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ESCALLONEjE. I. ESCALLONIA. 



(S^arp-serrate-leaved Escallonia. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



16 E. RESINOSA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 235.) shrub glabrous; 

 branches erect ; branchlets anointed with resin ; leaves oblong, 

 obovate, hardly narrowed at the base, sessile, glandularly serru- 

 lated ; panicles few-flowered, terminal ; lobes of calyx quite en- 

 tire ; petals obovate-oblong. ^ F' Native of Peru, on the 

 cold parts of hills. H.B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 296. 

 Stereoxylon resinosum, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 14. t. 235. f. 

 2. Style permanent, hardly longer than the fruit. 



jResinous-branched Escallonia. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



17 E. GRAHAMIA'NA (Gill. mss. ex Hook, et Arn. in bot. 

 misc. p. 253.) plant glabrous ; branches straight, angular, rather 

 resinous ; leaves elliptic-oblong, bluntish, a little attenuated at 

 the base, crenate-serrated, beset with a few resinous dots be- 

 neath ; flowers in compact panicles, on short pedicels ; fruit ob- 

 conical ; calycine segments subulate. T? . F. Native of Chili, 

 in El Valle del Rio Tinquiririca. The branches of the panicle 

 contain each 3 or 4 flowers, on pedicels hardly a line in length. 

 The fruit or tube of the calyx is about twice as long as it is 

 broad, and twice or thrice the length of the pedicels. 



Graham's Escallonia. Shrub. 



18 E. SELLOWIA'NA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 4.) shrub glabrous ; 

 branches erect ; leaves lanceolate, tapering into the petiole at the 

 base, serrated, full of resinous dots beneath ; panicles many 

 flowered, terminal ; teeth of calyx short, quite entire ; petals 

 spatulate. Tj . F. Native of Brazil. E. resinosa var. dodo- 

 naeifolia, Cham, in Linnaea. 1. p. 545. Very like E. resinosa. 

 Style hardly longer than the fruit. Flowers white. 



Var. ft, spirceifblia (D. C. prod. 1. c.) leaves obovate, obtuse, 

 tapering into the petiole at the base. Jj . S. Native of Brazil. 

 E. resinosa spiraeifolia, Cham, in litt. 



Sello's Escallonia. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



19 E. CALLCOTTI.S: (Hook, et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 252.) 

 branches smoothish, glandless ; leaves ovate, oblong, oval or 

 roundish, acute at both ends, petiolate, glabrous, glandless, with 

 sharp adpressed serratures ; flowers panicled ; petals erect, on 

 long claws; teeth of calyx subulate. Tj . F. Native of Juan 

 Fernandez, where it was collected by Mrs. Callcott, late Mrs. 

 Maria Graham. The lower peduncles of the raceme are 

 branched, thus forming a panicle. The toothed urceolus at the 

 base of the style is not so conspicuous in this as in other species 

 of the genus. 



Callcott 's Escallonia. Shrub. 



20 E. MONTEVIDE'NSIS (D. C. 1. c. p. 4.) shrub glabrous ; 

 branches erect ; leaves oblong, cuneated at the base, acutish, 

 finely serrated, full of resinous dots beneath ; panicle terminal, 

 many-flowered, crowded, intermixed with foliaceous bracteas ; 

 lobes of calyx acute, rather denticulated ; petals obovate-oblong. 

 Tj . F. Native of Brazil, in many places, but especially on the 

 sandy banks and pastures of the Uruquay. E. floribunda var. 

 ft, Montevidensis, Schlecht. in Linnaea. 1. p. 543. Lindl. bot. 

 reg. 1467. E. bifida. Link et Otto, abbild. t. 23. Flowers 

 white, very like those of the hawthorn. Style permanent, double 

 the length of the fruit after flowering. 



Monte-Video Escallonia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1827. Shrub 

 6 to 10 feet. 



21 E. FLORIBU'NDA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 297.) shrub glabrous; branches, covered with clammy resin; 

 leaves oblong, obtuse, finely crenulated or quite entire, membra- 

 nous ; corymbs terminal, rather panicled, much branched, leafy; 

 teeth of calyx acute ; petals obovate-spatulate. T? . F. Native 

 of New Granada, on the Andes. Style length of the stamens. 

 Leaves when young clammy and shining above. Flowers white. 

 This species is said to come near E. cuneifblia. 



Bundle-flowered Escallonia. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



22 E. CARACASA'NA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 



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297.) shrub glabrous ; branchlets scattered, somewhat trigonal ; 

 leaves oblong, acute, cuneated at the base, petiolate, finely cre- 

 nulated, membranous ; panicle terminal, many-flowered, leafy ; 

 teeth of calyx acute ; petals obovately spatulate. Tj . G. Na- 

 tive of South America, in temperate places near Caraccas. 

 Flowers white. Style shorter than the stamens. Very like E. 

 floribunda. 



Caraccas Escallonia. Tree 12 to 20 feet. 



23 E. SPECTA'BILIS (Hort. monac. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 4.) 

 branchlets pubescent : leaves oblong or elliptic, somewhat cu- 

 neated at the base, obtuse at the apex, serrulated, glabrous ; 

 panicle short, thyrsoid ; bracteoles and lobes of calyx acute, 

 somewhat serrated by black glands ; petals obovate-spatulate. 

 T? . F. Native country unknown. Flowers red. Style length 

 of the stamens. E. glandu!6sa, Lodd. bot. cab. 1291. 



Showy Escallonia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 182.7. Sh. 3 to 6 feet. 



24 E. PANICULA'TA (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 328.) 

 shrub glabrous ; branches angular, rather clammy ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate-oblong, obsoletely serrulated ; peduncles racemosely 

 panicled ; teeth of calyx very short ; petals obovate. J? . F. 

 Native of Peru, in the groves of Pillao. Stereoxylon panicu- 

 latum, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 16. t. 238. f. b. Flowers 

 white. Style very short. Calyx nearly entire. 



Pamcferf-flowered Escallonia. Shrub 5 to 8 feet. 



25 E, ANGUSTipfrnA (Presl, in reliq. Hsenk. 2. p. 47.) gla- 

 brous ; branches erect, glandular, resinous ; leaves petiolate, 

 linear-lanceolate, obtuse, dotted with glands, and glandularly 

 serrulated, narrowed at the base ; panicle terminal, many-flow- 

 ered ; segments of the calyx entire ; style exceeding the capsule. 

 Jj . F. Native of Peru. Style naked at the base, not furnished 

 with an urceolus, as in those formerly named Stereoxylon. 



Narrow-leaved Escallonia. Shrub. 



26 E. MULTIFLORA (Presl, in Haenk. reliq. 2. p. 48. t. 57.) 

 glabrous ; branches spreading ; branchlets glandular and gluti- 

 nous ; leaves nearly sessile, obovate, mucronate, glandularly 

 serrulated, pale beneath, and glandularly ciliated at the base ; 

 panicles terminal, many flowered ; teeth of calyx obtuse, quite 

 entire ; petals obovate ; style equal in length to the ovarium, 

 which is pubescent, tj . F. Native of Chili and Peru. Style 

 naked at the base, as in the last species. 



Many-flonered Escallonia. Shrub. 



27 E. FLAVE'SCENS (Presl, in reliq. Haenk. 2. p. 48.) quite 

 glabrous ; branches erect ; leaves obovate, recurvedly acumi- 

 nated, glandularly serrulated, and pinnately veined, attenuated at 

 the base ; flowers terminal and axillary, sessile ; teeth of calyx 

 acuminated, glandular; capsule turbinate, 10-nerved. Tj . F. 

 Native of the Cordillera of Chili. Style furnished with an ur- 

 ceolus at the base. 



Yellowish Escallonia. Shrub. 



28 E. CUNEIFOLIA (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 328.) 

 branches spreading ; leaves oblong-wedge-shaped, serrulated, 

 nearly sessile, whitish beneath ; panicle terminal, rather corym- 

 bose, hairy ; teeth of calyx small ; petals obovate, obsoletely 

 crenulated. f? . F. Native of Peru, in woods on the Andes, at 

 Chincao. Stereoxylon cuneif61ium, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 

 16. t. 238. f. a. 



Wedge-leaved Escallonia. Shrub 5 to 8 feet. 



29 E. DI'SCOLOR (Vent, choix. t. 54.) branchlets rather pubes- 

 cent ; leaves cuneiformly lanceolate, somewhat crenulated, or 

 quite entire, of a different colour beneath, having the middle 

 nerve hairy ; panicles terminal, many flowered; calyx puberu- 

 lous ; petals obovate. 17 . F. Native of New Granada, on the 

 Andes. Stereoxylon discolor, Poir. diet. 5. p. 246. E. Tubar 

 Muds ex Humb. tabl. nat. 1. p. 113. Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 

 p. 299. Flowers white. Style length of the petals, shorter 

 than in any other species, rather conical at the base, striated. 



