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ESCALLONIA* montevidénsis. 
- Montevideo Escallonia. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. EscarrowiEx R. Br. (Introduction to. the natural system 
of Botany, p. 53.) 
ESCALLONIA Linn. — Calycis tubus semiglobosus, ovario adnatus, 
limbus 5-dentatus 5-lobusve. Petala 5 cal. inserta. Stam. 5; anthere 
ovato-oblonge. Stylus filiformis persistens. Stigma peltatum, sulco sub- 
bilobum. Capsula baccata, calycinis lobis styloque coronata, subbilocularis, 
basi poris irregulariter rumpens, dissepimento superné incompleto et ibi 
placentifero. Semina numerosissima scrobiculata. Arbores fruticesve ex 
Amer. aust. orte, sepe resinose. Folia sparsa, serrata, aut integra. Flores 
subterminales, varie dispositi, bracteati, albi aut rosei. In speciebus duabus 
(E. punctata et rubra) urceolus adest conicus, pervius, basi stylum cingens ? 
An, ex hdc causá, genus aut sectio propria formanda ? sed habitus cum aliis 
speciebus omnino congruit.— De Cand. prodr. 4. 2. 
E. montevidensis; glabra, ramis erectis (teretibus), foliis oblongis basi cu- 
neatis subacutis subtiliter serratis subtüs resinoso-punctatis, paniculis 
terminalibus multifloris confertis bracteis foliaceis intermixtis, calycis 
lobis acutis subdenticulatis, petalis obovato-oblongis.— De Cand. l. c. 
Escallonia floribunda, 8. montevidensis. Chamisso et Schlecht. in Linnea, 
l. p. 543. 
E. bifida. Link et Otto Ic. plant. hort. Berol. t. 23. 
Frutex videtur sat magnus. Rami juniores leves, fer teretes, cortice è 
griseo-fuscescente, ramuli hornotini pube minutissimd, nonnisi: lente bene 
augenti videndä, nec in siccis conspicud, sunt tecti. Folia consistentia ferà 
foliorum Pyri communis, petiolata, magnitudine valde varia, oblonga, basi 
cuneata, obtusa, maxima 33 poll. longa, pollicem lata, usque ad pollicis 
longitudinem descendentia, 4-5 lin. tunc circiter lata, margine tenuiter ser- 
rulata, in basi attenuata, verd integerrima, serraturis glanduliferis, utrinque 
glabra, supra nitenti-viridia, subtus pallidiora, punctisque glandulosis inter 
venarum anastomoses in parenchymatis areolis positis notata. Petiolus brevis, 
supra canaliculatus. Flores in paniculam thyrsoideam terminalem, basi 
Joliosam, ceterüm bracteatam compositi. Calycis dentium margines glandulis 
* So called by the younger Linneus, at the recommendation of Mutis, 
in honour of a learned Spaniard, named Escallon, the pupil of Mutis in 
Botany, mathematics, and philosophy, and his inseparable companion during 
his abode in New Spain. This gentleman discovered the original species 
E. myrtilloides, as well as a vast number of new or rare plants besides, in his 
various journeys through New Granada, most of which were by Mutis or 
himself communicated to Linneus or his son.—Rees’ Cycl. 
