PLATE C. 



EMBOTHRIUM SERICEUM. 



Embothrium. 



CLASS IV. ORDER I. 

 TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. 



One Pointal. 



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GENERIC CHARACTER 

 Calyx nullus. 

 Corolla. Petala quatnor, linearis, obliqua, 



apice latiore, fubrotundo, concavo, liamini- 



feroj poft fcecundationem revoluta. 



Stamina. Filamenta quatuor, breviliima, in 

 fingulo petala fingula, vel nulla. Antheras 

 oblongas, intra cavitatem petali fit.x, majuf- 

 culic. 



Pistillum. Germen lineare, adfeendens, in- 

 flexum. Stylus nullus. Stigma fubrotun- 

 dum, antice planum, poflice concavum, 

 magnum. 



Pericarpium. Folliculus teres, unilocular^. 



Semina quatuor feu quinque, ovata, compretfa, 

 margine altero membrana alata. 



SPECIFIC 



Embothrium foliis fub-ternatis, integerrimis, 

 acutis, margine revolutis, fubtus fericeis; 

 fpica recurva; frudku tuberculato, glabro. 



Empalement none. 



Blossom. Four petals, linear, oblique; broad 

 ended, roundiih, concave, and fnpportinc 

 tlic chive; after the burning of the tips 

 they are rolled back. 



Chives. Four threads, very fhort, one in each 

 petal, or none. Tips oblong, placed in the 

 hollow end of the petal, larger. 



Pointal. Seed-bud linear, all-ending, 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-fhaped, flattened, having 

 a lkinny wing at one edge. 

 CHARACTER. 



Embothrium with leaves growing moftly three 

 together, entire, pointed, rolled back at the 

 edge, and filky beneath; fpike bent down- 

 ward; fruit tuberculated, not downv. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1 . A Bloflom complete. 



2. A Petal of the Bloflom, magnified. 



3. The Seed-bud and Summit, magnified. 



4. A ripe Seed veflel. 



5. A Seed. 



When the figure of this plant, or a variety of it, was publilhed by Dr. Smith, in the third No. of 

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

 Specimens, it was lcarce poffible to trace, amonglt fuch a variety of new faces, this fpecies of Emboth- 

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

 flowered in any. About the end of the year \"Q\ the feeds of this plant, with many others, were 

 received by MeflVs. Lee and Kennedy, of Hammerfmith, transmitted to them from New South Wales, 

 by Col. Paterfon. As a hardy greenhoule plant, it will always be coveted, as it is feldum without 

 flowers through the whole year. Our plant appears to differ fufficiently, from the three varieties given 

 by the Doctor, to form a fourth; as the leaves on this are by no means conftanlly three together, but 

 are often fcattered. We have notwithstanding nearly copied his fpecific character. It ihould be 

 planted in light fandy peat, and may be increafed by cuttings, or by feeds, which occafionally ripen, 

 whilfl the plant is ftill in flower. 



