No. 543. 
PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA. 
Class. Order, 
MONG@CIA TRIANDRIA. 
A native of the East Indies, Cochin 
China, and China. In Malabar it becomes 
a small tree of twelve or fourteen feet 
high, and the fruit, which is much larger 
than a cherry, is eatable. 
The leaves aré extremely elegant, being 
long and slender pinnate ; they seem to be 
never wholly developed, as at the ends al- 
ways appear the rudiments of more leaflets. 
The flowers are produced on the foot- 
stalk: they are small but very curious. 
They have never produced any fruit with us. 
The plant must be constantly preserved 
in the stove, and although cultivated 2 
lee | in 1768, is still rare, being difficul 
to increase. We have only succeeded i 
it by layers. Its soil should be loam and 
peat. 
