Kingiane. N. O. Escallonies, 
TAB. DXL. 
EsScALLONIA SERRATA. Sm. 
Glabra, foliis obovatis obtusis serratis costatis aveniis (subtus we 
precipue), floribus solitariis terminalibus, petalis oblongo- 
obovatis, ovario semilibero. “ 
Escallonia serrata. Sm. Icon. Ined. 2, t.31. De Cand. Prodr. 
» p- 3. ; 
Stereoxylon serratum. Poir. Dict. 7, p. 435. 
Has. Straits of Magellan. Commerson, Terra del Fuego. — 
Menzies, Port Famine. Capt. King. = 
A small shrub, with short, flexuose, rigid branches, and leaves: 
which are often in clusters or rosulated, scarcely } an inch long, — 
obovate, subcoriaceous, nearly sessile, serrated, obtuse, costate, — 
but except the costa, or midrib, there are no evident veins. 
the apex of the branchlets appears a solitary flower, on a sho 
peduncle. Calyx } superior, the short obconical tube be 
incorporated with the ovary; the free part consists of 5 tr 
gular acute segments. Petals large in proportion to 
calyx, oblong-oboyate (white) with a central brownish 
pinnated with lesser ones, Stamens 5, alternate with the pet 
and shorter than they. Anthers nearly oval. Germen, 
_ ovary, with its upper part free, hemispherical. Style | 
much shorter than the stamens. Stigma capitate. . 
__ The figure of Sir James Smith, above quoted, represents 
leaves larger than in our plant. 
Fig. 1, 2. Flowers :—magnified. 
