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TAB.. VIIL 
EMBOTHRIUM filaifollum. 
Cut-leaved Embothrium. 
TETRANDRIA Monogynia. 
Gen. Char. See Tab. 7. 
Spec. Char. E. foliis tripinnatifidis : laciniis decur- 
rentibus acutis, floribus fpicatis geminatis pedicel- 
latis. 
Leaves tripinnatifid ; fegments decurrent, acute. 
Flowers fpiked, {landing in pairs, on footftalks. 
OF this new and very lingular fpecies of Emboth- 
rium a plant brought from New Holland flowered lall 
fummer, for the firll time, at Meflfs. Grimwood’s at 
Kenlington, from which our figure was drawn; the 
fruit only was taken from native fpecimens. 
The root is perennial, and prefers a light fandy foil. 
Stems fomewhat Ihrubby, 3 or 4 feet high, eredl, but 
little and alternately branched, round, flightly llriated, 
H leafy. 
