STANDLEY TEEES AND SHEUBS OF MEXICO. 1079 



Shrub or tree, 1.5 to 6 meters high, glabrous or nearly so ; leaves opposite 

 or ternate, oblanceolate or oblanceolate-oblong, 7 to 20 cm. long, acute or acu- 

 minate, attenuate at base, entire or serrulate ; flowers very numerous, pink 

 or purplish, about 12 mm. long; lobes of the calyx about as long as the tube; 

 fruit subglobose, 1 cm. in diameter. " Don Diego de dia," " atextichil " (Mexico, 

 Urhina) ; " Adelaida " (Veracruz, Oaxaca. JiuDiircz) : " aretillo " (Michoacfln, 

 Ramirez); " chorros " (Jalisco, Yillada) ; " flor de arete" (Veracruz, 

 Ramirez). 



5. Fuchsia bacillaris Lindl. Bot. Reg. pi. lf,80. 18.32. 



Michoacan to Chiapas ; described from cultivated plants of Mexican origin. 

 Guatemala. 



Shrub. 1 to 3 meters high, glabrous throughout ; leaves slender-petiolate, 

 lanceolate to elliptic, 1.5 to 5 cm. long, obtuse or acute, callous-serrulate, thick ; 

 flowers 10 to 12 mm. long ; lobes of the calyx equaling or shorter than the 

 tube. 



6. Fuchsia microphylla H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 6: 103. pi. 53 J,. 1823. 

 Fuchsia mixta Hemsl. Diag. PI. Mex. 15. 1878. 



Jalisco to Mexico and Oaxaca ; type from VolcSn de Jorullo. Central 

 America. 



Shrub, 2 meters high or less, the branches puberulent ; leaves ovate to 

 rounded, 5 to 20 mm. long, obtuse or acute, serrulate, glabrous or nearly so; 

 flowers 10 to 14 mm. long; lobes of the calyx less than Mlf as long as the 

 tube. 



7. Fuchsia minimiflora Hemsl. Diag. PI. Mex. 14. 1878. 

 Morelos and Chiapas; type from Chiapas. 



Shrub, 1.5 to 4.5 meters high ; leaves slender-petiolate, ovate, 2.5 to 6.5 cm. 

 long, acuminate, acute at base, sparsely pubescent; flowers puberulent, the 

 calyx lobes with long slender tips. 



8. Fuchsia thymifoHa H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 6: 104. pi. 535. 1823. 

 Jalisco to Mexico and Oaxaca ; type from Patzcuaro, Michoacdn. 



Slender shrub, about a meter high, with puberulent branches ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate to orbicular, 1 to 5 cm. long, acute to rounded at apex ; flowers pur- 

 plish red, the calyx tube obconic. 



9. Fuchsia pringlei Robins. & Seat. Proc. Amer. Acad. 28: 106. 1893. 



Tepic and Jalisco to Mexico ; type from mountains near Patzcuaro, MichoacSn. 



Slender shrub, 1 to 2 meters high, the branches puberulent ; leaves ovate to 

 rounded, 5 to 25 mm. long, acute to rounded at apex, serrulate or entire, 

 puberulent or glabrate; flowers purplish, 6 to 8 mm. long. 



Probably not distinct from F. thymifolia. 



10. Fuchsia chiapensis T. S. Brandeg. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 59. 1914. 

 Oaxaca and Chiapas ; type from Cerro del BoquerSn, Chiapas. 



Branches pilose or hirsutulous; leaves ovate to rounded-ovate, 1.5 to 3.5 cm. 

 long, obtuse or acute, pilose or pilosulous beneath, serrulate or entire ; flowers 

 about 1 cm. long. 



11. Fuchsia minutiflora Hemsl. Diag. PI. Mex. 15. 1878. 



Michoacan to Chiapas and Veracruz; type from Orizaba. Central America. 



Slender shrub, the branches puberulent; leaves ovate-lanceolate to rounded, 

 8 to 20 mm. long, obtuse or acute, serrulate, glabrous or puberulent ; flowers 

 purplish red, 6 to 10 mm. long. 



