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19 EMBOTHRIUM speciosissimum.

Great Embothrium, or Waratah.

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THE most magnificent plant which the prolific soil of New Holland affords is, by common consent both by Europeans and Natives, the Waratah. It is moreover a favourite with the latter, upon account of a rich honeyed juice which they sip from the flowers. Our figure was taken from a coloured drawing made from

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