Mathewsiane. N. O. Weinmanniez. 
TAB. CXIV. 
EscaLLonia POLIFOLIA. 
Pubescens glutinosa, foliis lineari-oblongis marginibus recurvatis 
integerrimis supra nudiusculis subtus dense pubescentibus, 
pedunculis solitariis terminalibus unifloris longitudine foli- 
orum, calycis tubo subhemispherico brevi glanduloso denti- 
bus e lata basi subulatis. 
Has. Province of Chacapoyas. Mathews, 1836. 
Rami glabriusculi, fusci ; ramuli pubescentes, breves, foliosi. 
Folia sparsa, vix unciam longa, lineari-oblonga, rigida, supra 
leeviter subtus dense pul tia, ginib lutis, omnino 
integerrimis. Pedunculi terminales, solitarii, vix longitudine 
foliorum, cernui, uniflori, superne tuberculati. Calyx pubes- 
cens, tuberculatusque. Tubus perbrevis, subhemispheericus : 
dentibus 5, erectis, e lata basi subulatis. Petala 5, calycem 
triplo excedentia, erecta, spathulata, apice recurvata. Stamina 
5, corolla breviora: Filamentis filiformibus: Antheris ob- 
longis. Ovarium subsemiinferum: Stylus longitudine sta- 
minum, crassus, flexuosus: Stigma dilatato-capitatum. 
I do not find any description of an Escallonia, at all coin- 
ciding with this species, which has the habit of E. serrata of 
Smith, but with extremely different leaves. 
Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Calyx and pistil :—magnified. 
