490 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; lanceolate, toothed. 
Flowers small, white, in simple terminal racemes. — A shrub, native of 
North America. 
x 1. J. virei’nica LZ. The Virginian Itea. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 289.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 196. 
Engravings. N. Du Ham.,6.t. 9.; Bot. Mag., t. 2409.; and our 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves lanceolate, acutely toothed. 
Racemes simple, terminal. (Don’s Mill.) A deci- 
duous shrub. Pennsylvania to Carolina. Height 
83ft.to5ft. Introduced in 1744. Flowers white; 
June to August. Carpels brown ; ripe in October. 
It may be propagated by cuttings, but more rea- 
dily by layers, suckers, or seeds, which are annually 
imported from America; and it thrives best in a 
sandy or peaty soil, kept moist. The plant, to be 
kept in vigour, should have the old wood frequently 
cut down to the ground. When grown ina situation 
that is rather moist, its flowers inake a fine appear- | 
ance late in the season, when there are few other 895. I. virginica. 
shrubs in blossom. 
Genus II. 
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ESCALLO'NIA Mutis. Tue Escationia. Lin. Syst, Pentdndria 
Monogynia, 
Identification. Mutis in Lin. fil. Supp., t. 21.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 2.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 192. 
Synonyme. Steredxylon Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. Prod. p. 38. | . 3 
Derivation. From Escation, the pupil and companion of Mutis, during his travels in New Spain. 
Gen. Char., §c. Calyx tube semiglobose, adnate to the ovarium; limb 
5-toothed or 5-lobed. Petals 5, ativmg from the calyx. Stamens 5 ; an- 
thers ovate-oblong. Stigma peltate. Style filiform, permanent. Capsule 
baccate. Seeds numerous. (Don’s Mill.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, sub-evergreen ; serrated or entire, 
full of resinous glands. Flowers terminal, bracteate, variously disposed, 
white or red.— Sub-evergreen shrubs, natives of South America, more espe- 
cially of Chili. Propagated with the greatest ease by cuttings ; and growing 
freely in any common soil. 
gu « 1. E.ru‘sra Pers. The red-flowered Escallonia. 
Identification. Pers. Ench., 2. p. 235.; Hook. Bot. Mag., t. 2890., and Don’s Mill., 3. p. 193. 
Synunyme. Steredxylon rubrum Ruiz et Pav. 
Engravings. Ruiz et Pavon Fl. Per., 3. t. 236. f. b.; Bot. Mag. 
t. 2890. ; and our fig. 896. 
Spec. Char., §c. Shrubs smoothish ; branches erect, 
when young clothed with glandular villi, Leaves 
obovate-oblong, acuminated, serrated, full of resin- 
ous dots beneath. Peduncles 2—7-flowered, brac- 
teate. Lobes of calyx denticulated. Petals spathu- 
late. (Don’s Mill.) A sub-evergreen shrub. Chili, 
on the mountains of Colocolo, and in the fissures of 
rocks, and about Valparaiso. Height 3 ft. to 6 ft. 
Introduced in 1827. Flowers red; July to > 
September. 896. E. ribra 
Varieties. In the Bot. Misc., in. p. 252., three forms are recorded : — 
ua H.>. 1 glabriiscula Hook. et Arn., with glandular branches, leaves 
