Tas, 6599. 
ESCALLONIA rvsra var. punctata. 
Native of Chili. 
N at. Ord. SaxrtFRAGER.~—Tribe EscaLLoniex. 
Genus Escattonra, Linn.; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen, Pl. vol. i. p. 644.) 
Escattonia rubra; glanduloso-pubescens v. hirtella, fruticosa, ramis erectis 
virgatis, foliis sessilibus in petiolum brevem angustatis ovatis v. obovatis 
acutis v. obtusis serrulatis lete viridibus nitidis subtus hirtis v. glanduloso- 
punctatis v. glabris, floribus paucis subcorymbosis suberectis, calycis tubo 
turbinato, limbi lobis ovatis acuminatis v. triangulari-subalatis, corolla intense 
= petalis in tubum pentagonum 5-costatum subcoherentibus limbo parvo 
revoluto. 
E. rubra, Persoon Encheirid. vol. ii. p. 235; De Candolle Prodr. vol. iv. p. 3; 
Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 2890. 
SrEREOXYLON rubrum, Ruiz et Pav, Fl, Peruz. vol. iii. t. 236, f. 6. 
Var. punctata, foliis ellipticis acutis ; E. punctata, DC. Prodr, vol. iv. p. 3. 
Though very dissimilar in foliage and colour of the flower 
from the form of EH. rubra figured at Tab. 2890 of this 
work, an examination of a large series of dried specimens 
proves that both are but varieties of one common and 
widely-diffused Chilian species, to which may probably be 
referred several others, now described as different. It is a 
native of rocky ravines of the Andes called Quebradas, 
from Valdivia northwards, and the narrow-leaved form 
of it was introduced in 1828 into the Botanic Garden of 
Liverpool, from whence it was distributed over Great Britain 
and the Continent. In its native country the whole plant 
is covered more or less densely with resin-secreting hairs 
which are reduced to glandular dots on the under surface 
of the leaves, and the whole shrub emits a powerful odour, 
but in our Gardens, probably owing to a less powerful sun, 
there is little of this secretion. ae 
The plant here figured entirely accords with native spe- 
cimens collected at Valdivia by Lechler, and named F. 
DECEMBER lst, 1881]. 
