PLATE CCXV.
EMBOTHRIUM SALIGNUM.
Willow-like Embothrium.
CLASS IV. ORDER I.
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx nullus. Cor. tetrapetala. Stamina limbo petalorum inserta. Folliculus polyspermus. Sem. alata.
Empalement none. Bloss. four-petalled. Chives inserted into the limb of the petals. One-celled-pod, many seeded. Seeds winged.
See Embothrium sericeum, Pl. C. Vol. II.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Embothrium foliis lanceolatis, uninervis, utrinque glaberrimis; umbellulis axillaribus; corollis subalbidis.