ONAGRARI^. IV. Fuchsia. 



677 





Lin. syst. Octdndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx adhering 

 to the ovarium at the base, and drawn out at the apex into a 

 cylindrical 4-cleft tube (f. 94. a.), whose lobes soon fall off. 



quite entire, glaucous, glabrous ; pedicels sub-aggregate ; lobes 

 of calyx reflexed ; stigma thick, 4-lobed. h • G. Native of 

 Mexico- 



Tj . G. 

 F. ovata, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. but not 



Petals 4, alternating with the lobes of the calyx, and inserted of Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. The pedicels, according to the figure 

 in the upper part of the tube, very rarely wanting. Stamens 8. in the fl. mex., are pubescent, but according to that in hot. reg. 



glabrous. Calyx red. Petals purple. Very like F, rosea 



Clt. 1821. Shrub 



Ovarium crowned by an urceolate gland. Style filiform, crowned 



by a capitate stigma (f. 94. b.). Berry oblong or ovate -globose, 



4-valved, 4-celled, many-seeded. — Shrubs, usually with opposite 



leaves, and axillary 1 -flowered pedicels, which are sometimes 



disposed in racemes at the tops of the branches. Flowers 



usually drooping, red, rarely white, sometimes 5-cleftand decan- 

 drous.. 



Sect. I. Quelu^sia (an insignificant name given by Vandeli. 

 Quelus is the name of a country-house of the queen of Portugal, 



Small -powered Fuchsia. 

 3 to 6 feet. 



Fl. May, Oct. 



§ 2. 3facroste?ndnece (from fiokpocy makroSy long, and <rrr]fxoy, 

 stemon, a stamen ; in reference to the stamens which are cx- 

 serted). Z). C prod. 3. p. 37. T/te free part of the tube of the 

 calyx shorter than the lobesj or equal in length to them. Stamens 

 exserted. 



5 F. arbore'scens (Sims, hot. mag. 2620.) brandies glabrous ; 



situated about 2 leagues from Lisbon). Vand in Roem. script. . "^ - .....co.... v-"p --"-^. ---y -a^^- 



n. im K 7 f in ^ T^^^..xM. nZl ^J x"Va.:„ c„K„i, If^^'^s ^ i" ^ ^^'1^?^*1' oval-oblong, acunmiated at both ends, pe- 



tiolate, quite entire ; panicle terminal, trichotomous, nearly 

 ^ naked ; calyx funnel-shaped, with the lobes ovate, acute, and 



Uvula numerous, 2 gpreadingly reflexed ; also the petals. ^ . G. Native of Mexico, 



p. 101. t. 7. f. 10. — Dorvalia, Comm. mss. — Nahiisia, Schnev. 

 with a figure. Tube of calyx cylindrical or obconical, atten- 

 uated or constricted above the ovarium. 



series in each cell. Leaves opposite or verticillate, rarely sub- 

 alternate — South American shrubs. 



§ 1. Brevifdrce (from brevis, short, and^o^, a flower; flowers 

 short). 2). C.prod. 3. p. 36. The free part of the tube of the 

 calyx shorter than its lobes^ or about equal in length to them. 

 Stamens inclosed. 



1 F. microphy'lla (H. B. et FIG. 94. 



Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 1 03.t. 



534.) branches pubescent; leaves 

 opposite, small, elliptic-oblong, 

 acutish, toothed, glabrous, but a 

 little ciliated; pedicels axillary, 

 shorter than the flowers ; calyx 

 funnel-shaped, with ovate acumi- 

 nated lobes ; petals retuse, tooth- 

 ^^- h • G. Native of Mexico, 

 on the burning mount Jorullo. 

 l^indl.bot.reg.t.1269. Sweet, fl. 

 gard. newser. 1. 16. Calyx scar- 

 ^f . Petals deep red. Stigma 

 ♦•Jobed. (f. 94.) 



SmalUeaved Fuchsia, 

 ^ept. Clt. 1828. Sh. 4 to 6 ft, 



2 F. THYMIFOLIA (H. B. et 



l^unth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 104. t. 5S5) branches puberulous ; 

 eaves about opposite, small, ovate or roundish-ovate, obtuse, 

 nearly quite entire, hairy above and glabrous beneath ; pedicels 

 axillary, shorter than the flowers ; calyx funnel-shaped, with 

 Oblong acute lobes ; petals obovate-oblong, undulated. T2 . G. Na- 

 ^ve of Mexico, in temperate places near Pazcuaro. Lindl. bot. 

 feg. 1284. - r r . __. 



Fl. Ju. 



Lopezia thymifolia, Bonpl. herb. Willd. ex Link, 

 1"^ fc»chultes, mant. 50. _ - ^ ^ 



''^ed Flowers red. Stigma undivided. 



'hyme^eaved Fuchsia ^71 Mnxr Orf. Clt. 1827. Shrub 4 

 to 6 feet. 



F. alternans, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. 



la undivided. 



Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1827. 



Lindl. hot. reg. 943. F. amoe'na, Hort. Flowers small, red, 

 5-^6 lines long, disposed in terminal panicles. Stamens but little 

 exserted. F. hamellioides, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex, icon. ined. 

 F. racemosa, Moc. et Sesse. Leaves broad. 



Arborescent Fuchsia. Fl. Oct. Clt. 1824. Sh. G to 15 feet. 



6 F. OVA LIS (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 87. t. 324. f. a.) 

 branches pubescent ; leaves opposite or 3 in a whorl, petiolate, 

 oval, a little denticulated, acute, pubescent on both surfaces ; 

 pedicels axillary, sub-aggregate on the branchlets, erect, much 

 shorter than the flowers ; lobes of calyx villous, oblong, acute, 

 twice the length of the petals, which are ovate and acute. ^ . G. 

 Native of Peru, in groves about Muna. Calyx and corolla 

 scarlet. Stamens hardly exserted. 



02;a/-leaved Fuchsia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



7 F. DECUssA TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 88. t. 323. f. b.) 

 branches pubescent ; leaves opposite or 3 in a whorl, petiolate, 

 lanceolate, pubescent on both surfaces ; pedicels axillary, pen- 

 dulous, longer than the calyx ; lobes of calyx oblong, acute, 

 longer than the petals, which are also oblong and acute. ^ . G. 

 Native of Peru, in subhumid groves about Muna. Calyx rose- 

 coloured. Petals scarlet. Stamens not much exserted. 



D ecus sat e-X^diVCiA Fuchsia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



8 F. GRA^ciLis (Lindl. in hot. reg. t. 847.) branches fmely 

 pubescent ; leaves opposite, glabrous, on long petioles, remotely 

 denticulated ; pedicels axillary, nodding, puberulous, length of 

 the calyx ; lobes of calyx oblong, acute, exceeding the petals, 

 which are convolute and retuse ; stigma undivided. ^ . G. 

 Native of Mexico. F. decussita, Graham in edinb. phil. journ. 

 11, p. 401. Sims, hot. mag. 2507. but not of Ruiz et Pav. Calyx 

 scarlet. Petals purple. Stigma fusiform. 



Far. /5, mult flora (Lindl. bot. reg. ^052.) leaves smaller, 

 glaucous, on short petioles ; stigma conical. 



Slender Fuchsia. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1823. Sh. 6 to 10 ft. 



9 F. macroste'mma (Ruiz et Pav. fl, per. 3. p. 88. t. 324. 

 f. 6.) branches glabrous ; leaves 3 in a whorl, ovate, acute, 

 denticulated, on short petioles ; pedicels axillary, nodding, longer 

 than the flowers ; lobes of calyx oblong, acute, exceeding the 

 petals, which are obovate and spreading; stigma 4-lobed. ^ . 

 G. Native of Chili, in marshes. Lodd. bot. cab. 1062. Thflco, 



3 F. R^sEA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 88. t. 322.) stem beset 

 ^^^ prominent pulvinate tubercles ; branches glabrous ; leaves 

 ^Pposite, petiolate, oval, quite entire; pedicels axillary, sub- 

 Wegate, shorter than the flowers ; calyx funnel-shaped, with ^ ., ^1 . • i-.r r v 



"e obcordate. ^2 • G. Native of Chili. T. lycioides, Andr. bot. 

 JfP- t. 120. Sims, bot. mag. 1021. Calyx red. Petals purple, 

 '^'•graa 4-lobed. 

 ^ose-coloured-flowered Fuchsia. Fl. April, Oct. Clt. 1796. 

 Sl»jub 3 to 6 to 12 feet. 

 , * i*- PARviFLORA (Lindl. bot. reg. - - . 

 ''^aves scattered and opposite, petiolate, ovate-cordate or oval, 



1 048.) branches smoothish ; 



cinca in the petals being blue and spreading, not convolute, in 

 the stiwma being 4-lobed, not undivide<l. Calyx scarlet. 



¥0°. ft, tenella (D. C. prod. 3. p. 38.) flowers smaller ; leaves 

 opposite. \2.G. F. gracilis var. tenella, Lindl. bot. reg. 10.52. 



Zon^-crowncc/ Fuchsia. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1823. Shrub 



6 to 12 feet. 



10 F. co'nica (Lindl. bot. reg. 1062.) leaves 3 or 4 in a 



