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FUCHSIA* thymifólia. 
Thyme-leaved Fuchsia. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ONAGRARIA. 
. FUCHSIA.— Supra, vol. 10. fol. 847. 
F. thymifolia; ramis pubescenti-hirtellis, foliis parvis oppositis ovatis aut 
subrotundo-ovatis obtusis subintegerrimis suprà hirtellis subtús glabri- 
usculis, calyce subinfundibuliformi : laciniis oblongis angustato-acutis, 
petalis ovato-oblongis obtusis integris (subrotundis patentissimis undu- 
latis), staminibus inclusis.—Kunth in Humb. et Bonpl. nov. gen. et. 
species plantarum, vol. 6. p. 104. tab. 535. Dec. prodr. 3. 37. 
Lopezia thymifolia. Willd.; according to Link in Schultes mantissa, 50. 
Caulis ramosus, frutescens, ramis debilibus, teretibus," cinereis, pube 
minimá obtectis. Folia ovata, obtusa, longé petiolata, utrinque minute 
pubescentia, subtús pallidiora; nunc opposita, nunc. subopposita, sepe 
alterna; stipule minutissime. Flores parvi, axillares, solitarii, pe- 
dunculis petiolorum longitudine, capillaribus. Calycis tubus infundi- 
bularis, limbo acuté 4-fido pauló longior, purpurascens. Petala oblonga, 
plana, patentissima, undulata, obtusa, primum pallidé rosea, dein intensiús 
rosea, mox purpurea. Stamina subinclusa. Stigma longè exsertum, capi- 
tatum, indivisum. 
* 
We had lately the gratification of publishing a figure of 
the lovely Fuchsia microphylla of Mexico: we are now 
indebted to the same rich store of new plants for the oppor- 
tunity of figuring another very interesting species of the 
genus, the F. thymifolia of Kunth. It is a native of high 
land in Mexico; whence it/was procured by Robert Bar- 
clay, Esq. Humboldt found it near Pazcuaco at an eleva- 
tion of about 6000 feet. 
It is a half-hardy shrüb, remarkable for its soft entire 
leaves and changeable flowers, the petals of which are not 
* See fol. 1269. 
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