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ESCALLONIA* moutcvidriisis. 

 Mo)i tc V id CO Eficn llo n i(t . 



V V. N T A M) 11 1 A MOXOC. YNIA. 



Nat. ord. Escai.lonie* R. Br. {Introduction to the natural system 

 of Botany, p. 5.'L) 



ESCALLONIA Linn. — Calycis tubus senjiglobosus, ovario adnatus, 

 limbus ^-dentatus .5-lobiisvc. Petala 5 cal. inserta. Stam. 5; antkcrai 

 ovattj-oblongtc. Stylus filiforinis porsistcns. Stigma peltatum, suico sub- 

 bil(<l)uni. Capsula baccata, calyciiiis lobis styloijue coionata, siibbilocuUiris, 

 basi poris irre^ularitcr ruinpens, disscpinieiito suptrnc incoinplcto et ibi 



plai'L'iitifcro. Scmina nuincrosissima scrobiculata. Arbores fiiiticesije ex 



Aiiicr. aust. ortie, sa'pe rcsinnsce. Folia sparsa, serrata, aut intcrjra. Flures 

 subterviinales, vurii} dispositi, bracteati, albi aut rosei. In speciebus duabus 

 (E. punctata ct rul)ra) urccolus adcst conicus, pervius, basi sty turn cimjens ? 

 An, ex hue causa, (joins aut sectio propria formanda ? sed habitus cum aliis 

 speciebus omnino conyruit. — De Cand. prodr. 4. 2. 



IS., montevidensis : glabra, ramis erectis (tcretibus), foliis oblongis basi cu- 

 neatis siilnicutis s\ibtilitcr senalis subtiis resinoso-puiictatis, paniculis 

 terniiiialibus multifloris confertis bracteis foliaceis iiitcruiixtis, calycis 

 lobis acutis subdenticulatis, petalis obovato-obloiigis. — Dc Cand. I. c. 



Escallonia floribuiida, /3. nioiitevidensis. Chamisso ct Schlecht. in Linncea, 



\.p. r)4:i. 



E. bifida. Link et Otto Ic. plant, hort. Bcrol. t. 23. 



Frutex vidctur sat mugnus. Kmw'x junior cs Ireves, fcrit tcrctcs, cortice ^ 

 griseo-fusccscente, ramuli hornolini pube minutissitnd, nonnisi Icnte bene 

 uugev.ti videndd, nee in siccis conspicua, sunt tecti. l-'olia consistoitia fcrd 

 foliorum Pyri communis, petiolata, magnitudine valdc varia, oblonga, basi 

 cuneata, obtusa, vinxima 3i poll, longa, poUicem lata, vsque ad pollicis 

 longitudinem desccndentia, 4-5 lin. tunc circiter lata, viargine tenuiter ser- 

 rulata, in basi uttenuata, verb intcgcrrima, serraturis glandu lifer is, utrinqne 

 glabra, supra nitenti-viridia, subtiis pallidiora, punctisfjue glandulosis inter 

 vcnarum ariastomoscs in parenchymatis areolis posilis notata. Petiolus brcvis, 

 supra canal iculat us. Flores in paniculam tliyrsoideam tcrminalcm, basi 

 foliosam, ccBteritm bracteatam compositi. Calycis dentium margines g tandulis 



* So called by the younger Linnocus, at the recommendation of Mutis, 

 in honour of a learned Spaniard, named Escallon, the puj)il of Mutis in 

 Botany, niathemutics, and philosophy, and liis inseparable companion during 

 liis 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 Liumcus ur his bou. — Jiccs' Cycl. 



