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FUCHSIA* bacillaris. 



Rod - branched Fuchsia. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYN1A. 



Nat. ord. OnagrarijE Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botany , p. 56.) 



FUCHSIA.— Suprct, vol 10. fol. 847. 



F. bacillaris ; ramulis glabris, foliis ovatis v. ovato-lanceolatis denticulatis 

 deciduis glabris, foliis axillaribus geminis ternatisve foliis longioribus, 

 calycis tubo subcylindraceo : laciniis subulatis petalisque retusis integer- 

 rimis patentibus, staminibus inclusis, stigmatis lobis linearibus cruciatis. 

 Frutex jam in viridario 3~pedalis 9 verosimiliter orgyalis, ramis erectis 9 



gracilibus, bacilliformibus. Folia pallid^ viridia, tenuia, decidua. Flores 



rosei. Calycis lacinue angustissimce, subulata. 



The name of Fuchsia carries a charm with it that causes 

 the addition of any new species to be received with peculiar 

 delight by all lovers of gay flowers. That which is now 

 ublished was raised from Mexican seeds, communicated 

 y J. S. Mill, Esq. to Mr. Barnard, and by that gentleman 

 presented to the Horticultural Society in 1829. 



An elegant deciduous shrub, apparently more hardy 

 than any other species that we cultivate; but this is a 

 point upon which we are not yet able to speak positively, 

 the plant having been too recently introduced to have 

 been the subject of experiment. It blossoms all the 

 summer long till November, grows freely in any kind of 

 light soil, and is propagated by cuttings as readily as other 

 Fuch 



sias. 



Its nearest Botanical affinity is with the pretty F. micro- 

 phylla, from which it may be distinguished by its smooth 



See fol. 1269. 



