CHAP. LVI, 



ESCALLON/^C'ifvE. ESCALLO^N/^. 



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1*. each, and of seeds, 6d. a packet ; at Bollwyller, plants are 2 francs each ; 

 and at New York, 25 cents. 



Genus II. 



ESCALLO v N/,4 Mutis. The Escallonia. Lin. Syst. Pentandria 



Monogynia. 



Identification. Mutis in Lin. fil. Supp., t. 21. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 2. ; Don's Mill, 8. p. 192. 



Synonyme. Stereoxylon Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. Prod., p. 38. 



Derivation. From Escallon, the pupil and companion of Mutis, during his travels in New Spain. 



Gen. Char.,$c. Tube of the calyx semiglobose, adnate to the ovarium; 

 limb 5-toothed or 5-lobed. Petals 5, arising from the calyx. Stamens 5 ; 

 anthers ovate-oblong. Stigma peltate. Style filiform, permanent. Cap- 

 sule baccate. Seeds numerous. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 192.) — Subevergreen 

 half-hardy shrubs, natives of South America, and more especially of Chili, 

 with the leaves full of resinous glands. Propagated with the greatest ease 

 by cuttings ; and growing freely in common garden soil. 



* E. rubra Pers. (Hook. Bot. Mag., t. 2890., and 

 our fig. 746.), Stereoxylon rubrum Ruiz et Pav., is a 

 smoothish evergreen shrub, with numerous, twiggy, 

 rounded branches, which, when young, are clothed 

 with glandular hairs. The leaves are obovate-oblong, 

 acuminated, serrated, and, in their native country, full 

 of resinous dots beneath. A tuft of young leaves 

 springs from the axil of each of the older ones, indica- 

 tive of numerous branches. The peduncles are 2 — 7- 

 flowered. Lobes of the calyx denticulated. Petals 

 spathulate, red, conniving, but spreading a little at 

 the apex. A native of Chili, on the mountains of Colocolo, in the fissures 

 of rocks, and about Valparaiso. It was introduced in 1827. When trained 

 against a wall, it grows to the height of 6 ft. or 8 ft. ; flowering from July to 

 September. It is readily propagated by cuttings, planted in sandy soil, under 

 a hand-glass ; and the plants, when placed against a wall, require no protec- 

 tion whatever during winter. In the Bot. Misc., iii. p. 252., three forms of 

 this species are recorded : — 



E. r. 1 glabriuscula Hook, et Arn., with glandular branches, leaves highly pubescent, and red 

 flowers, which may be considered as the species. 

 E. r. Zalbifibra Hook, et Arn. ; E. glandulbsa Bot. Cab., t. 291. ; with white flowers. 

 E. r. 3pubescens Hook, et Arn., with pubescent branches, and red flowers. 



There are plants of these varieties at Kew, the Horticul- 

 tural Society's Garden, Messrs. Loddiges's, in the Goldworth 

 Arboretum, and in the Addlestone Nursery, which have 

 stood out as bushes in the open garden, for several years, 

 without the slightest protection during winter. 



* E. montevidensis Dec. Prod., iv. p. 4. ; E. floribunda 

 var. j8 montevidensis Schlecht.; E. bifida Link et Otto 

 Abbild., t. 23., Bot. Reg., t. 1467. ; and our fig. 747. ; is a 

 smooth shrub, with white flowers, very like those of the 

 hawthorn, which are produced in great abundance from July 

 to September. It is a native of Brazil, on sandy banks and 

 pastures; and was introduced in 1827. It forms a remark- 

 ably vigorous-growing bush, with long, flexible, rope-like 

 shoots, and is very prolific in flowers. It is so hardy as to 

 have stood through several winters, as a bush, in the open 

 ground of the Kensington Nursery; so that we might almost 

 have been justified in placing it among the hardy shrubs. 



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