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FUCHSIA parviflora. 
Small-flowered Fuchsia. 
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OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ONAGRARIZ. 
FUCHSIA. Supra, vol. 10. fol. 847. 
F. parviflora ; foliis sparsis oppositisque cordato-ovatis obtusis glaucis petiolis 
brevioribus, calycibus reflexis, stigmate capitato crasso 4-lobo. 
Frutex aspectu omnind F. lycioidis. Folia ovata v. oblonga, petiolis 
breviora, obtusa, integerrima, concava, nunc dentata, glauca, glaberrima. 
Flores solitarii, axillares, cernui, foliis breviora. Ovarium ovale, levigatum. 
Calyx parvus, pallide roseus, sepalis reflexis, rubris, tubi longitudine. Petala 
purpurea, parüm imbricata, erecta, sepalis breviora. Stamina 8, intrà 
faucem inserta, 4 petalis oppositis brevioribus. Stylus exsertus. Stigma 
crassum, capitatum, 4-lobum. 
Very like F. lycioides, from which it differs in the 
greater length of the petioles, in the smaller size of the 
flowers, and some other particulars. A half-hardy shrub, 
growing freely in the open air in the summer, and capable 
of enduring a tolerably mild winter, but requiring protection 
in very severe weather. 
A native of Mexico. Seeds were presented to the 
Horticultural Society, in 1824, by the Right Honourable 
George Canning. It flowered in the Chiswick Garden, for 
the first time, in an open border, in July 1826. 
A shrub with altogether the appearance of F. lycioides. 
Leaves ovate or oblong, shorter than petioles, obtuse, entire, 
concave, sometimes serrated. Flowers solitary, axillary, 
cernuous, shorter than the leaves. Ovary oval, polished. 
Calyx small, pale pink, with red, reflexed sepals, the length 
of the tube. Petals purple, but little overlapping, erect, 
