XXXIII. ESCALLON/^ CEJE '. /'TEA, 



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ones usually 5-lobed, 

 deeply toothed, about 

 equal in length to the 

 ciliated petioles. Ra- 

 cemes short, 4 5 flow- 

 ered. Calyx tubular, 

 much longer than the pe- 

 dicels. Tube slender. 

 Segments rather spathu- 

 late, reflexed. Petals one 

 half shorter than the ca- 

 lycine segments. Bracteas 



elliptic". Berries obiong, glabrous. Flowers yellow. 



(Don's Mill.) An upright shrub. North America. 



Height 6 ft. to 8 ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers 



yellow ; April and May. Fruit purple or yellow ; 



ripe in August. 



A very ornamental species, of vigorous growth, fine 

 shining foliage, and of greater duration than many 

 species of Rtbes. 



S93. R. flavum. 



ORDER XXXIII. 



ORD. CHAR. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5, forming a tube by their cohesion, 

 finally separating ; aestivation imbricated. Stamens definite. Disk epigynous, 

 surrounding the base of the style. Ovarium 2-celled, containing two large 

 placentas in the axis. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule crowned by the calyx and 

 style, dehiscing at the base. Seeds numerous, minute. Albumen oily. The 

 cohering petals, oily albumen, and situation of placentas separate this from 

 Grossulariacese. (G. Don.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous or evergreen ; lanceolate 

 serrated or entire. Flowers, terminal in spikes or racemes. Shrubs, natives 

 of North and South America, of which two genera are in British gardens, 

 which are thus contradistinguished : 



/''TEA. Stigma capitate. Capsule compressed. 

 ESCALLO V N/^. Stigma peltate, 2-lobed. Capsule baccate. 



GENUS I. 



/ X TEA L. THE ITEA. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., 275. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 6. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 396. 

 Synonymes. Cedrdla Lour. ; Diconangia Michx. 



Derivation. Ita is the Greek name of the willow, which is given to this genus on account of the 

 quick growth of the /'tea virginica. 



Gen. Char. Calyx bell-shaped, with 5 teeth, persistent. Petals 5, their sesti- 

 vation valvate. Stamens 5, shorter than the petals. Both petals and stamens 

 inserted upon the tube of the calyx. Teeth of calyx, petals, and stamens, 

 alternate with one another. Ovary not connate with the calyx. Style y at 

 first, seemingly one ; afterwards it parts into two portions : hence, there are 

 rather 2 styles connate. Stigmas capitate, mostly divided by a furrow. Car- 

 pels two, connate into a capsule of 2 cells, that has 2 furrows, and parts 

 from bottom to top. Seeds in two rows along the introflexed margins of the 

 carpels. (Dec. Prod.) 



