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FubHSIA^ microphylla. 

 Small-leaved Fuchsia. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Onaguarix. 



FUCHSIA. — Supnl, vol. 10. fol. 847. 



F. microphylla ; ramiilis pubescentibus, foliis petiolatis ovatis denticulatis 

 iitrinque glabris, floribus solitariis axillaribus foliis paulo longioribus, 

 calycis tiibo campaniilato : laciniis erectis, petalis dentatis, retiisis, 

 staminibus inclusis, stitrmate 4-partito. 

 F. microphylla. Humb. Botipl. et Kurith. n. g. et sp. 6. 103. t. 534. 

 Decand. prodr. 3. 36. 



Frutex dumosus, dense foliosus. Ramuli pnhescentes, teretes. Folia 

 petiolata, ovafa, glaberrima, denticulata, acuta, v. obtusa. Flores solitarii, 

 axillares, penduli, peduncvlis pubescentibus. Ovarium atropurpureum, 

 globosum. Calyx campanulatus, pui-jmreo-roseus, limbo erecto, tubo bre- 

 viore, laciniis ovatis, acutis. Petala atrorosea, retusa, bi- tri-dentata, 

 calycis laciniarum longitudine. Stamina hiclusa serie duplici, 4 petalis 

 alternis et in eodem verticillo, 4 ad bases petalorum. Stigma A-partitum. 



A native of the volcanic mountain Jorullo, in Mexico, 

 where it was found growing by Messrs. Humboldt and 



* Leonhard Fuchs was a Bavarian Botanist and Physician, born at 

 Wembdingen in 1501, and died in 1566. He is best known for his Historia 

 Stirpium, a work filled with figures of plants in outline, cut upon wood, 

 which were excellent for their time, and had the merit of being the first that 

 were executed of the natural size. The original edition of this remarkable 

 work was published at Basle, in folio, in 1542 ; an octavo edition appeared 

 at Leyden in 1549 ; one French translation was published at Paris, in folio, 

 in the same year ; another at Lyons the year before ; and an octavo Spanish 

 version was brought out at Antwerp in 1557. The learned Sprengel speaks 

 thus of Fuchsius : — " Vatiniano odio prosequutus Arabes, quos impias 

 bestias vocat, ad Grsecos fontes ubique ablegat ; acerrime reprehendit 

 recentiores qui, summo rei medicae damno, plantarum veterum nomina 

 traduxerint ad Germanicas plantas :" and thus of his work, " Eo potissi- 

 miim fineedidit, ut ad vulgatissimas Germanise australis plantas Botanicorum 

 studia converteret, atque icones daret, non sumtuosas, sed fidissimas, umbris 

 partium solis expressis, in quo consilio ita adjutus fuit a Rod. Specklin, 

 Argentinensi, ut ipsse etiam partes essentiales non negligerentur." 



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