XXXIII. ESCALLON/y4 CE^ : ESCALLO N/^. 



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



species. 

 !lfc i?. r. 2 albiflora Hook, et Am., E. glandulosa But. Cab. t. 291., 



with white flowers. 

 St 4^ E. r. 3 jnibescens Hook, et Arn., with pubescent branches, and red 



flowers. 



Very desirable shrubs for training against a wall. 



2. E. montevide'nsis Dec. The Monte Video Escallonia. 



p. .'J43. ; E. bifida Link el 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 4. p. 4. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 104. 



Synonyine. E. floribunda var. /3 montevidensis Schlecht. in LinrnEa 1 



Otto Abbild. t. 23. 

 Engravings. Link et Otto Abbild., t. 23. ; Bot. Reg., 14G7. ; and out fig. 897. 



5/jec. Char., Sfc. 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 it. 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. 



^ m, E. m. 2 floribunda, E. floribunda H. B. et Kunth, 

 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, roj)e-like shoots, and is very proHfic in 

 flowers. It is so hardy as fo 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. 



E. montevidensis. 



at 3. E. illiniVa Presl. The varnished Escallonia. 



Identification. Presl Rellq. Hasnk. vol. ii. p. 49. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 193. 

 Engiavin's. Presl 1. c, t. 59. ; Bot. Reg., t. 1900. ; and onr fig. 898. 



Spec. Chnr., Sfc. Quite glabrous. Branches sjjreading, 

 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, 3-nerved. (Don's Mil/.) An evergreen 

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

 to 6 ft. 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 

 t;enus, and, like all the others, well deserving a place in 

 collections. 



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

 Jxylon resinosum Ruiz et Pavon (Don's Mill., iii. p. 94.), 

 5 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 



8'J8. E. iliimla. 



