1900 



* ESCALLONIA illinita. 



Varnished Escallonia. 



PENTANDRIA MONOCVNIA. 

 Nat. Old. ESCALLONIACE^. 



ESCALLONIA. L. Calycis tubus hemisphaericus, ovario adiiatus, 



limbus epigynus quinquedentatus. Petala 5, annulo epigyno inserta. Stamina 

 5, cum petalis inserta, iisdem alterna. Capsula bilocularis, a basi versus apicera 

 septiclde dehiscens. Semina plurlma, placentis in utroque loculo treminis, e 

 columella centrali filiformi ortis affixa, scrobiculata. Albumen carnosum, 

 copiosum. Embryo orthotropus, axilis. P'uppig et Endlicher Nov. qen ct 

 sp. 1.8. ^ ' 



E. illinita ; follis oblongo-lanceolatis serrulatis viscosis vernicosis, corymbis 



subtrifloris racemosis, disco epigyno hemispha^rico. 

 E. illinita. Presl. Reliq. Hcenk. vol. 2. p. 49. t. 59. Hooker et Arnott in 



Bot. Miscell. 3. 343. 



Frutex sempervire7is, dumosus, undique vernice obductus, odorem gravem 

 Meliloti aid Fceni GrcBci spirans. Rami vernicis acervulis papillosi. Folia 

 pallida viridia, nunc tantum lucida, nunc vernicem nitidissimam ex puiictis 

 numerosissimis exsudantia. Racemi terminales, corymbis constantes pluribus 

 alternis trifloris bractea parva foliacea suffultis. Flores albidi, subvires- 

 centes. Calyx limbo ca7npanulato truncato, dentihus 5, subulatis. Petala 5, 

 distincta. Stamina 5, petalis alterna et paulo breviora. Discus epigynus 

 Jiavus, hemisphcericus, areolis 10 nectariferis subdepressis circa verticem. 

 Ovarium biloculare, polyspermum. 



This is by far the most hardy of the many species of 

 Escallonia at present in our gardens, and is not unHkely to 

 become a common evergreen. If this should prove so, the 

 pale green of the leaves, their varnished ap})earance, and 

 the peculiar habit of the plant, will render it a valuable 

 ornamental species, notwithstanding the want of beauty in 

 its greenish white flowers. 



* See folio 1467. 



