CHAP. LVI. 



^SCXLLOS TA'CE.F.. ESCALLO* X7^. 



993 



1*. each, and of seeds, 6(1. a packet ; at Bollwyller, plants are 2 francs each ; 

 and at New York, 25 cents. 



Genus II. 



ESCALL0'N/.4 Mutis. 



The Escalloma. 

 Monoevnia. 



Lin. S^st. Pentandria 



Don's MUL, 8. p. 192. 



Identification. Mutis in Lin. fil. Supp., t 21. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. '». 



Synonyme. Stereoxvlon R'iix et Pat: Fl. Per. Prod., p. 38. 



Derivation. From Escallon, the pupil and companion of Mutis, during his travels in Kew Spain. 



Gen. Char.,3fc. Tube of the calyx semiglobose, adnate to the ovarium; 

 limb 5-toothed or o-Iobed. Petals 5, arising from the calyx. Stamens 5 ; 

 antliers ovate-oblong. Stigma peltate. Style filiform, permanent. Cap- 

 sule baccate. Seeds numerous. (Don's Mill., ui. p. 192.) — Subevergreen 

 half-hardy shrubs, natives of South America, and more especially of Chili, 

 with the leaves full of resinous glands. Propagated with the greatest ease 

 by cuttings ; and growing freely in common garden soil. 

 * E. rubra Pers. (Hook. Bot. Mag., t. 2890., and i4-6 

 our fig. 746.), Stereoxylon rubrum Ruiz et Par., is a 

 smoothish evergreen shrub, with numerous, twiggy, 

 rounded branches, which, when young, are clothed 

 with glandular hairs. The leaves are obovate-oblong, 

 acuminated, serrated, and, in their native country, full 

 of resinous dots beneath. A tuft of young leaves 

 springs from the axil of each of the older ones, indica- 

 tive of numerous branches. The peduncles are 2 — 7- 

 flowered. Lobes of the calyx denticulated. Petals 

 spathulate, red, conniving, but spreading a little at 

 the apex. A native of Chili, on the mountains of Colocolo, in the fissures 

 of rocks, and about Valparaiso. It was introduced in 1827. When trained 

 against a wall, it grows to the height of 6 ft. or 8 ft. ; flowering from July to 

 September. It is readily propagated by cuttings, planted in sandy soil, under 

 a hand-glass ; and the plants, when placed against a wall, require no protec- 

 tion whatever during winter. In the Bot. 2Iisc., iii. p. 252., tliree forms of 

 this species are recorded : — 



E. r. 1 glabriuscula Hook, et Am., with glandular branches, leaves highly pubescent, and red 

 flowers, which may be considered as the species. 

 E. r. 2 albijlora Hook, et Arn. ; E. glandul6sa Bot. Cab., t. 291. ; with white flowers. 

 E. r. 3 pube'scens Hook, et Arn., with pubescent branches, and red flowers. v --"'- 



There are plants of these varieties at Kew, the Horticul- ; 1 •^^i 



tural Society's Garden, Messrs. Loddiges's, in the Goldworth 

 Arboretum, and in the Addlestone Nursery, which have 

 stood out as bushes in the open garden, for several yeai's, 

 without the slightest protection during winter. 



at E. montevidensis Dec. Prod., iv. p. k; E. floribunda 

 var. ^ montevidensis Schlecht.; E. bifida Livk et Otto 

 Abbild., t. 23., Bot. Reg., t. 1467. ; and our fg. 747. ; is a 

 smooth shrub, with white flowers, very like those of the 

 hawthorn, which are produced in great abundance from Julv 

 to September. It is a native of Brazil, on sandy banks and 

 pastures; and was introduced in 1827. It forms a remark- 

 ably \-igorous-growing bush, with long, flexible, rope-like 

 shoots, and is very prolific in flowers. It is so hardy as to 

 have stood through several winters, as a bush, in the open 

 ground of the Kensington Nursery; so that we might almost 

 have been justified in placing it among the hardy shrubs. 



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