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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 



notched, short-stemmed ; flowers J inch broad in large clusters. 



Montevideo Escallonia (291) — Escallonia montevid^nsis. 

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



notched ; shrub hairy all over. Hairy Escallonia — Escallonia 



pulverul^nta. 



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 virg^ta. 



* 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 organ^nsis. 



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

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

 red in short clusters. Red Escallonia (293) — Escallonia 

 riibra. 



Fig. 294. — Slender Deutzia. 



Fig. 295. — Rougli-leaved Deutzia. 



