XXXII ESCALLONIACEZ: I/'TEA. 489 
ones usually 5-lobed, 
deeply toothed, about 
equal in length to the 
ciliated petioles. Ra- 
cemes short, 4—5-flow- 
ered. Calyx tubular, 
much longer than the pe- 
dicels. ‘Tube slender. 
Segments rather spathu- 
4 . late, reflexed. Petals one 
893. R. flavum. half shorter than the ca- 
lycine segments. Bracteas 
elliptic. Berries oblong, glabrous. Flowers yellow. 
(Don's Mill.) An upright shrub, North America. 
Height 6 ft. to 8 ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers 7 
yellow; April and May. Fruit purple or yellow; 
ripe in August. 
A very ornamental species, of vigorous growth, fine 
shining foliage, and of greater. duration than many 
species of Ribes. 
894. R. flavum. 
Orpen XXXIII. ESCALLONIACEZ. 
Orp. Car. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5, forming a tube by their cohesion, 
finally separating ; estivation imbricated. Stamens definite. Disk epigynous, 
surrounding the base of the style. Ovarium 2-celled, containing two large 
placentas in the axis. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule crowned by the calyx and 
style, dehiscing at the base. Seeds numerous, minute. Albumenoily. The 
cohering petals, oily albumen, and situation of placentas separate this from 
Grossulariacee. (G. Don.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous or evergreen ; lanceolate 
serrated or entire. Flowers, terminal in spikes or racemes.—Shrubs, natives 
of North and South America, of which two genera are in British gardens, 
which are thus contradistinguished : — 
_I’rea. Stigma capitate. Capsule compressed. 
EscaLio‘nz4, Stigma peltate, 2-lobed. Capsule baccate. 
Genus I. 
An 
: 
H 
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IV'TEA L. Tue lrea. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Identification. Lin. Gen., 275.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 6.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 396. 
Synonymes. Cedréla Lour. ; Diconangia Michz. nee 
Derivation. Itea is the Greek name of the willow, which is given to this genus on account of the 
quick growth of the J’tea virginica. 
Gen. Char. Calyx bell-shaped, with 5 teeth, persistent. Petals 5, their asti- 
vation valvate. Stamens 5, shorter than the petals. Both petals and stamens 
inserted upon the tube of the calyx. Teeth of calyx, petals, and stamens, 
alternate with one another. Ovary not connate with the calyx. Style, at 
first, seemingly one; afterwards it parts into two portions: hence, there are 
rather 2 styles connate. Stigmas capitate, mostly divided by a furrow. Car- 
pels two, connate into a capsule of 2 cells, that has 2 furrows, and parts 
from bottom to top. Sveds in two rows along the introflexed margins of the 
carpels. (Dec. Prod.) 
