Tap. 5907. 
FUCHSIA  ssssinironta. 
_ Native of the United States of Colombia. 
Nat. Ord. ONAGRARIE. 
Genus Fucusta, Linn. ; (Benth. and Hook. f. Gen. Pl., vol. i. p. 790). 
Fucusta sessilifolia; ramulis ultimis puberulis, ceterum glaberrima, foliis 
sessilibus oppositis et 3-4-natim verticillatis elliptico- v. oblongo-lanceo- 
latis acuminatis remote denticulatis basi acutis, floralibus minoribus, 
floribus breviter pedicellatis racemoso-paniculatis pollicaribus, ovario 
elliptico, calycis tubo rubro basi paulo inflato viridi, segmentis anguste 
lanceolatis petala parva ovata obtusa sanguinea superantibus, genitali- 
bus breviter exsertis, stigmate globoso 4-lobo, bacca oblonga poly- 
sperma. 
Fuonsta sessilifolia, Benth. in Plant. Hartweg, p. 176. Walp. Rep., vol. v. 
p. 667. 
Discovered by Professor Jameson, of Quito, in 1835, in 
woods near Pernello in the valley of Pasto, amongst the 
Andes of Colombia; and subsequently gathered by Hartweg, 
in 1842, in wooded valleys of Guyan, on the western slopes 
of Pichincha, from whose collections it was first described 
by Bentham. There are also specimens in the_ Hookerian 
Herbarium, collected by Jervoise in Antioquia, and by 
Triana at an elevation of 7000 ft. in the forests of Quindiu, 
so that it has probably a pretty wide range in the Colom- 
bian Andes. It is a greenhouse plant, and only reeently 
introduced into this country by Mr. Isaac Anderson- Henry, 
F.L.S., Hay Lodge, Edinburgh, who raised it from seeds 
sent by Professor Jameson in 1865. I am indebted to that 
gentleman for the specimen here figured, which flowered in 
June, 1866. As a species it is abundantly distinct, and may 
be recognised by its pendulous habit, bright red 4-angled 
stems, sessile usually whorled leaves, and crowded sub- 
panicled inflorescence. 
JUNE Ist, 1871. 
