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FucuHsiaA GLOBOSA. BALLOON-FLOWERED 
Fucusia. 
BREE EEE EEE EE EE EEE ERE E 
Class and Order. 
OctTanpRIA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Onacrariz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis tubus basi ovario adherens, superne productus 
in tubum cylindraceum 4-lobum post anthesin articulatim 
deciduum. Petala 4, summo tubo imserta, lobis alterna, 
rarius 0. Stamina 8. Ovarium glandula urceolata coro- 
natum. Séylus filiformis. Stigma capitatum. Bacca ob- 
longo- aut ovato-globosa, 4-locularis, 4-valvis, polysperma. 
—Frutices. Folia sepius opposita. Pedicelli axillares 1- 
flori, interdum ad apices ramorum racemosi. Flores sepius 
nutantes, rubri rarius albi, interdum 5-fidi 10-andri. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Fucns1a globosa; foliis oppositis petiolatis ovatis acutis 
leviter dentatis glabris, floribus axillaribus pendulis, 
limbo alabastri globoso floris aperti connivente, pe- — 
talis erectis convolutis duplo brevioribus. Lindl. 
Fucusia globosa. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1556. 
This beautiful Fucusra was first published by Dr. Linn- 
LEY, who says of it, that its origin is unknown, and that 
the first specimen he saw was exhibited in March, 1832, at 
the Horticultural Society of London by Mr. Dennis of 
Chelsea ; it was about two feet high, had been skilfully 
trained in a fan shape upon a small trellis, and produced 
a very beautiful effect. 
It is of more humble growth and has more trailing 
branches than any of the species with which we are ac- 
quainted 
