Tab. 4174. 



FUCHSIA SERRATIFOLIA. 



Serrated-leaved Fuchsia. 



Nat. Ord. Onagrarie^:. — Octandria Monogynia. 

 Gen. Char. {Vide supra, Tab. 4082.) 



Fuchsia serratifolia ; fruticosa glabra, foliis ternis quaternisve verticillatis ra- 

 rius oppositis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis serratis petiolatis, pedunculis soli- 

 tariis axillaribus unifloris, flore nutante, calycis tubo elongato laciniis paten- 

 tibus petala obovata superantibus, staminibus exsertis stylo parum breviori- 

 bus, stigmate clavato, ovario oblongo glabro. 



Fuchsia serratifolia. Ruiz et Parv. PI. Peruv. et Chit, v. 3. p. 86. t. 223./. a. 

 Be Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. 38. Sprenff. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 234. 



Ruiz and Pavon have justly remarked of this, " planta dum 

 florida perpulchra." Its flowers are among the largest and most 

 lovely of this lovely genus, and the leaves are handsome likewise, 

 they and the stems being deeply tinted with red. The species 

 was imported by Messrs. Veitch of Exeter, through their collector 

 Mr. William Lobb, who detected it in Peru, probably at Mima, 

 where it was first discovered in moist and shady places by the 

 original describers Ruiz and Pavon. It has been already exhi- 

 bited at Chiswick, when the large silver-gilt medal was awarded 

 to it and other prizes in the Rooms of the Horticultural Society 

 and 'the Regent's Park Garden ; and the plant has excited 

 great admiration. At present it is considered a hot-house plant ; 

 but in all probability it will be found to bear the open air during 

 the summer months, when it will prove more ornamental than 

 any species yet in cultivation among us. We possess fine native 

 specimens gathered in Peru by Mathews, at Panahuanca (n 542), 

 and at Pangoa (n. 1168), and at Huamantanga, gathered by our 



friend Mr. Maclean. -, , , , 



Descr. A tall shrub, with its young stems rounded and deep 

 red. leaves rarely opposite, in the main or central shoot grow- 

 ing four in a whorl, on the side shoots three m a whori oblong, 

 approaching to lanceolate, shortly petiolate, entire and rather ob- 

 tuse at the base, the rest of the margins serrated, the apex acute ; 



i 

 august 1st, 1845. 



