456 ONAGRARIEZ, 
5. FUCHSIA. 
Fuchsia, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 128; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 790. 
Shrubs and undershrubs, or rarely arboreous. There are about seventy species, with 
the exception of three or four endemic in New Zealand, restricted to America, ranging 
from Mexico to Patagonia, and most numerous in the mountainous regions on the 
western side. 
1. Fuchsia arborescens, Sims (char. amplif.); Hemsl. Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 1, 
p. 13. 
Foliis amplis oppositis ternisve, floribus parvis erectis in paniculas amplas terminales dispositis, 
paniculis multifloris trichotomis. 
Arbor excelsa (vel interdum frutex), novellis glabris aut plus minusve pubescentibus. Folia petiolata, 
membranacea, lanceolata, 3—7-pollicaria, utrinque acuta, integra vel serrulata, seepissime glaber- 
rima, interdum subtus pubescentia, petiolo semi- usque sesquipollicari, stipulis minutis. Flores 
rosei vel purpurei, parvi, semipollicares, erecti, pedicellati, in paniculas densas trichotomas ter- 
minales dispositi; calycis tubus cylindricus, lobi lineares patentes, tubum zquantes; petala 
calycis lobis simillima, paulo breviora; stamina petalis breviora, alterna breviora; ovarium 
globosum, stylo exserto, stigmate crasso cruciatim 4-lobato.—Bot. Mag. t. 2620. F. syringe- 
fiora, Rev. Hort. 1873, p. 811, cum icone colorata; F. paniculata, Lindl. Gard. Chron. 1856, 
p. 301. 
SourH Mexico, San Bartolo (Linden, 676), Jilatepec (Linden, 628), Jalapa (Galeotti), 
Cuesta Grande de Jalacingo, Barranca de Tioselo, and between Tioselo and Jicochimalco 
(Schiede), near the city of Mexico (Hegewisch, Mihlenpfordt), without habitat (Jurgen- 
sen, 530), Cordillera of Oaxaca, Pacific side, 7500 feet (Galeott:, 3038); Guaremana, 
ridge above Calderas, 8300 feet (Salvin & Godman), without precise locality (Skinner). 
Hb. Kew. 
2. Fuchsia bacillaris, Lindl.; Hemsl. Diag. Pl. Nov. pars i. p. 14 (char. amplif.). 
Glabrescens, foliis calloso-serrulatis, floribus parvis axillaribus solitariis geminis ternatisve, calycis 
lobis patentibus longe apiculatis, petalis ellipticis rotundatisve truncatis vel retusis patentibus. 
Frutex glaberrimus vel novellis parce pilosulis, ramulis gracilibus teretibus. Folia petiolata, 
szepissime opposita, vix coriacea, cito glaberrima, calloso-serrulata, lanceolata, ovata, elliptica 
vel fere rotundata, 1-2-pollicaria, obtusa vel acuta, petiolo gracili, 83-6 lin. longo. Flores 
pedunculati, axillares, solitarii, gemini vel terni, ad 6 lin. longi et diametro; calycis tubus 
latus, supra ovarium constrictus; lobi longe apiculati, patentes, tubo equales; petala late 
elliptica vel fere rotundata, apice truncata vel retusa; stamina fere sessilia; ovarium ellip- 
soideum, stylo vix exserto, stigmate profunde cruciatim 4-lobato.—Bot. neg. t. 1480; Bot. Mag. 
t. 4506. 
Mexico (according to Lindleythis Fuchsia was raised from Mexican seeds communicated 
by J. S. Mill, Esq., to Mr. Barnard) ; Guaremana, Volcan de Agua, 8000 feet (Salvin & 
Godman), Volcan de Fuego, 8300 feet (Salvin), Duefias (Fraser). Hb. Kew. 
In its small flowers with spreading petals and sepals this comes nearest to F. thymi- 
folia, from which it differs abundantly in its foliage. The specimens do not agree 
