652 BOTANICAL NOTES. 
Veronica, a representative of the present Order,—Saxifraga, - 
Viola, Campanula, and the most esteemed plants of the 
Rosacea. We cannot explain the anomaly ; but why are not 
the genera Veronica and Epilobium reproduced here, in the 
same proportion as in Britain and New Zealand, coun- 
tries situated at the greatest possible distance from each 
other ? 
We have, however, one group of plants, chiefly S. Ameri- 
can, for beauty, perhaps unrivalled. The Fuchsie, so much 
coveted by collectors, are natives of the wooded ravines of 
the Cordillera, vegetating on the banks of streams, or in lo- 
calities where the airis saturated with moisture. "They are 
never seen in a climate that favours the growth of Cactee. 
Fuchsia triphylla grows on the western, or what is the same 
thing, on the wooded sideof Pichincha, at 13,000 feet of eleva- 
tion, where the air is so moist, as generally to assume the ap- 
pearance of a drizzling rain, or mist. It there displays flow- 
ers, remarkable for their size, and of the brigbtest scarlet 
colour. The same plant occurs at Tambillo, near Quito, 
(10,000 feet), where, although it very frequently rains, the air 
is generally transparent. But the flowers are smaller, as may 
be seen by comparing the specimens from both localities. - 
Fuchsia dependens (No. 83), requires a somewhat milder 
climate, and abounds in the valley of Nofio, at about 8,500 
feet of elevation. Fuchsia (No. 32), is from the valley of 
Lloa. 
I recollect, many years ago, gathering in the province of 
Alausi an aphyllous Fuchsia, with remarkably fine flowers. 
CRUCIFERÆ AND UMBELLIFER&. 
We are tolerably well acquainted with the geographical 
distribution of the Crucifere. They abound most in the 
cold and temperate countries of both hemispheres. I have 
not hitherto found a single representative of the Order on 
the shores of equinoctial America; but on the cold and ele- 
vated plains of the Andes they are associated with those vege- 
table forms with which we are familiar in Europe. The 
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