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4 9 0 A R B O R E T U M E T F R U T IC E T U M B R IT A N N IC U M .
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; lanceolate, toothed.
Flowers small, white, in simple terminal racemes. — A shrub, native of
North America.
ai 1. / . v i r g i ' n i c a L. The Virginian Itea.
Ideniification. Lin. Sp., 289. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 196.
Engravings. N. Du Ham., 6. t. " " • ßg. 895.
Bot. Mag., t. 2409. ; and our
Spec. Char., 4c. Leaves lanceolate, acutely toothed.
Racemes simple, terminal. (Doris Mill.) A deciduous
shrub. Pennsylvania to Carolina. Height
3 ft. to 5 ft. Introduced in Flowerswhite;
June to August. Carpels brown ; ripe in October-
I t may be propagated by cuttings, but more readily
by layers, suckers, or seeds, which are annually
imported from America j and it thrives best in a
sandy or peaty soil, kept moist. The plant, to be
kept in vigour, should have the old wood frequently
cut down to the ground. When grown ih a situation
that is rather moist, its dowers make a fine appearance
late in the season, when there are few other
shrubs in blossom.
G e n u s II,
ESO AL LO 'Ni4 Mutis. T h e E s c a l l o n i a . Lin. Sysi. Pentándria
Monogynia,
Identification. Mutis in Lin. fil. Supp., t. 21. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 2. ; Don’s Mill 3 d 192
Synonyme. Stereóxylon Ruix et Pav. Fl. Per. Prod. p. 38.
Derivation. From Escallon, the pupil and companion of Mutis, during his travels in New Spain.
Gen. Char., 4c. Calyx tube semiglobose, adnate to the ovarium; limb
5-toothed or 5-lobed. Petak 5, arising from the calyx. Stamens 5 ; anthers
ovate-oblong. Stigma peltate. Style filiform, permanent. Capsule
baccate. Seeds numerous. (Don’s Mill.)
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, sub-evergreen ; serrated or entire,
full of resinous glands. Flowers terminal, bracteate, variously disposed!
white or red.—Sub-evergreen shrubs, natives of South America, more especially
of Chili. Propagated with the greatest ease by cuttings ; and growing
freely in any common soil.
a i * I . E. r u ' b r a P t - r i . The red^otaercci Escallonia.
Identification. Pers. Ench., 2. p.-235.; Hook. Bot. Mag., t. 2890., and Don’s Mill., 3. n 193.
Synonyme. Stereóxylon rùbrum .ñMz'z fi Pav.
Engravings. Ruiz et Pavon F l. Per., 3. t. 236. f, b. ; Bot. Mae.
t. 2890. ; and our^g. 896. ^
Spec. Char., Sfc. Shrubs smootliish ; branches erect,
when young clothed with glandular villi. Leaves
obovate-oblong, acuminated, serrated, full of resinous
dots beneath. Peduncles 2—7-flowered, bracteate.
Lobes of calyx denticulated. Petals spathulate.
(Doris MUL) A sub-evergreen shrub. Chili, ,
ou the mountains of Colocolo, and in the fissures of
rocks, and about Valparaiso. Height 3 ft. to 6 ft.
Introduced in 1827. Flowers red ; July to’
September.
Varieties. In the Bot. Misc.. iii. p. 252., three forms are recorded • -
mm. E. r. 1 glabriúscula Hook, et Arm, with glandular branches, leaves
X X X I I I . E S C A L L O N / J 'C J ! j E : E S C A L L o ' n / aÍ . 491
highly pubescent, and red flowers, which may be considered as the
tt m " e ! " ? / albiflòra Hook, et Arn., E. glandulòsa Bot. Cab. t. 291.,
with white iiowers. , , , ,
tt * JE. 3 pubéscens Hook, et Arn., with pubescent branches, and red
flowers.
Very desirable shrubs for training against a wall.
t t a 2. E. m o n t e v i d e ' n s i s Dec. The Monte Video Escallonia.
Ä I Z - t e i n Unnwa 1. p . i E. MSda U n h ci
E m riS Z ' L i S et Otto Abbild., t. 23. ; Bot. Keg., 1467. ; sod ourjig. 897.
free. Char., f r . Shmb glabrous. Branches erect. Leaves
oblong, cuneated at the base, acutish, finely serrated full
of resinous dots beneath. Panicle terminal, many-flow-
ered crowded, intermixed with foliaceous bracteas.
Lobes of calyx acute, rather denticulated. Petals obo-
vate, oblong. {Doris Mill.) A sub-evergreen shrub.
Brazil, in many places, but especially on the sandy banks
and pastures of the Uruguay. Height 6 ft. to 10 It. Introduced
in 1827. Flowers white, very like those of
the hawthorn, with a style which becomes double the
length of the fruit after flowering ; July to September.
E. m. 2 floribúnda, E . floribúnda H. B. et Kunth,
is a native of New Granada, on the Andes, with
white flowers, and shining leaves, which are clammy
when young. A very distinct variety considered
by some as a species.
This species forms a remarkably vigorous-growing ftisli,
with long, flexible, rope-like shoots, and is very pmolific in
flowers. I t is so h a rd y as to have stood through several
winters, as a bush, in the open ground of the Kensington Nursery, though it
was killed by the winter of 1837-8.
K 3. E. i l l i n i ' t a Fresi. The varnished Escallonia.
Uentification. Presi Keliq. Hienk. vol. ii. p. 4 ^ ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 193.
Engramngs. Presi 1. c., t. 69. ; Bot. Keg., t. 1900. ; and ourßg. 898. ^
Spec. Char., f r . Quite glabrous. Branches spreading,
anointed with resin. Leaves petiolate, obovate or oblong
obtuse, crenulated, attenuated at the base, beset
with glandular dots above, and clammy. Panicle terminal,
many-flowered, leafy. Petals on long claws. Capsule
turbinate, 5-nerved. (Don’s Mill.) An evergreen
shrub. Chili, at the streamlet of Los Lunes. H e ig h ft ft.
to 6 ft. Introd. 1833. Flowers white; Aug. and fcept.
The whole plant emits a powerful odour, which to some
persons resembles the smell of swine, and to others that of
melilot or fenugreek. One of the hardiest species of the
genus, and, like all the others, well deserving a place in
collections.
Other Species of Escallòn\?i.—E. resinosa Slere-
Sxylon resinòsiim Ruiz et Pavon (Doris Mill., iii. p. 94.),
s a native of Peru, on the cold parts of hills, which
tood out at Kew for five years, till it was killed by the winter ot