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FUCHSIA* thymifdlia. 

 Thyme-leaved Fuchsia. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Onagrari;e. 



FUCHSIA. — Supra, vol. 10. foL 847. 



F. thymifoUa; ramis pubescenti-hirtellis, foliis parvis oppositis ovatis aut 

 subrotundo-ovatis obtusis subintegerrimis supra hirtellis subtus glabri- 

 usculis, calyce subinfundibuHformi : laciniis oblongis angustato-acutis, 

 petalis ovato-oblongis obtusis integris (subrotundis patenlissimis undu- 

 latis), staminibus inclusis. — Kunth in Humb. et Bonpl. nov. gen. et 

 species pLantarum, vol. 6. p, 104. tub. 535. Dec. prodr. 3. 37. 

 Lopezia thymifolia. Willd., according to Link in Schultes mantissa, 50. 



Caulis ramosus, frutescens, ramis debilibus, teretibus, cinereis, pube 

 minima obtectis. Folia ovata, obtusa, longe petiolata, utrinque minute 

 pubescentia, subtiis pallidiora ; nunc opposita, nunc suboppcsita, S(Bp^ 

 alterna ; stipulae minutissim(B. Flores parvi, axillares, solitarii, pe- 

 dunculis petiolorum longitudine, capillarihus. Calycis tubus infundi- 

 bularis, limbo acute A-Jido paulb longior, purpurascens. Petala oblojiga, 

 plana, patentissima, undulata, obtusa, primum pallide rosea, dein intensius 

 rosea, mox purpurea. Stamina subinclusa. Stigma longe exsertum, capi- 

 tatum, indivisum. 



We had lately the gratification of publishing a figure of 

 the lovely Fuchsia microphylla of Mexico : we are now 

 indebted to the same rich store of new plants for the oppor- 

 tunity of figuring another very interesting species of the 

 genus, the F. thymifolia of Kunth. It is a native of high 

 land in Mexico, whence it was procured by Robert Bar- 

 clay, Esq. Humboldt found it near Pazcuaco at an eleva- 

 tion of about 6000 feet. 



It is a half-hardy shrub, remarkable for its soft entire 

 leaves and changeable flowers, the petals of which are not 



* See fol. 1269. 

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