ONAGRARI&. IV. FUCHSIA. V. EPILOBIUM. 



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Plum. ed. Burm. t. 133. f. 1. gen. p. 34. Flowers scarlet. 

 Pedicels velvety. This species agrees with section second in 

 the tube of the calyx being dilated at the base. 

 Racemose-ftowered Fuchsia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



24 F. FU'LGENS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 3. p. ,39.) branches glabrous ; leaves opposite, petiolate, 

 ovate-cordate, acute, denticulated, glabrous ; pedicels axillary, 

 shorter than the flowers, upper ones racemose ; lobes of calyx 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, exceeding the petals, which are acutish. 

 Jj . G. Native of Mexico. Branches and pedicels red. Flowers 

 reddish scarlet, 2 inches long. Racemes drooping at the apex. 



Fulgent Fuchsia. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



25 F. DENTICULA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 87. t. 325. f. 

 6.) branches trigonal ; leaves 3 in a whorl, petiolate, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, denticulated, having the 

 middle nerve villous behind ; pedicels axillary, rather shorter 

 than the flowers ; lobes of calyx lanceolate, acuminated, nearly 

 twice the length of theobovate petals. J; . G. Native of Peru, 

 among rocks about Huassa-huassi and Cheuchin, where it is 

 called mollo-cantu, which signifies a beautiful plant. Flowers 

 purple, nodding. 



Denticulated-leaved Fuchsia. Sh. 6 to 12 feet. 



26 F. CORYMBIFLORA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 87. t. 325. 

 f. a.) branches somewhat tetragonal ; leaves opposite, petiolate, 

 oblong-lanceolate, almost quite entire ; pedicels 3, nearly ter- 

 minal, nodding, shorter than the flowers ; lobes of calyx lanceo- 

 late, acute, twice the length of the petals, which are oblong-lan- 

 ceolate. \i . G. Native of Peru, about Chincao and Muna, in 

 shady groves. Flowers scarlet, nearly 2 inches long. Berry 

 ovate-oblong, reddish-purple. 



Corymb-flowered Fuchsia. Sh. 6 ft. 



27 F. SERRATIFOLIA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 86. t. 323. f. 

 o.) branches furrowed; leaves opposite or verticillate, petiolate, 

 oblong, serrated, pubescent beneath ; pedicels axillary, shorter 

 than the flowers, drooping ; lobes of calyx lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated, exceeding the petals, which are ovate-oblong. Jj . G. 

 Native of Peru, in humid, rather shaded places at Muna. Calyx 

 red, rather villous, an inch and a half long, somewhat tumid at 

 the base. Petals scarlet. 



San-leaved Fuchsia. Sh. 6 to 8 ft. 



28 F. SIMPLICICAU'LJS (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 89. t. 322. 

 f. a.) stem simple, quite smooth ; leaves 4 in a whorl, lanceo- 

 late-linear, on short petioles ; pedicels 4 together, very short, 

 terminal, sub-corymbose ; lobes of calyx lanceolate, exceeding 

 the petals, fy G. Native of Peru, in woods at Muna. Suf- 

 fruticose. Whorles remote. Involucrum 4-leaved, rather downy. 

 Flowers pendulous, with a rose-coloured calyx, and scarlet 

 petals. 



Simple-stemmed Fuchsia. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



29 F. AFE'TALA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 89. t. 322. f. 6.) 

 stem villous, climbing, rooting ; branches warted ; leaves alter- 

 nate, petiolate, ovate, acuminated, quite entire ; petioles, branches, 

 pedicels, and young leaves rather villous ; pedicels sub-corym- 

 bose, shorter than the flowers ; lobes of calyx ovate ; petals want- 

 ing. ^ . G. Native of Peru, about Huassa-huassi and Muna, 

 in groves. Calyx red, but the lobes are pale yellow. Flowers 

 drooping, an inch and a half long. Berry oblong. 



Apetalous Fuchsia. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



SECT. II. SKINNED RA (named by Mr. Forster in honour of 

 Mr. Skinner, an Oxfordshire gentleman, whom Forster terms 

 an acute and clear-sighted botanist). Forst. gen. t. 29. D. C. 

 prod. 3. p. 39. Tube of calyx strumose and ventricose at the 

 base above the ovarium. Ovula very minute, crowded on the 

 central placenta, without order. Leaves alternate. A shrub 

 from New Zealand. 



30 F. EXCORTICA'TA (Lin. fil. suppl. 217.) branches smooth, 

 at length excoriate ; leaves alternate, petiolate, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acuminated, denticulated, glabrous, whitish beneath ; pedi- 

 cels axillary, somewhat shorter than the flowers ; lobes of calyx 

 lanceolate, 3-nerved, longer than the tube and twice the length 

 of the petals, which are ovate. I? . G. Native of New Zealand. 

 Lindl. bot. reg. 857. Link, et Otto. abb. t. 46. Skinnera ex- 

 corticata, Forst. prod. p. 163. Calyx green and purple. Petals 

 violaceous. 



Excoriated Fuchsia. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1824. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



Cult. The elegance of the flowers and foliage of all the 

 species of Fuchsia are well known to every lover of plants. 

 They all thrive well in rich light soil, and young cuttings of them 

 strike root readily in the same kind of soil, with a hand-glass 

 over them ; the glass to be taken off" occasionally, to give the 

 cuttings air, so as to keep them free from damp. Most of the 

 species only require to be protected from frost, and many of 

 them will survive the winter in the open air, with a very slight 

 protection. Some of them, as F. gracilis, F. mkrophylla, F. 

 thymifolia, F. conica, and F. cocclnea have a fine effect all the 

 summer, when planted in clumps on lawns, or in borders ; in 

 this situation the plants only require to be mulched at the root 

 to preserve them through the winter, and in spring the ground 

 is cleared, and the stems of the preceding year, which are gene- 

 rally dead, are cut off" quite close to the ground, to allow the 

 young shoots to spring from the root. 



Tribe HI. 



ONA'GRE^E (plants agreeing in important characters with 

 Onagros or Onager, now CEnulhera. D. C. prod. 3. p. 40. 

 Fruit capsular (f. 95. d. f. 96. d.) ; cells many-seeded. Seeds 

 not winged. Tube of calyx drawn out beyond the ovarium 

 (f. 96. a.). Stamens twice the number of the petals. Herbs 

 usually suffhiticose at the base. 



V. EPILO'BIUM (ETTI, epi, upon, and \o/3oc, lobos, a pod ; 

 the flower is seated as if it were on the top of the pod). Lin. 

 gen. 471. Gaertn. fr. 1. p. 157. t. 31. f. 6. B.C. prod. 3. 

 p. 40. Chamaenerion, Tourn. inst. p. 302. t. 157. f. A, B, C. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 4 sepals ; 

 sepals connected into a long tetragonal tube ; the limb falling 

 off" when the flower begins to decay. Petals 4. Stamens 8 ; 

 pollen not clammy. Capsule linear, bluntly tetragonal, 4-celled, 

 4-valved, many-seeded, inseparable from the calyx. Seeds 

 pendulous, pappous. Herbs, with opposite or alternate leaves. 

 Flowers axillary, solitary, or disposed in terminal spikes, each 

 flower furnished with a bractea. Corolla purple, rose-coloured, 

 flesh-coloured, very rarely yellow. 



SECT. I. CHAM-ENE'RION (from \apai, chamai, on the ground ; 

 and vfptov, nerion, the Oleander ; similar leaves but dwarfer 

 habit). Tauch. hort. canal, fasc. 1. D. C. prod. 3. p. 40. 

 Flowers irregular. Petals entire. Genitals declinate. Filaments 

 dilated at the base. Leaves alternate. 



1 E. ANGUSTIFOLIUM (Lin. spec. 493.) root creeping ; stems 

 erect, nearly simple ; leaves nearly sessile, lanceolate, undu- 

 lated, glabrous, with the veins pellucid ; flowers disposed in 

 spicate racemes, bracteate ; style reflexed, pilose at the base, 

 shorter than the stamens. I/ . H. Native of Europe and Si- 

 beria, in mountain woods and meadows. In Britain in moist 

 shady places, particularly in the north of England and south of 

 Scotland. Smith, engl. t. 1947. fl. dan. 289. E. Gesneri, 

 Vill. dauph. 3. p. 507. E. intermedium, Wormsk. ex herb. 

 Puerari. Chamaenerion spicatum, Gray, brit. 2. p. 559. Flowers 

 crimson, inodorous ; pollen blue. A very ornamental plant, but 

 hardly fit to be introduced to a garden, on account of its in- 

 creasing so rapidly by the roots, which it is almost impossible 



