PLATE 



C. 



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EMBOTHRIUM SERICEUM 



Silky Ennhothrium, 



CLASS 



lY. 



ORDER 



I. 



TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIJ. Four Chives. One Pointal 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



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Calyx nuUus- 



CoKOLLA. Petala quatuor, Imearia, obliqua, 

 apice latiore, fubrotundo, concave, llamini- 

 feroj poft foEcundationem revoluta. 



Empalement none. 



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Stamina. Filamenta quatuor^ breviffiraa. In 



fingulo petala fingula, vel nulla. Antherae 



oblongae, intra cavitatem petali fitae, majuf- 



culae. 

 PiSTiLLUM. Gern^en rineare^ adfcendens, in- 



flexum. Stylus miUus. Stigma fubrotun- 

 dnm^ antice planum, poflice concavum, 



magnum. 

 Pbhicarpium. FolHculns tereS; unilocularis. 

 Semina quatuor feu quinque, ovata, comprefla, 



margine altero raembrana alata. 



Blossom. Four petals, linear, oblique; broaJ 

 ended, roilndilh, concave^ and fupporting 



the chivcj after the 

 they are rolled back. 



bur fling 



Chives. Four threads, very fliort, one in each 

 petal, or none. Tips oblong, placed in the 

 hollow end of the petal, larger. ' 



Pointal. Seed-bud linear, afcending, and bent* 

 Shaft none. Summit nearly round, the 

 forepart flat^ the hinder concave, large. 



Seed-vessel. A cylindrical pod of one cell. 

 Seeds four or five, egg-lhaped, flattened, having 

 a fkinny wing at one edge. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER* 



Embothrium foliis fub-ternatis, integerrimis, 

 acutis, margine revolutis, fubtus fericeis; 



fpica recurva^ fruftu tuberculato, glabro. 



Embothrium with leaves growing moftly three 

 together, entire, pointed, rolled back at the 

 edge, and filky beneath > fpike bent down- 

 ward 3 fruit tuberculated, not downy. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE, 



1. A Bloflbm complete. 



2. A Petal of the Bloffom, magnified. 



3. Tlie Seed-bud and Summit, magnified 



4. A ripe Seed-veffel. 



5. A Seed. 



When the figure of this plant, or a variety 



the third No- of 



his New Holland Botany, it had not then flowered in England} and from the leaves only, of the dnea 



lecimens, it was fcarce poflible to trace, amons-ftfuch 



rium. It neverthelcfs was in many colleaions, and in fome, all the varieties, although it had not then 



ered 



About the end of the year 1791 the feeds of this plant, with many others, ^^ 



were 



South 



by Col. Paterfon. Aa a hardy greenhoufe plant, it will always be coveted^ as it is feldoin without 

 flowers tJirough the whole year. Our plant appears to difi'er fufficiently, from the three varieties given 

 by the Doaor, to form a fourth^ as the leaves on tliis are by no means conftantly three together, but 

 are often fcattered. We have notwithlianding nearly copied his fpecific charaaer. It ftould be 



wUilft the plant is fil.l in flower. 



be 



