ONAGRACE^. l6l 



new species, and mainly on this evidence, but with that of other mutations 

 too, he founded his theory of evolution as being brought about, not by 

 the slow accumulation of small (fluctuating) variations as C. Darwin 

 suggested, but by big changes which once made do not vary back to the 

 original form. His theory has been vigorously opposed by the older 

 followers of Darwin, particularly Alfred Kussell Wallace. Many however 

 of those who have worked on and support Mendelian methods in the study 

 of inheritance are inclined to support him. 



CE. odorata Jacq, Flowers yellow scented at night, t. 

 116. Fyson 3025. 



CE. tctraptcra Cav. Flowers white 2 inches ; capsule 

 winged, t. 117. Fyson 283. Bourne 702. 



CE- rosea Ait, Flowers pink, i inch. Fyson 285. 



FUCHSIA. 62 III.* 



Herbs shrubs or small trees with pendent usually- 

 reddish or purple flowers solitary in the leaf-axils, 

 remarkable for the very long calyx-tube carrying the 

 four sepals, four petals and eight stamens well beyond 

 the ovary. Style single with capitate or lobed stigma. 

 Fruit a berry. 



Species 60, natives of Mexico and the western side of South 

 America ; one or two also in New Zealand. Much cultivated in 

 English gardens. 



Fuchsia fulgcns Mogino et Lesse ; III * I. A coarse 



shrub with opposite leaves, and terminal racemes of 



magenta-red flowers, with calyx-tube of 2j^ to 3 inches. 



t. 118. 



Common on road-sides in Ootacamund : introduced as a 

 garden plant. Fyson 2217. 



CIRC^EA. F.B.I. 62 IV. 



Small herbs with alternate ovate or sinuate or toothed 



leaves, and small flowers of two sepals, two petals, two 



stamens, and one or two cells to the ovary, each with 



one seed only. 



Species under 10, in Europe, Asia, temperate and arctic 

 North America. 

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