It is a native of the mountains of Chili; the late Dr. 
Gillies met with it at El Arroyo de los Lunes, and Valle del 
Rio Tinguirica; and a supposed variety at La Siente Vieja 
and La Cuesta de Chacabuco; Bridges found the latter at 
La Laguna, near Valparaiso. 
Flowers in August and September; and readily enough 
multiplied by cuttings. The figure was made in the garden 
of the Horticultural Society. 
The whole plant emits a powerful odour, which to some 
persons is highly disagreeable, appearing to them to resemble 
the smell of swine; to me it seems less unpleasant, and much 
more like the odour of Melilot or Fenugreek. 
The most showy plant of this kind is the Escallonia Mon- 
tevidensi3, which is also nearly hardy. That species is 
usually covered with hundreds of hemispherical heads of 
clear white flowers, over which countless insects keep up a 
busy hum, as they spring from blossom to blossom in search 
of the rich store of honey concealed within the recesses of 
the calyx-cup. As one looks at these creatures enlivened 
by the warmth of a bright sunny day, one cannot but admire 
the exquisite beauty of the ball room that nature thus pro- 
vides for an insect festival. 
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. The disk of this species does not surround the base of 
the style in the form of a cup, but adheres to it in the form 
of a solid yellow cone. I do not know whether such a dis- 
tinction is of more than specific value. 
