( 4082 ) 

 Fuchsia splendens. Splendid Fuchsia. 



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Class and Order. 



OcTANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Onagrarle. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calycis tubus basi ovario adherens, superne productus in 

 tubum cylindraceum 4-lobum post anthesin articulatim de- 

 ciduum. Petala 4 summo tubo inserta lobis alterna, rarius 

 o. Stam 8. Ovarium glandula urceolata coronaturn. Sty- 

 lus filiformis. Stigma capitatum. Bacca oblonga aut ovato- 

 globosa 4-locularis, 4-valvis, polysperma. — Frutices. Folia 

 scepius opposita. Pedunculi axillares \-jlori, interdum ad 

 apices ramorum racemosi. Floras sapius nutantes, rubri 

 rarius albi ; interdum b-fidi 10-andri. De Cand. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Fuchsia splendens; suffruticosa, pubescens, foliis oppositis 

 ternatisque longe petiolatis ovatis cordatis denticula- 

 tis acuminatis, pedunculis filiformibus axillaribus soli- 

 tariis unifloris, ovario cylindraceo, calycis tubo insig- 

 niter compresso basi ventricoso laciniis triangularibus 

 acutis petalis ovatis planis patulis longioribus, stamin- 

 ibus longe exsertis. 



Fuchsia splendens. " Zuccarini in Flora, 1832. 2. Beibl. 

 102." according to Benth. Plant. Hartw. p. 61. n. 460. 

 Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1842. t. 67. 



Fuchsia cordifolia, (i. Hook. Ic. PL t. 650. (non Lindl.) 



A very handsome Mexican species of a very favourite 

 penus, though perhaps not so striking as the name would 

 lead one to infer. Dr. Lindley compares it with F.fulgens 

 (our Tab. 3801), but to us it appears much more nearly 

 allied to F. cordifolia of Bentham, in Lindl., Bot. Reg., 



1841, 



