( 3999 ) 

 Fuchsia alpestris. Mountain Fuchsia. 



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Class and Order. 



OcTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Onagrarle. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calycis tubus basi ovario adhaerens, superne productus in 

 tubum cylindraceum 4-lobum post anthesin articulatim de- 

 ciduum. Petala 4 summo tubo inserta lobis alterna, rarius 

 o. Stamina 8. Ovarium glandula urceolata coronatum. 

 Stylus filiformis. Stigma capitatum. Bacca oblongo- aut 

 ovato-globosa 4-locularis 4-valvis polysperma. — Frutices. 

 Folia s<zpius opposita. Pediculi axillares \-jlori, interdum 

 ad apices ramorum racemosi. Flores scepius nutantes, rubri 

 rarius albi, interdum b-Jidi 10-andri. D C. 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



Fuchsia alpestris; caule tereti subscandente, ramis dense 

 pubescentibus, foliis oppositis petiolatis oblongo-lan- 

 ceolatis basi rotundatis acuminatis margine subrevo- 

 lutis vix dentatis utrinque petiolisque pubescentibus, 

 stipulis interpetiolaribus inembranaeeis demum de- 

 flexis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifloris, laci- 

 niis calycinis lanceolatis acuminatis petala cuneata 

 duplo longioribus, bacca oblonga quadrangularis. 



Fuchsia alpestris. Gard. Herb. Brasil. n. 5706. 



Sent, in August, 1842, from the Glasgow Botanic Garden, 

 by the able Curator, Mr. Murray, together with the fol- 

 lowing history and description from the pen of Mr. 

 Gardner. 



This very distinct species of Fuchsia I found during my 

 last visit to the Organ Mountains, growing in moist, bushy, 

 rocky places, at an elevation of upwards of five thousand 



feet 



