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TAB. IX. 
EMBOTHRIUM fcriccum. 
Silky Emhothrium. 
Spec. Char. E. foliis ternatis integerrimis revolutis 
fubtus fericeis, fpica recurva, frudtu tuberculato 
glabro. 
Leaves ternate, entire, revolute, lilky beneath. Spike 
recurved. Fruit tuberculated, not downy. 
THIS fhrub is faid to form a bulh four or five feet 
in height. Our knowledge of it is entirely from dried 
fpecimens and drawings, for it has not yet been raifed 
from any feeds brought to Europe. In New South 
Wales it fhould feem to be not uncommon, flowering in 
Odtober. 
The root is perennial, thick and woody. Stem very 
much branched even from the bottom, round, the 
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