ESCALLONEjE. 1. ESCALLONIA. II. QUINTINIA. III. FORGESIA. IV. ANOPTERUS. 



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Discoloured-leaved Escallonia. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 to 8 ft. 



30 E. REVOLU'TA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 235.) shrub hairy in every 

 part ; branches erect, very hairy, but smoothish in the adult 

 state ; leaves obovate, denticulated, revolute ; raceme thyrsoid ; 

 teeth of calyx subulate ; petals linear-spatulate. tj . F. Native 

 of Chili, in shady moist places, and on the banks of rivulets 

 about Conception, Valparaiso and Quillota, where it is called 

 Liun or Lun by the inhabitants, and Siete Camisas. Stereoxy- 

 lon revolutum, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 15. t. 236. f. a. 

 Flowers white ? 



Revolute-\eaved Escallonia. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



31 E. PULVERULE'NTA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 235.) shrub hairy in 

 every part ; branches rather erect, somewhat trigonal ; leaves el- 

 liptic, obtuse, on short petioles, serrulated, rather clammy above 

 when young ; racemes terminal, spike-formed, erect ; teeth of 

 calyx spreading ; petals obovate. ^ F. Native of Chili, be- 

 tween Conception and the tract of Carcano, where it is called 

 Mardogno by the natives, and about Valparaiso. Poepp. pi. 

 exsic. no. 79. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnsea. 1. p. 541. Stereoxy- 

 lon pulverulentum, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 15. t. 237. a. 

 Flowers white, nearly globose, when in the bud. The style 

 is shorter in this than in any other species. 



Powdered Escallonia. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



32 E. BERTERIA'NA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 666.) shrub glabrous, 

 clammy from resin ; leaves elliptic, petiolate, serrated, shining 

 above ; racemes spicate, terminal, simple, twice the length of the 

 leaves; calyxes shining and clammy, 5-cleft ; petals elliptic-ob- 

 long, sessile. fj . F. Native of Chili, on the banks of rivers, 

 and in valleys on the mountains, as at La Guardia del Maypu, 

 banks of Rio Maule, Valle del RioTinquiririca, and Causa Blanca, 

 and in woods near Rancagua. E. resinosum, Bertero in litt. 

 Leaves 2-j to 3 inches long, and 1^ broad. Petioles 3 lines 

 long. Vernacular name of the shrub Corantillo. 



Bertero s Escallonia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



33 E. CHLOROPHY'LLA (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 1. 

 p. 542.) shrub glabrous ; branches rather angular ; leaves ob- 

 ovate-cuneated, mucronulate, quite entire, of a greyish white 

 colour ; racemes terminal, clothed with powdery down ; bracteas 

 about equal in length to the peduncles; petals obovately spatu- 

 late. 17 . F. Native of Brazil. Flowers white ? 



Green-leaved Escallonia. Shrub. 



34 E. PE'NDULA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 235.) branches erectly 

 spreading, rather clammy when young ; leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acute, finely crenulated, hairy beneath, but especially on 

 the nerves ; racemes terminal, spike-formed, pendulous ; calyx 

 hairy, with the teeth acute ; petals linear-spatulate. Jj . F. 

 Native of Peru, in groves ; and on the Andes about Loxa, near 

 Gonzanama. Stereoxylon pendulum, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 

 16. t. 237. f. b. E. pendula, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 

 3. p. 298. Perhaps the plant from Loxa is the same as that 

 from Peru. Flowers white. 



Pendulous-racemed Escallonia. Tree 10 to 14 feet. 



35 E. HI'RTA (Willd. in Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 329.) 

 leaves obovate-oblong, almost quite entire, glabrous ; panicle 

 terminal; peduncles hairy, f} . H. Native of South America, 

 where it is said to have been gathered by Humboldt and Bon- 

 pland, but it is not mentioned in the nov. gen. amer. 



Hairy Escallonia. Shrub. 



Cult. All the species of Escallonia are very fine ever-green 

 shrubs ; they grow best in a mixture of peat, sand, and loam ; 

 and cuttings strike readily in mould or sand under a hand glass. 

 Most of the species will probably be found sufficiently hardy to 

 stand in the open air in our climate, provided they are planted 

 in a warm sheltered situation, particularly against a south wall 

 or hot-house ; and in winter they may be protected by throwing 

 a mat over them. 



II. QUINTI'NIA (in memory of La Quintinie, who has writ- 

 ten on gardening). Alph. D. C. in monog. campan. Paris, 1830, 

 p. 92. D. C. prod. 4. p. 5. 



LIN. SYST. Pentundria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx adhering 

 to the ovarium, marked by 10 nerves; limb 5-toothed, perma- 

 nent. Petals 5, obovate. Stamens 5. Style columnar, fili- 

 form ; stigma peltately capitate, 4-5-lobed. Capsule crowned 

 by the style and calycine teeth, 3-celled, with the dissepiments 

 hardly complete ; cells many-seeded. Seeds small, ovate, com- 

 pressed. Shrub smooth. Leaves alternate, petiolate, oval, acu- 

 minated at the apex, attenuated at the base, quite entire, coria- 

 ceous. Panicles terminal, composed of spreading racemose 

 branches. Pedicels spreading, shorter than the fruit. 



1 Q. SIEBE'RI (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) Jj . F. Native of New 

 Holland. Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 261. 



Sieber's Quintinia. Shrub. 



Cult. See Escallonia above for culture and propagation. 



III. FORGE'SIA (in honour of M. Desforges, Governor of 

 the Isle of Bourbon, when Commerson investigated the veget- 

 ation of that country). Comm. in Juss. gen. p. 164. D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 5. Deffbrgia, Lam. ill. t. 125. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx turbinate, 

 adnate to the ovarium ; limb 5-parted : lobes lanceolate. Petals 

 5, inserted in the calyx, linear-lanceolate, approximate at the 

 very base, hardly longer than the calyx, somewhat valvate in 

 aestivation. Stamens 5, erect ; anthers ovate. Style filiform, 

 finally separable into 2 parts ; stigma 2-lobed. Capsule half 

 adnate, crowned by the erect separated styles, 2-celled, many- 

 seeded, opening between the styles. Tree small, quite glabrous. 

 Leaves alternate, coriaceous, lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, 

 on short petioles, serrated. Racemes terminal, few-flowered, 

 bracteate at the base of the pedicels. 



1 F. BORBO'NICA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 194.) Jj.G. Native of 

 the Island of Bourbon, in the high woods above the plains of the 

 Caffres. Defforgia Borbonica, Lam. ill. p. 59. t. 125. Poir. 

 suppl. 2. p. 460. Forgesia racemosa, Gmel. syst. veg. 1. p. 353. 



Bourbon Forgesia. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Escallonia above. 



IV. ANO'PTERUS (from avta, ano, upwards, and irrepov, 

 pteron, a wing ; in reference to the seeds, which are winged 

 at the apex). Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 86. t. 112. R. Br. in 

 Frankl. narr. journ. 756. verm, schrift. 1. p. 545. 



LIN. SYST. Hexandria, Digynia. Tube of calyx turbinate (f. 

 35. a.), adnate to the ovarium at the base; lobes 6, short, acute, 

 permanent. Petals 6 (f. 35. 6.), alternating with the calycine 

 lobes, and inserted in the calyx. Stamens 6 (f. 35. b.), inserted 

 with the petals, shorter, and alternating with them. Style short ; 

 stigma bifid (f. 35. c.). Capsule 

 oblong, 1 -celled, 2-valved (f. 35. 

 d.) ; valves opening from the 

 apex to the base, with the pla- 

 centas at the margins (f. 35. 

 e.). Seed ovate, compressed, fur- 

 nished with a wing at the top. 

 Tree, quite glabrous. Leaves 

 alternate, rarely nearly oppo- 

 site, ovate-oblong, attenuated at 

 both ends, nearly sessile, coria- 

 ceous, callously toothed. Racemes 

 simple, terminal. Flowers some- 

 times 7-cleft. 



1 A. GLANDDLOSA (Labill. 1. 



c.) ^2 F- Native of Van Die- 

 men's Land. Flowers white, (f. 

 35.) 



c c 2 



FIG. 35. 



