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TAB. VIII. 
EMBOTHRIUM ilaifolium. 
Cut-leaved Embothrium. 
DDDIDSDIOVDSWDID 
TETRANDRIA MonNoGyYNIA. 
GEN. CHAR. See Tab. 7. | 
Spec. CHAR. E. foliis tripinnatifidis: Jaciniis decur- 
rentibus acutis, floribus fpicatis geminatis pedicel- 
latis. 
Leaves tripinnatifid; fegments decurrent, acute. 
Flowers fpiked, {tanding in pairs, on footftalks. 
OF this new and very fingular fpecies of Emboth- 
rium a plant brought from New Holland. flowered latft 
fummer, for the firit time, at Mefirs. Grimwood’s at 
Kenfington, from which our figure was drawn; the 
fruit only was taken from native f{pecimens. 
The root is perennial, and prefers a light fandy foil. 
Stems {fomewhat fhrubby, 3 or 4 feet high, ereét, but 
little and alternately branched, round, {lightly ftriated, 
H leafy. 
