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Fwucusta FULGENS. THe GLowiNG Fucusia. 
KEK KEKE EERE EEE EERE 
Class and Order. 
OcranpriA Monoeynta. 
( Nat. Ord.—Onagrarizz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis tubus basi ovario adherens, superné productus in 
tubum cylindraceum 4-lobum post anthesin articulatim 
deciduum. Petala 4 summo tubo inserta, lobis alterna, 
rarius 0. Stamina8. Ovarium glandula urceolata coro- 
natum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma capitatum. Bacca ob- 
longa aut ovato-globosa, 4-loc., 4-valv., polysperma.—Fru- 
tices. Folia sepius opposita. Pediculi axillares 1-flori, 
interdum ad apices ramorum racemosi. Flores sepius nu- 
tantes, rubri rarius albi, interdum 5-fidi, 10-andrv. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Fucusia fulgens; ramis glabris, foliis oppositis cordato- 
ovatis acutis denticulatis glabris, pediculis axillaribus 
flore brevioribus superioribus racemosis, calycis lobis 
ovato-lanceolatis acutis petala acutiuscula superan- 
tibis. 8: ©. 
Fucusta fulgens. De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. 39. Landl. 
Bot. Reg. 1838, t. 1. Bent. Plant. Hartweg. 
A comparatively recent introduction to this country, from 
Mexico ;—now become common in our gardens, on ac- 
count of its easy culture and the great beauty of its grace- 
ful, pendent racemes of long, scarlet flowers. The leaves 
however, it must be confessed, are coarse and weedy look- 
ing, very different from the neat and glossy foliage of 
Fucustas in general, and detract somewhat from the charm 
of the plant. It is too delicate to bear the winters in our 
climate ;—but it may readily be raised by seeds or cuttings, 
and 
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