_ Tas. 4856. 
EMBOTHRIUM coccineEvum. 
Scarlet Embothrium. 
Nat. Ord. ProreacEm.—TETRANDRIA MoNnoGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. Perigonium irregulare, hinc longitudinaliter fissum, apice quadrifi- 
dum. Stamina 4, perigonii apicibus concavis immersa. Glandula hypogyna unica, 
semiannularis. Ovariwm pedicellatum, uniloculare, multiovulatum. Stylus fili- 
formis, persistens; stigma verticale, clavatum. Folliculus oblongus, unilocularis, 
polyspermus. Semina apice in alam arachnoideam producta, pellicula interposita 
distincta.—Frutices v. arbuscule glabre in America antarctica provenientes ; Ta~— 
mulis guandoque gemmarum sguamis persistentibus obsitis, foliis sparsis integerrimts, 
racemis terminalibus corymbosis, paribus pedicellorum unibracteatis, involucro com- 
muni xullo, floribus coccineis glaberrimis. Endl. 
EMBOTHRIUM coccineum ; foliis ovali-oblongis obtusis mucronulatis subtus dis- 
coloribus, ramulis squamatis. Br. 
Emporurrum coccineum. Forst. Gen. p. 16. tab. 8. litt. g.—m. Linn. Suppl. 
p. 128. Lam. Ili. t. 55. f. 2. Cavan. Icon. v. 1. t. 65. Roem. et Schult. 
v. 3.p.431. Br. in Linn. Trans. v. 10. p. 196. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. 
p. 483. Hook. fil. Fl. Antarct. v. 2. p. 342. 
Abundant as are the Proteacee in the Southern Hemisphere, 
in Africa and Australia, they are comparatively of rare occurrence 
in the Indian Islands and in South America. The genus Hm- 
hothrium however, as limited by Mr. Brown, the great authority 
in this Natural Family, is confined to the latter country, and chiefly 
to the very high southern latitudes ; 2. Janceolatum of Ruiz and 
Pavon being not found north of Concepcion, while our present 
beautiful species is chiefly confined to the Straits of Magellan and 
Tierra del Fuego, not however reaching to Cape Horn. It 
might be expected then, as it proves, to be quite hardy in this 
country, to which it was introduced by Messrs. Veitch, through 
their collector, Mr. William Lobb. Our flowering specimen here 
represented was sent from the Exeter Nursery n May, 1853. 
It is a handsome evergreen shrub, with racemes of the richest 
scarlet flowers.* 
* Those who had the gratification of witnessing the Exhibition of Flowers at 
Gore House this day (May 16), cannot fail to have seen and admired, among 
the more powerful attractions of the place, the splendid Orchidee from the 
Messrs. Veitch’s Exotic Nurseries, Exeter and Chelsea, and the no less splendid 
Embothrium coccineum. 
JUNE Ist, 1855. 
