Gardneriane. N. O. Escallonianee. 
TAB. DXIV. 
EscaALLoniA OrGANeEnsis. Gurdn. 
Glabra, ramis erectis, foliis oblongis obtusis basi cuneatis 
breviter petiolatis supra medium serrulatis leviter resinoso- 
punctatis, paniculis terminalibus multifloris, calycis tubo pube- 
ruli, lobis subulatis, petalis spathulatis. 
Bacallonia Organensis. Gardn. Herb. Bras. n. 5720. 
Has. In clefts of rocks and shallow ravines, near the summit 
of the Organ Mountains, Brazil. March, 1841. 
Frutew ramosus, 2-4-pedalis. Folia alterna, breviter petiolata, 
oblonga, obtusa, basi cuneata, apicem versus serrulata, leviter 
resinoso-punctata, glabra. Panicula terminalis, conferta, 
multiflora.  Pedunculi 6 lin. longi, puberuli, sub-triflori. 
Pedicelli pedunculo subequales, basi bracteati. Bractee 
subulate, circiter 3 lin. longee. Calyx puberulus; tubus hemi- 
sphericus, adnatus ; limbus 5-partitus; laciniis subulatis. 
Petala 5, rosea, spathulata, conniventia, apice tantum patentia. 
Stamina 5. Anthere oblong. Ovarium adnatum, obconicum, 
biloculare, multiovulatum. Stylus filiformis, persistens, 
fructu duplo longior. Stigma peltatum. 
As a species this will range along with Escailonia Sellowiana, 
and EF. Monte-Vidensis, both of which are also from the South of 
Brazil.—G. Gardner 
Fig. 1. Flower. . 2. The same, from which the petals are 
removed :—magnified. 
