1805 



* FI'JCHSIA discolor. 



Port Famine FucJisia. 



OCTATSIDRIA J¥0iV0GFA7^. 



Nat. ord. OxAGRACEiE, Jiiss. {Introduction to the Natural System of 

 Botany, p. 5Q.) 



FUCHSIA.— Supn), vol. 10. fol. 847. 



F. discolor; dumosa, ramosissima,- vinosa, ramulis levissime pubescentibus, foliis 

 ovatis denticulatis undulatis petiolatis oppositis ternatisque, pedunculls foliis 

 longioribus, petalis obtusis convolutis calycis laciniis acuminatis brevioribus, 

 staminibus longe exsertis. 



A native of Port Famine in the Falkland Islands, whence 

 it was some years since introduced by Mr. Lowe. Our draw- 

 ing w^as made from a plant in the Garden of the Horticultural 

 Society in August last. It has the same season of flowering 

 as the other Fuchsias, and may be increased readily by 

 cuttings in like manner. 



If we are asked to state in what respects this differs 

 botanically from F. gracilis and tenella, we should find it 

 very diflicult to answer the question. And yet it is a 

 decidedly different plant ; remarkable for its compact, bushy 

 manner of growth, its deep purple branches, its small very 

 undulated leaves, and also for its being apparently more 

 hardy than any other Fuchsia yet in the Gardens. For the 

 latter reason we attach especial importance to it, for by a 

 judicious intermixture of its pollen with such beautiful plants 

 as F. conica, globosa, and its other more tender relatives, 

 the whole race may probably be rendered capable of bearing 



See folio 1269. 



