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highly pubescent, and red flowers, which may be considered as the 



species. 

 a * E. r. 2 albiflora Hook, et Am., E. glandulosa Sot. Cab. t. 291., 



with white flowers. 

 & ^ E. r. 3 pubescens Hook, et Arn., with pubescent branches, and red 



flowers. 



Very desirable shrubs for training against a wall. 



& 2. E. MONTEVIDE'N T SIS Dec. The Monte Video Escallonia. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 4. p. 4. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 194. 



Synonyme. E. floribunda var. & montevidensis Schlecht. in Linncea \. p. 543. ; E. bifida Link ct 



Otto Abbild. t. 23. 

 Engravings. Link et Otto Abbild., t. 23. ; Bot. Reg., 1467. ; and our fig. 897. 



Spec. Char., $c. Shrub glabrous. Branches erect. Leaves 

 oblong, cuneated at the base, acutish, finely serrated, full 

 of resinous dots beneath. Panicle terminal, many -flow- 

 ered, crowded, intermixed with foliaceous bracteas. 

 Lobes of calyx acute, rather denticulated. Petals obo- 

 vate, oblong. (Don's Mill.) A sub-evergreen shrub. 

 Brazil, in many places, but especially on the sandy banks 

 and pastures of the Uruguny. Height 6 ft. to 10 ft. In- 

 troduced in 1827, Flowers white, very like those of 

 the hawthorn, with a style which becomes double the 

 length of the fruit after flowering ; July to September. 



Variety. 



41 & E. m. 2 floribunda, E. floribunda H. B. et Kunlh, 

 is a native of New Granada, on the Andes, with 

 white flowers, and shining leaves, which are clammy 

 when young. A very distinct variety considered 

 by some as a species. 



This species forms a remarkably vigorous-growing bush, 

 with long, flexible, rope-like shoots, and is very prolific in 

 flowers. It is so hardy as to have stood through several 

 winters, as a bush, in the open ground of the Kensington Nursery, though it 

 was killed by the winter of 1837-8. 



tt 3. E. ILLINI^TA Presl. The varnished Escallonia. 



Identification. Presl Reliq. Haenk. vol. ii. p. 49. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 193. 

 Engravings. Presl 1. c., t. 59. ; Bot. Reg., t. 1900. ; and our, fig. 898. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Quite glabrous. Branches spreading, 

 anointed with resin. Leaves petiolate, obovate or ob- 

 long obtuse, crenulated, attenuated at the base, beset 

 with glandular dots above, and clammy. Panicle termi- 

 nal, many-flowered, leafy. Petals on long claws. Cap- 

 sule turbinate, 5-nerved. (Don's Mill.) An evergreen 

 shrub. Chili, at the streamlet of Los Lunes. Height 3 ft. 

 to 6ft. Introd. 1833. Flowers white; Aug. and Sept. 

 The whole plant emits a powerful odour, which to some 



persons resembles the smell of swine, and to others that of 



melilot or fenugreek. One of the hardiest species of the 



genus, and, like all the others, well deserving a place in 



collections. 



Other Species of Escallonia. E. resinosa Pers., Slere- 

 Sxylon resinosum Ruiz ct Pavon (Don's Mill., iii. p. 94.), 

 s a native of Peru, on the cold parts of hills, which 

 tood out at Kew for five years, till it was killed by the winter of 1837-8 



