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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF ESCALLONIA 



* Flowers white. (A.) 



A. branches round ; leaves 2-4 inches long, linear, minutely 



in'trhfd, short-stemmed; flowers \ inch broad in large clusters. 



MONTKVIIH.O Ks< ALI.OMA (291) Escallonia montevidensis. 

 A. Branches triangular ; leaves broader than the last and distinctly 



notched ; shrub hairy all over. HAIRY ESCALLOXIA Escallonia 



pulverulenta. 



A. Branches rod-like, light brown ; leaves narrow but broadest 

 towards tip and practically sessile ; flowers small in dense ter- 

 minal clusters. The most hardy species. WAND-STEMMED Es- 

 CALLONIA Escallonia virgiita. 



* Flowers red or pink. (B.) 



B. Branches red and angled ; leaves glossy ; flowers pink in close 

 terminal clusters ; shrub 2-5 feet. ORGAN MOUNTAIN ESCAL- 

 LONIA (292) Escallonia organe"nsis. 



B. Branches twiggy and gramlular-hairy ; leaves small, broader 

 towards tip and sharp-toothed ; flowers long and tubular, bright 

 red in short clusters. RED ESCALLONIA (293) Escallonia 

 rubra. 



FIG. 294. Slender Deutzia. 



'iu. 2'JO. Rough-leaved Deutzia. 



