664 PHANEROGAMIA. 



2. Escallonia RUBRA, Pers. 



Escallonia rubra, Pers. Erich. 1, p. 234 ; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2890 J DC. 1. c. 

 Stereoxylon rubrum, Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Per. & Chil. 3, t. 236. 



Hab. Chili ; in ravines above Valparaiso. 



3. Escallonia illinita, Presl. 



Escallonia illinita, Presl, Rel. Haenk. 2, p. 49, t. 59 ; Hook. & Am. Bot. Misc. 3, 



p. 343; Lindl. Bot. Beg. t. 1900; Reuiy, in Gay, Fl. Chil. 3, p. 60. 

 E. Mertensiana, Ruprecht, in sched. ex Herb. Acad. Petrop. 



Hab. Chili; near Valparaiso, and on the first Cordilleras above 

 Santiago. (Both a. and /3. Hook. & Am. 1. c.) 



4. Escallonia revoluta, Pers. 



Escallonia revoluta, Pers. I.e.; DC. I.e.; Hook. & Arn. Bot. Misc. 3 p 341- 



Remy, in Gay, Fl. Chil. 3, p. 55. ' 



E. affinis, Ruprecht, 1. c. (var. parvifolia minus hirsuta). 

 Stereoxylon revolutum, Ruiz & Pav. 1. c. 



Hab. Chili; near Valparaiso: with some sterile branches of the 



(simple or compound) leaves and interpetiolar stipules; the JBauerece, with opposite 

 and compound, sessile, exstipulate leaves; the Hydranyiece, with opposite and simple, 

 exstipulate leaves; and the Saxifrages ; herbs, with alternate or opposite, simple or 

 compound leaves, rarely with manifest stipules. More or less united and distinct 

 styles, and a partly or wholly free or adnate calyx occur in each of these tribes 

 Moreover Cardiandra, Sieb. & Zucc, a strictly Hydrangeaceous genus, has alternate 

 leaves. Dr. Lindley indeed takes a different view, which, however, will probably be 

 reconsidered. He not only gives to all these groups (except Bauerece, to which he inad- 

 vertently attributes whorled leaves and porous anthers) the rank of distinct orders but 

 even excludes from his Saxifragal alliance (singularly characterized as having little or no 

 albumen in the seeds !) the Escallonien and Philadelphea ; retaining moreover in the latter 

 Deutzia, although it exactly accords with his diagnosis of Hydrangeacea- and Decumaria, 

 which is more closely related to Schizophragma,-* genus retained by him in Hydran- 

 geacece, along with Broussaisia, notwithstanding their consolidated styles, as also is 

 Cardiandra, in spite of its alternate leaves. 



