ESCALLONIA 531 



or oval, up to 2 ins. long, f in. wide, but mostly much smaller ; tapering at 

 both ends, but more gradually to the base, toothed on the terminal portion ; 

 upper surface smooth and glossy, the under-surface specked with numerous 

 minute resin-glands ; stalk very short. Flowers rich crimson, produced in 

 terminal corymbose panicles, i^ to 2 ins. long and wide ; the lower portion of 

 the petals cohering to form a" tube -i- to | in. long, spreading at the ends. 

 Flower-stalk and calyx covered with glands, the latter with five triangular 

 lobes. Blossoms from June to August. 



Native of Chile ; nearly allied to E. rubra, from which it differs chiefly in 

 the deeper coloured flowers, and in the much more abundant glands on the 

 young wood, under-surface of the leaves, calyx, and flower-stalks. Hardy in 

 the warmer counties, it is best with the protection of a wall elsewhere. 



E. REVOLUTA, Persoon. 



(Bo:. Mag., t. 6940.) 



An evergreen shrub up to 20 ft. high ; branchlets thickly covered with a 

 grey felt, angled. Leaves f to 2 ins. long, from i to i J ins. wide ; obovate, 

 pointed or rounded at the apex, tapering at the base, unevenly toothed ; both, 

 surfaces covered with a thick grey down. Flowers white, produced in racemes 

 or panicles i^ to 3 ins. long, at the end of leafy twigs ; petals f in. long, the 

 bases forming a slender tube ; calyx and flower-stalks covered with grey hairs. 

 Blossoms in September and October. 



Native of Chile. -It succeeds admirably in the south-western counties, but 

 needs wall protection in colder localities. The name refers to the rolling 

 inwards of the leaf-margins, which is usually more or less noticeable but is a 

 character by no means confined to this species. Its most noticeable character- 

 istic is the grey down which covers the entire plant, but varies in density. 



E. RUBR.A, Persoon. 



(Bot, Mag-., t. 2890,) 



An evergreen shrub up to 15 ft. high, of vigorous, quick-growing, loose 

 habit ; young branches reddish, downy, somewhat viscid and glandular. 

 Leaves obovate to lanceolate, the largest i^ to 2 ins. long, and \ to i in. wide ; 

 tapering at both ends, the upper part doubly toothed, but furnished with 

 stalked glands near the base ; both surfaces without down. Flowers red, 

 i in. wide at the top where the ends of the petals expand, the lower portions or 

 claws forming a slender tube \ in. long ; they are produced in loose terminal 

 panicles, few- or many-flowered, and i to 3 ins. long ; calyx top-shaped, with 

 five narrow-linear lobes \ in. long, smooth ; flower-stalk slender, \ to \ in. long. 



Introduced in 1827 to the Botanic Garden of Liverpool from Chile, this 

 Escallonia has since proved to be the hardiest of the evergreen species. I 

 have only known it once cut to the ground at Kew, which was in February 1895, 

 and the plants afterwards sprang up again freely from the ground. It is 

 quite a handsome shrub, and useful in flowering from July onwards. The 

 species is variable, and some forms approach E. punctata in having the 

 calyx glandular and downy. In var. ALBIFLORA, Hooker ; perhaps not now in 

 cultivation, the flowers are white. 



E. VISCOSA, Forbes. 



A loose-habited, rather sprawling evergreen shrub up to 10 ft. high, the 

 branchlets drooping, sticky with resinous glands. Leaves obovate, i to 3 ins. 

 long, \ to i^ ins. wide ; finely toothed, abruptly pointed or rounded at the apex, 



