Embothrium
(from en, in, and bothrion, a little pit; referring to the pollen-cases, or anthers). ORD. Proteaceae. A genus of four species of very ornamental evergreen shrubs. All are natives of the Andes, or extra-tropical South America. They require protection throughout the winter, in cold, northerly situations. In the southern counties of England, the one here described is quite hardy. For culture, see Corethrostylis. E. coccineum (scarlet).* fl. orange-scarlet, long, pendent; perianth tubular, with a sub-globose four-cleft limb, bearing the sessile anthers on the concave lobes. Summer. l. simple, entire, oblong. h. 3ft. 1881. (B. M. 4856.)