e s ; t he
bloffoms w h i t e . Seeds naked.
R E F E R E N C E TO T H E P L A T E .
1. A Flower, complete.
2. One of t h e petals, with t h e c h i v e a t t h e e n d .
3. T h e Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, magnified.
4. A r i p e Seed-pod burft and empty.
5. A r i p e Seed.
T H I S fpecies of E m b o t h r i um wa. introduced to B r i t a i n at the fame ttme as the S.lky E m b o . h n u m,
of I»fecond volume, pinto 1 0 0 , and ha, been confidered b u t a, a .lord v a n e l y of , . by D r . Sm h,
Z h U F i r l i N u m b e r of N e w H o l l a n d Botany, page 2 3 . But . b e total d.fference ,n the hab.t of he
San e*c p t i n the tape of the flowers, has induced u , to give H a fpce.fic t.tle. I. grows to the
h ghtoTfiv or fix fee.!„o. very b u s h y , a b o u n d i n g through t h e w h o l e year , „ a f n c c . f h o n o f flowers,
whfch p oceed from t h e y o u n g b r a n c h e s , ripe feed being produced upon t h e p l a n , , . t h e fame „me. ttJiZRanted in l i g h t randy peat, and kept in a dry p, r . of the green-houfe as me younger
b r a n c h e s are a p t to fuffer°fr»™ d a m p s i n the month, of December and J a n u a r y . Our d r a w . n g was
made at t h e H a m n r e r f m i t h nurfury, i n t h e year 1S0O, about t h e m o n t h of J u l y .