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straight, bearing 1 leaf each, just under the calyx. Petals white, 

 spreadingly reflexed. Stigma peltate. 



Corymbose-fiowered Escallonia. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



7 E. VIRGA'TA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 234.) shrub glabrous; 

 branches erect ; leaves obovate, acute, serrulated, veinless ; pe- 

 duncles nearly terminal, 1 -flowered ; lobes of calyx denticulated ; 

 petals obovate. T? . F. Native of South America, on moun- 

 tains, and in humid woods in the province of Rere, near Naci- 

 miento. Stereoxylon virgatum, Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 14. 

 t. 235. f. 6. Stem much branched ;~ branches cinereous, grey, 

 rather spinose. Flowers white. 



Twiggy Escallonia. Shrub 5 to 10 feet. 



8 E. PUNCTA'TA (D, C. prod. 4. p. 3.) shrub smoothish ; 

 branches erectish ; leaves obovate obtuse, or lanceolate acu- 

 minated, serrated, full of resinous dots beneath ; pedicels 1- 

 flowered, arising from the axils of the upper leaves, each bear- 

 ing 2 linear bracteoles ; lobes of calyx long, denticulated. Ij . 

 F. Native of South America. Allied to E. virgala, but differs 

 in the leaves being dotted beneath ; to E. rubra, but the flowers 

 are on axillary, solitary, 1 -flowered pedicels. In this and in E. 

 rubra the urceolus is conical and pervious at the apex, 10-angled, 

 and 10-toothed, girding the style at the base. 



Dotted-\ea\e& Escallonia. Shrub 5 to 8 feet. 



9 E. FLORIDA (Pcepp. pi. exsic. no. 843. ex D. C. prod. 3. 

 p. GCti.) shrub glabrous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminated at 

 both ends, with a few serratures, crowded ; flowers on short 

 pedicels, arising from the axils of the upper leaves, solitary, 

 collected into an ovate raceme ; limb of calyx 5-cleft, with ob- 

 tuse recesses and acute lobes ; petals obovate, on short claws, 

 fj . F. Native of Chili, probably on the mountains. Leaves 

 8-9 lines long, and 1 J line broad. Petals with obscure veins, 

 which are pinnately disposed. 



Florid Escallonia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



* * Flowers disposed in terminal racemes or panicles. 



10 E. RUBRA (Pers. ench. FIG. 34. 

 2. p. 235.) shrub smoothish; 



branches erect, when young 

 clothed with glandular villi ; leaves 

 obovate-oblong, acuminated, ser- 

 rated, full of resinous dots be- 

 neath ; peduncles 2-7-flowered, 

 bracteate ; lobes of calyx denti- 

 culated ; petals spatulate. Tj . F. 

 Native of Chili, on the mountains 

 at Colocolo, in the fissures of 

 rocks, and about Valparaiso. 

 Hook. bot. mag. 2890. Stere- 

 oxylon rubrum, Ruiz et Pav. fl. 

 per. 3. t. 236. f. b. Petals red, 

 conniving, but spreading a little 

 at the apex. (f. 34. e.) 



Var. a, glabriuscula (Hook, et Am. in bot. misc. 3. p. 252.) 

 branches glandular, hardly pubescent ; leaves glabrous ; flowers 

 red. Jj . F. Native of Chili, near La Guardia, on the Andes 

 of Chili, and about Valparaiso. 



Var. ft, albiflora (Hook.et Arn. 1. c.) flowers white. Tj . F. E. 

 glanduldsa, Lodd. bot. cab. t. 1291. Native of Chili ; and the 

 province of Maule. 



Var. y, pubescens (Hook, et Arn. 1. c.) branches hardly glan- 

 dular, but clothed with villous pubescence ; leaves pubescent 

 on both surfaces, but more so beneath ; flowers red. fj . F. 

 Native of the Andes of Chili. The leaves of all the varieties 

 are spotted beneath with resinous dots. 



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^erf-flowered Escallonia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1827. Shrub 

 3 to 6 feet. 



11 E. POJPPIGIA'NA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 3.) shrub smoothish ; 

 branchlets pubescent, rather clammy ; leaves oval, acute, taper- 

 ing into the petiole, serrated, full of resinous dots beneath, 

 rather clammy above ; pedicels 1 -flowered, disposed in a few- 

 flowered, terminal raceme ; calyx glandular, with the tube drawn 

 out beyond the ovarium : teeth subulate ; petals erect, oblong. 

 fy . F. Native of Chili. E. rubra, Pcepp. pi. exsic. no. 81. 

 Flowers red. Like E. rubra, but differs in the peduncles being 

 1-flowered, in the teeth of the calyx being subulate, in the ur- 

 ceolus not being prominent, and in the style being equal in length 

 to the petals. There is a long-leaved variety of this, or a species, 

 which was collected on the mountains in Chili, where it is called 

 by the natives Ripa. 



Pceppig's Escallonia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



12 E. MACRA'NTHA (Hook, et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 251.) 

 branches pubescent, glandular ; leaves ovate-elliptic, bluntish, 

 cuneated at the base, glabrous, full of resinous dots beneath, 

 bluntly crenate -serrated ; lower peduncles simple, axillary: 

 upper ones racemose; bracteoles wanting, or very minute; 

 calycine teeth subulate. fj . F. Native of Chiloe. Petals 

 connivent. The flowers are larger and the leaves broader than 

 in E. rubra. 



Large-flowered Escallonia. Shrub. 



13 E. MYRTOI'DEA (Bert, in lift, ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 66C.) 

 shrub glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, serrated, attenuated at the 

 base ; racemes terminal, nearly simple, hardly longer than the 

 leaves ; limb of calyx campanulate, 5-cleft : lobes subulate, re- 

 flexed; petals obovate, on long claws. Pj . F. Native of Chili, 

 at the river Cachapual near Rancagua, where it is commonly 

 called Lun. The calyx agrees with that of E. rcvoluta, but dif- 

 fers in the whole plant being smooth, and in many other points. 



Myrtle-like Escallonia. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



14 E. ILLINI'TA (Presl, in reliq. Haenk. 2. p. 49. t. 59.) quite 

 glabrous ; branches spreading, anointed with resin ; leaves pe- 

 tiolate, obovate or oblong, obtuse, crenulated, attenuated at the 

 base, beset with glandular dots above, and clammy ; panicle ter- 

 minal, many-flowered, leafy ; calycine segments acuminated, 

 quite entire ; petals on long claws ; capsule turbinate, 5-nerved ; 

 style furnished with a 10-toothed, 10-angled, pervious, cylin- 

 drical urceolus at the base, as in most of the species. lj . F. 

 Native of the Cordillera of Chili. 



Var. a ; leaves beset with shining resinous dots on both sur- 

 faces, but especially beneath. Tj . F. Native of Chili, in El 

 Arroyo de Los Lanes, Valle del Rio Tinguiririca, where it is 

 called by the natives Lun. 



Var. /3 ; leaves bearing minute glands beneath. Tj . F. Na- 

 tive of Chili, in La Siente Vieja, and La Cuesta de Chacabuco, 

 and La Laguna near Valparaiso, where it is called by the 

 natives Araca or Arayan. This variety is perhaps a distinct 

 species ; the glands beneath sometimes pass into a kind of pu- 

 bescence. 



Anointed Escallonia. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



15 E. ARGU'TA (Presl, reliq. Haenk. 2. p. 48. t. 58.) quite 

 glabrous ; branches erect ; leaves obovate or oblong-lanceolate, 

 mucronate, sharply serrated, attenuated into the petiole, disco- 

 loured beneath ; panicle terminal, many flowered ; rachis pubes- 

 cent ; segments of calyx acute, quite entire ; petals spatulate, 

 on long claws ; capsule turbinate, 10-nerved. (7 . F. Native 

 of Chili, at San Gabriel, La Guardia, and La Cuesta del Inga; 

 Andes of Chili ; and Valle del Rio Claro. Lun is its vernacular 

 name. E. microcarpa, Gill. mss. E. reflexa, Gill. mss. E. 

 myrtoidea, Gill. mss. hardly of Bertero. The raceme is very 

 compact, and the flowers nearly sessile. Perhaps afterwards it 

 may prove a mere state of M. rubra. 



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