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EscaLLONIA RUBRA. ReED-FLOWERED 
E\scALLONIA. © 
Class and Order. 
Penranpria Monoeynia. 
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( Nat. Ord.—Escattonez. Br. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-fidus, superus. Petala 5, et stamina, calyci inser- 
ta. Stigma bilobum. Caps. baccata (?) semi- bilocularis, 
placenta bine in quovis loculo: semina creberrima. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Escattonia * rubra; foliis obovato-lanceolatis acutis basi 
in petiolum attenuatis duplicato serratis inferne glan- 
dulosis subtus (plerumque) resinoso-punctatis, pedun- 
culis in axillis foliorum terminalium simplicibus vel 
ramosis bracteatis, floribus oe 
Escarionia rubra. Pers. Syn. Pl. v. 1. p. 235. Spreng. 
Syst. Veget.v. 1. p. 793. 
Stereoxyion rubrum. Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. v. 3. p. 15. 
pf O00. Jb, ed a 
Descr. A shrub, with numerous twiggy, rounded, red 
branches, more or less pubescent, and sprinkled with pedi- 
cellated glands. Leaves numerous, alternate, persistent, 
rigid, coriaceous, obovato-lanceolate, acute, doubly ser- 
rated at the margin, attenuated at the base into a short, red 
petiole, and there bordered at the sides with glands, which 
are sometimes sessile or nearly so, sometimes pedicellated ; 
the surface is veined, but not very distinctly, from these 
veins, on the underside, there exu on from a points, 
minute resinous drops, most abundant on the native speci- 
mens. A tuft of young leaves springs from the axil ofeach 
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% * After Escanuon, a pupil of the celebrated Mutts, as well as his compa- 
on and fellow traveller in New Spain. 
