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FUCHSIA cylindracea. 



Cylindrical-Jlo'wered Fuchsia. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



Nat. ord. Onagrace^. 



FUCHSIA. Bot. Reg. vol. ]0.fol. 847 



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§ E^ChiXfinfiA- (Zaccar.) staminibus inclusisyjloribuspolygamis. 



F. cylindracea (Suprk misc. no. 97.) ; dioica, follis obovatis petiolatis obtusis 

 integerrimis, pedicellis filiformibus solitariis axillaribtrs uniflorls, calyce cylin- 

 draceo, petalis subrotundis apiculatis calyce brevioribus, antberls inclusis. 



Frutex suh-glaber, erectus, ramis purpurascentibus, subtetragonis. Folia 

 opposita, obovata, obtusa vel acuta, in petiolum vald^ angustata. Pedunculi 

 Jiliformes, pilis patentibus sparse vestiti, in jnare petiolis multh in fcemina 

 ■ vix longiores. Flores masculi coccinei, spars^ pilosi, tubo cylindracea, Icevi- 

 gato ; limbo valvato, 4-dentafo. Petala subrotunda, apiculata, calyce bre^ 

 viora. AntherEB inclusce, oblongce, biseriat(B, ordine inferiore subsessilu 

 Ovarium nullunc, nisi apophysis clavata ; stylus rectus, Jiliformis ; stigma 

 clavatum, obtusum, 4-dentatum, inclusum. Flos foemineus duplb minor pe- 

 dicello petiolo parum longiore. Petah magis ovat a, nee apiculata. Antherse 

 minores, cassce. Ovarium subrotundum, 4-loculare, polyspermum ; stigma 

 multo majus, exsertum. 



This pretty plant has been already noticed at No. 97, of 

 the miscellaneous matter of this volume, as having been 

 raised from Mexican seeds presented to the Horticultural 



Society by George Barker, Esq. of Birmingham. It 



species with a* graceful habit, and remarkably bnlliant 

 flowers ; and will probably be found useful as a means of 

 improving the colour of some of the more showv species 

 with long stamens and larger flowers, which want bnlliancy 

 in consequence of there being naturally a dash of purple 

 among their red. 



In case this object should be attempted, it will be neces- 

 sary to remember that the species is dioeicous, some of the 



