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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; lanceolate, toothed. 

 Flowers small, white, in simple terminal racemes. A shrub, native of 

 North America. 



54 1. /. VIRGI'NICA L. The Virginian Itea. 



Lin. Sp., 289. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 196. 

 N. Du Ham., 6. t. 9. ; Bot. Mag., t. 2409. ; and our 



Identificatioi 



Engravings. 



fig- 895. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves lanceolate, acutely toothed. 

 Racemes simple, terminal. (Don's Mill.) A deci- 

 duous shrub. Pennsylvania to Carolina. Height 

 3 ft. to 5 ft. Introduced in 1744. Flowers white; 

 June to August. Carpels brown ; ripe in October- 

 It may be propagated by cuttings, but more rea- 

 dily by layers, suckers, or seeds, which are annually 

 imported from America ; and it thrives best in a 

 sandy or peaty soil, kept moist. The plant, to be 

 kept in vigour, should have the old wood frequently 

 cut down to the ground. When grown in a situation 

 that is rather moist, its flowers make a fine appear- 

 ance late in the season, when there are few other 

 shrubs in blossom. 



GENUS II. 



/. TJrginica. 



ESCALLO N N7J Mutis. THE ESCALLONIA. Lin. Syst. Pentandria 

 Monogynia. 



Identification. Mutis in Lin. fil. Supp., t. 21. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 2. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 192. 



Synonyme. Stereoxylon Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. Prod. p. 38. 



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



Gen. Char., fyc. Calyx tube semiglobose, adnate to the ovarium ; limb 

 5-toothed or 5-lobed. Petals 5, arising from the calyx. Stamens 5 ; an- 

 thers ovate-oblong. Stigma peltate. Style filiform, permanent. Capsule 

 baccate. Seeds numerous. (Doris Mill.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, sub-evergreen ; serrated or entire, 

 full of resinous glands. Flowers terminal, bracteate, variously disposed, 

 white or red. Sub-evergreen shrubs, natives of South America, more espe- 

 cially of Chili. Propagated with the greatest ease by cuttings ; and growing 

 freely in any common soil. 



Sb * 1. E. RU^BRA Pers. The red-lowered Escallonia. 



Identification. Pers. Ench., 2. p. 235. ; Hook. Bot. Mag., t. 2890. , and Don's Mill., 3. p. 193. 

 Synonyme. Stereoxylon rubrnm Ruiz et Pav. 



Engravings. Ruiz et Pavon Fl. Per., 3. t. 236. f. b. ; BoL Mag. 

 t. 2890. j and our Jig. 896. 



Spec. Char., $c. Shrubs smoothish ; branches erect, 

 when young clothed with glandular villi. Leaves 

 obovate-oblong, acuminated, serrated, full of resin- 

 ous dots beneath. Peduncles 2 7-flowered, brac- 

 teate. Lobes of calyx denticulated. Petals spathu- 

 late. (Don's Mill.) A sub-evergreen shrub. Chili, 

 on the mountains of Colocolo, and in the fissures of 

 rocks, and about Valparaiso. Height 3 ft. to 6 ft. 

 Introduced in 1827. Flowers red ; July to 

 September. 



Varieties. In the Bot. Misc., iii. p. 252., three forms are recorded : 



m * E. r. 1 glabriuscula Hook, et Arn., with glandular branches, leaves 



