THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Puchsia continued. 



F. cordifolia (heart-leaved), fl. scarlet, green ; pedicels axillary, 

 solitary, one-flowered ; calyx downy ; tube longer than ovate 

 petals. August and September. I. opposite or ternate, cordate, 

 acuminate, denticulate, nearly glabrous, h. 5ft. Mexico, 1840. 

 (B. R. 1841, 70.) 



F. corymblflora (cluster-flowered).* fl. scarlet, nearly 2in. long, 

 in long terminal clusters ; petals oblong-lanceolate, bifid ; sepals 

 lanceolate, acute. Summer. I. large, opposite, oblong-lanceolate, 

 almost entire, with a rosy midrib. Branches somewhat tetra- 

 gonal, reddish and downy when young, h. 4ft. to 6ft. Peru, 1840. 

 lee Fig. 48. (B. M. 4000.) 



FIG. 49. FLOWERING BRANCH OF FUCHSIA FULGENS. 



F. cylindracea (cylindrical-flowered), fl. scarlet. August, h. 



2ft. Demerara, 1837. (B. B. 66.) 



F. decussate (decussate). A synonym of F. macrostema gracilis. 

 F. dependens (drooping).* fl., tube soft scarlet ; corolla deeper 



in colour, in terminal leafy pendulous racemes. Summer. 



1. whorled, ovate-acute, toothed, slightly pubescent above, paler 



and more decidedly hairy beneath. Chili, h. 2ft. to 4ft. 



FIG. 50. FLOWERING BRANCH OF FUCHSIA MACROSTEMA 

 GLOBOSA. 



Fuchsia continued. 



F. Dominiana (Dominy's). A garden hybrid, raised by Messrs. 

 Veitch in 1852, between F. serratifolia and F. spectabilis. (F. d. S. 

 1004.) 



F. fulgens (glowing).* /. scarlet, 2in. long ; petals acutish, shorter 

 than the ovate-lanceolate acute sepals ; racemes drooping at the 

 apex. Summer. I. opposite, large, ovate-cordate, acute, denti- 

 culated, glabrous, h. 4ft. to 6ft. Mexico, 1830. See Fig. 49. 

 (B. M. 3801.') 



FIG. 51. FUCHSIA MACROSTEMA GRACILIS, showing Habit, and 

 detached Single Flower and Leaf. 



F. macrantha (long - flowered), fl. rosy, green, apetalous; 

 pedicels axillary, solitary ; tube of calyx long. April to June. 

 1. ovate-acute, entire, h. 3ft. Columbia, 1844. Plant do 



(B. M. 4233. 



wny. 



FIG. 52. FLOWERING BRANCH OF FUCHSIA MACROSTEMA PUMILA. 



