ONAGRARI^E. IV. FUCHSIA. 



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LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx adhering 

 to tlie ovarium at the base, and drawn out at the apex into a 

 cylindrical 4-cleft tube (f. 94. a.), whose lobes soon fall off. 

 Petals 4, alternating with the lobes of the calyx, and inserted 

 in the upper part of the tube, very rarely wanting. Stamens 8. 

 Ovarium crowned by an urceolate gland. Style filiform, crowned 

 by a capitate stigma (f. 94. &.). Berry oblong or ovate-globose, 

 4-valved, 4-celled, many-seeded. Shrubs, usually with opposite 

 leaves, and axillary 1 -flowered pedicels, which are sometimes 

 disposed in racemes at the tops of the branches. Flowers 

 usually drooping, red, rarely white, sometimes 5-cleft and decan- 

 drous. 



SECT. I. QUELU'SIA (an insignificant name given by Vandeli. 

 Quelus is the name of a country-house of the queen of Portugal, 

 situated about 2 leagues from Lisbon). Vand. in Room, script, 

 p. 101. t. 7. f. 10. Dorvalia, Comm. mss. NahClsia, Schnev. 

 with a figure. Tube of calyx cylindrical or obconical, atten- 

 uated or constricted above the ovarium. Ovula numerous, 2 

 series in each cell. Leaves opposite or verticillate, rarely sub- 

 alternate. South American shrubs. 



1. Breviflbrte (from brevis, short, Mtdflos, a flower; flowers 

 short). D. C. prod. 3. p. 36. The free part of the tube of the 

 calyx shorter than its lobes, or about equal in length to them. 

 Stamens inclosed. 



1 F. MICROPHY'LLA (H. B. et FIG. 94. 

 Kunth.nov.gen. amer. 6.p.l03.t. 



534.) branches pubescent ; leaves 

 opposite, small, elliptic-oblong, 

 acutish, toothed, glabrous, but a 

 little ciliated ; pedicels axillary, 

 shorter than the flowers ; calyx 

 funnel-shaped, with ovate acumi- 

 nated lobes ; petals retuse, tooth- 

 ed. Tj . G. Native of Mexico, 

 on the burning mount Jorullo. 

 Lindl.bot. reg. t.1269. Sweet, fl. 

 gard. new ser. t. 16. Calyx scar- 

 let. Petals deep red. Stigma 

 4-lobed. (f. 94.) 



Small-leaved Fuchsia. Fl. Ju. 

 Sept. Clt. 1828. Sh. 4 to 6ft. 



2 F. THYMIFOLIA (H. B. 6t 



Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 104. t. 535.) branches puberulous ; 

 leaves about opposite, small, ovate or roundish-ovate, obtuse, 

 nearly quite entire, hairy above and glabrous beneath ; pedicels 

 axillary, shorter than the flowers ; calyx funnel-shaped, with 

 oblong acute lobes ; petals obovate-oblong, undulated. J? . G. Na- 

 tive of Mexico, in temperate places near Pazcuaro. Lindl. bot. 

 reg. 1284. Lopezia thymifolia, Bonpl. herb. Willd. ex Link, 

 in Schultes, mant. 50. F. alternans, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. 

 ined. Flowers red. Stigma undivided. 



Thyme-leaved Fuchsia. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1827. Shrub 4 

 to 6 feet. 



3 F. ROSEA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 88. t. 322.) stem beset 

 with prominent pulvinate tubercles ; brandies glabrous ; leaves 

 opposite, petiolate, oval, quite entire ; pedicels axillary, sub- 

 aggregate, shorter than the flowers ; calyx funnel-shaped, with 

 oblong, acute, reflexed lobes, twice the length of the petals, which 

 are obcordate. Jj.G. Native of Chili. T. lyciokles, Andr. bot. 

 rep. t. 120. Sims, bot. mag. 1024. Calyx red. Petals purple. 

 Stigma 4-lobed. 



/fose-coloured-flowered Fuchsia. Fl. April, Oct. Clt. 1796. 

 Shrub 3 to 6 to 12 feet. 



4 F. PARVIFLORA (Lindl. bot. reg. 1048.) branches smoothish; 

 leaves scattered and opposite, petiolate, ovate-cordate or oval, 



quite entire, glaucous, glabrous ; pedicels sub-aggregate ; lobes 

 of calyx reflexed ; stigma thick, 4-lobed. 17 . G. Native of 

 Mexico. F. ovata, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. but not 

 of Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. The pedicels, according to the figure 

 in the fl. mex., are pubescent, but according to that in bot. reg. 

 glabrous. Calyx red. Petals purple. Very like F. rosca 



Small -flowered Fuchsia. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 182 1-. Shrub 

 3 to 6 feet. 



2. Macroslemonece (from /<cu-poc, makros, long, and crrri^ov, 

 stemon, a stamen ; in reference to the stamens which are ex- 

 serted). D. C. prod. 3. p. 37. The free part of the tube of the 

 calyx shorter than the lobes, or equal in length to them. Stamens 

 exserted. 



5 F. ARBORE'SCENS (Sims, bot. mag. 2620.) branches glabrous; 

 leaves 3 in a whorl, oval-oblong, acuminated at both ends, pe- 

 tiolate, quite entire ; panicle terminal, trichotomous, nearly 

 naked ; calyx funnel-shaped, with the lobes ovate, acute, and 

 spreadingly reflexed ; also the petals. ^ . G. Native of Mexico. 

 Lindl. bot. reg. 943. F. amoe'na, Hort. Flowers small, red, 

 5-6 lines long, disposed in terminal panicles. Stamens but little 

 exserted. F. hamellioides, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 



F. racemosa, Moc. et Sesse. Leaves broad. 



Arborescent Fuchsia. Fl. Oct. Clt. 1824. Sh. 6 to 15 feet. 



6 F. OVA'LIS (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 87. t. 321. f. a.) 

 branches pubescent ; leaves opposite or 3 in a whorl, petiolate, 

 oval, a little denticulated, acute, pubescent on both surfaces ; 

 pedicels axillary, sub-aggregate on the branchlets, erect, much 

 shorter than the flowers ; lobes of calyx villous, oblong, acute, 

 twice the length of the petals, which are ovate and acute, fj . G. 

 Native of Peru, in groves about Mima. Calyx and corolla 

 scarlet. Stamens hardly exserted. 



CWMeaved Fuchsia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



7 F. DECUSSA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 88. t. 323. f. b.) 

 branches pubescent ; leaves opposite or 3 in a whorl, petiolate, 

 lanceolate, pubescent on both surfaces ; pedicels axillary, pen- 

 dulous, longer than the calyx ; lobes of calyx oblong, acute, 

 longer than the petals, which are also oblong and acute. I? . G. 

 Native of Peru, in subhumid groves about Mima. Calyx rose- 

 coloured. Petals scarlet. Stamens not much exserted. 



Decussate-leaved Fuchsia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



8 F. GRA'CILIS (Lindl. in bot. reg. t. 847.) branches finely 

 pubescent ; leaves opposite, glabrous, on long petioles, remotely 

 denticulated ; pedicels axillary, nodding, puberulous, length of 

 the calyx ; lobes of calyx oblong, acute, exceeding the petals, 

 which are convolute and retuse ; stigma undivided. JJ . G. 

 Native of Mexico. F. decussata, Graham in edinb. phil. journ. 

 11. p. 401. Sims, bot. mag. 2507. but not of Ruiz et Pav. Calyx 

 scarlet. Petals purple. Stigma fusiform. 



Var. fi, multiflora (Lindl. bot. reg. 1052.) leaves smaller, 

 glaucous, on short petioles ; stigma conical. 



Slender Fuchsia. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1823. Sh. 6 to 10 ft. 



9 F. MACROSTE'MMA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 88. t. 324. 

 f. 6.) branches glabrous ; leaves 3 in a whorl, ovate, acute, 

 denticulated, on short petioles ; pedicels axillary, nodding, longer 

 than the flowers ; lobes of calyx oblong, acute, exceeding the 

 petals, which are obovate and spreading; stigma 4-lobed. Tj . 



G. Native of Chili, in marshes. Lodd. bot. cab. 1062. Thilco, 

 Feuill. obs. 3. p. 64. t. 47. This species differs from F. coc- 

 cinea in the petals being blue and spreading, not convolute, in 

 the stigma being 4-lobed, not undivided. Calyx scarlet. 



Var. ft, tenelia (D. C. prod. 3. p. 38.) flowers smaller ; leaves 

 opposite. 17.0. F. gracilis var. tenella, Lindl. bot. reg. 1052. 



Long-crowned Fuchsia. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1823. Shrub 

 6 to 12 feet. 



10 F. CO'NICA (Lindl. bot. reg. 1062.) leaves 3 or 4 in a 



