Tab. 5740. 



FUCHSIA cocoinba. 



Scarlet Fuchsia. 



Nat. Ord. Onageaeie^;. — Octandeia Monogtnia. 



Gen. Char. Calycis tubus ovoideus v. subglobosus, supra ovarium in 

 limbum 4-lobum deciduum productus. Petala 4, rarissime 0, convoluta v. 

 patentia v. reflexa. Stamina 8, filamentis filiformibus ; antherae lineares 

 v. oblongse. Ovarium 4-loculare ; stylus elongatus, stigmate integro v. 4- 

 lobo ; ovula perplurima, angulo interim multiseriatim affixa. Bacca 4- 

 locularis, oligo-polysperma. — Frutices v. arbuscul& Mexici, America aus- 

 tralis et Nova Zelandia? incola;. Folia opposita alterna et veriicillata. 

 Flores axillares solitarii aggregati paniculati v. racemosi, scspius speciosi. 



Fuchsia coccinea; ramulis gracilibus petiolisque sparse patentim pilosis, 

 foliis oppositis et 3-natim verticillatis brevissime petiolatis anguste 

 ovatis basi rotundatis cordatisve sinuato-dentatis, pedicellis 1-3 axil- 

 laribus gracillimis, floribus pendulis, petalis convolutis. 



Fuchsia coccinea. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. v. 2. p. 8. Duhamel, Arb. 

 ed. nov. v. 1. t. 13 ; non Bot. Mag. t. 97. 



F. elegans. Salisbury, Stirp. Bar. t. 7. 



Nahubia coccinea. Schnevoogf s Iconett, n. 21. 



It will surprise many of our horticulturists to learn that 

 the plant now called Fuchsia coccinea in our Gardens is not 

 the first described species of that name, though it has borne 

 it almost exclusively from within a year or two of the intro- 

 duction of the real plant; and it may still more surprise 

 them to know that the original F. coccinea is very rarely seen 

 in cultivation. There is a story current amongst gardeners 

 that the common Fuchsia was, when originally introduced, a 

 greenhouse plant, but that it has become so far acclimatized 

 as to withstand, without protection, the coldest winters of 

 many parts of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the milder 

 winters of all Great Britain; be this as it may, it is not 

 doubted that the Fuchsia coccinea was once treated as a stove 

 or greenhouse plant, and now flourishes both in a greenhouse 

 and out-of-doors. Now, whether the true F. coccinea has 

 changed its habits no one can say, for next to nothing seems 

 to be known of its history between the date of its introduc- 



NOVEMBER 1ST, 1868. 



