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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
GENUS I. 
ESCALLONIA Mutis. THE ESCALLONIA. 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — Limb of the calyx five-toothed or five-lobed. Stigma peltate, two-lobed. Capsule baccate, somewhat two-celled, 
opening by pores at the base. Seeds scrobiculate. {G. Don^ 
Description, &c. — This genus is named in honour of Escallon, a Spanish traveller in South America, who 
found the first species of the genus, and sent it to Europe. The species are all trees and shrubs, natives of South 
America, most of which will stand out in the open air in the neighbomhood of London, if they have only a very 
slight protection during winter. The leaves of all the species are full of resinous glands. Only one species is 
properly a greenhouse plant, the others being very nearly hardy. 
1.— ESCALLONIA ORGANENSIS Gard. THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS ESCALLONIA. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag., t. 4274 ; and omfig, 1, in PI. 34. 
Specific Character. — Smooth. Branches erect. Leaves oblong, 
obtuse and somewhat wedge-shaped at the point, and tapering at the 
base into a short petiole, serrated in the upper part, and full of resinous 
dots. Panicle terminal, many-flowered. Lobes of the calyx subulate. 
Petals spatulate. 
Description, &c. — This veiy beautiful plant was discovered on the Organ Mountains of Brazil, almost simul- 
taneously by Mr. Gardner and Mr. William Lobb, and it was introduced in 1846. It is a free-growing shrub, rising 
to the height of from two to four feet, and producing its beautiful rose-coloured flowers nearly all the summer. 
OTHER SPECIES OF ESCALLONIA. 
There are four other species of Escallonia to be met with in British gardens, viz. E. rubra, E. Montevidensis, 
E. ilUnita and E. pulveridenta ; all of which are very ornamental, but as they will live in the open air in the 
neighbourhood of London, and as they form very large shrubs, they can hardly be considered as greenhouse plants. 
They are all natives of South America. 
CHAPTER XXXIII. 
CAPRIFOLIACEtE Richard. 
Essential Character. — Calyx superior, four or five-cleft, usually 
with bracts at the base. Corolla superior. Stamens epipetalous, equal 
in number to the lobes of the corolla and alternate with them. Ovary 
with from one to five cells, generally many-seeded. Style one. 
Stigmas three or five. Fruit indehiscent, crowned by tbe persistent 
lobes of the calyx. Seeds either solitary and pendulous, or numerous 
and attached to the axis. Testa often bony. Embryo very small, 
in fleshy albumen. 
Description, &c. — Most of the genera included in this order contain only hardy plants. 
GENUS I. 
ABELIA Dec. THE ABELIA. 
Lin. Syst. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Generic Character. — Tube of the calyx oblong ; limb two or five- 
parted, leafy, segments oblong. Corolla tubulously funnel-shaped, 
five-lobed ; lobes ovate, nearly equal. Stamens four, didynamous or 
nearly equal. Stigma capitate. Ovarium three-celled ; cells containing 
three seeds, only one of which is fertile. Pericarpium one-seeded, 
indehiscent, crowned by the persistent leaves of the calyx. 
Description, &c. — Some of the plants belonging to this genus are natives of China and the north of India ; 
