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FUCHSIA 



FUCHSIA 



1604. The common garden fuchsia 

 F. speciosa. 



4. splendens, Zucc. Fig. 1605. Much-branched, 

 shrubby: Ivs. ovate-cordate, pale green, serrate: 

 peduncles slender, axillary, solitary and single-fid. ; 

 fls. drooping, rather short; fl. IK in. long, scarlet 

 tipped pale green, the base swollen and the tube then 

 compressed; petals shorter than calyx-lobes, ovate, 



greenish; stamens 

 much exserted, the 

 anthers yellow. 

 Mex. B.M. 4082. 

 B.R. 28:67. G.C. 

 III. 45:338. G.I: 

 649; 9:693. 



BB. Tube thrice or 

 more the length 

 of the calyx- 

 lobes; petals 

 pointed, nearly 

 or quite as long 

 as the calyx- 

 lobes. 



5. fulgens, Moc. 

 & Sesse. St. some- 

 what succulent, 

 glabrous, often red- 

 tinged: Ivs. large 

 and coarse, cordate- 

 ovate, soft, small- 

 toothed: fls. in ter- 

 minal leafy clusters 

 or racemes, the red 

 long-tubular calyx- 

 tube 2-3 in. long 

 and very slender at 

 the base; the calyx- 

 lobes short and 

 pointed, greenish at 

 the tip, not very widely spreading; petals deep scarlet, 

 pointed, shorter than calyx-lobes; stamens only short- 

 exserted. Mex. B.M. 3801. B.R. 24:1. Gn. 55, p. 75. 

 R.H. 1881:150 (yar. pumila). A brilliant plant, some- 

 times seen in choice conservatory collections. Evidently 

 one parent of the F. speciosa tribes. F. pendubefldra, 

 Hort., is supposed to be a hybrid, but the fls. very 

 long like F. fulgens: Ivs. ovate, acuminate, with violet 

 midrib: tube of fl. 3-4 in. long, trumpet-shaped; fls. 

 rich crimson shaded maroon. J.H. III. 51:301. 



6. triphylla, Linn. Fig. 1606. Low and bushy (18 in. 

 high), pubescent: Ivs. often in 3's, small, oblanceolate, 

 petiolate, dentate, green above and purple pubescent 

 beneath: fls. 1 j/ in. long, in terminal racemes, cinnabar- 

 red, the long tube enlarging towards the top; petals 

 very short; stamens 4, not exserted. St. Domingo, 

 W. Indies. B.M. 6795. Gn. 41:32. I.H. 43, p. 94. 

 G.M. 49:333. Gn.W. 5:389. Known in botanical col- 

 lections and sparingly in the trade. The species has a 

 most interesting history, for which see the citations 

 made above. Upon this plant Plumier founded the 

 genus Fuchsia in 1703, giving a rude drawing of it. 

 Upon Plumier's description and picture Linnaeus 

 founded his F, triphylla. Plumier's figure is so unlike 

 existing fuchsias that there has been much speculation 

 as to the plant he meant to portray. No fuchsia was 

 known to have four stamens or to be native to the W. 

 Indies. In 1877 Hemsley wrote of it: "The figure, 

 however, is so rude that nobody, I believe, has been 

 able to identify it with any living or dried plant. Pos- 

 sibly it is not a fuchsia at all in the sense of the present 

 application of the name, for it is represented as having 

 only four stamens." But in 1873, Thomas Hogg, of 

 New York, secured seeds of a St. Domingo fuchsia 

 which turns out to be Plumier's original, thus bringing 

 into cult, a plant that had been unknown to science 

 for 170 years. It came to the attention of botanists 

 in 1882. For a discussion of further confusion in the 



history of this plant, see Hemsley, G.C. II. 18, pp. 

 263-4. 



7. venusta, HBK. Branches slender, somewhat 

 hairy: Ivs. opposite and in 3's, elliptic, acute, entire, 

 glabrous, somewhat shining: peduncles axillary, slen- 

 der, about the length of the scarlet fls., more or less 

 racemose above; fls. elongated, the tube 2 in. long 

 beyond ovary and narrow-trumpet-shaped, the lobes 

 ovate-lanceolate and acuminate; petals about equaling 

 calyx-lobes, scarlet, the margins undulate. Colombia. 

 F.S. 5:538. J.H. III. 49:243. 



8. bpliviana, Carr. Compact, branching, 2-4 ft., 

 producing the showy fls. in profuse drooping sometimes 

 branched clusters: Ivs. large, elliptic-ovate, acute or 

 acuminate, toothed: fls. 2-3 in. long, trumpet-shaped, 

 rich red. Bolivia. R.H. 1876:150. G.W. 8, p. 316. 

 Very like F. corymbiflora, but said to be more orna- 

 mental: fls. brilliant coral-red, the calyx-lobes and 

 petals acuminate and equal or subequal, the former 

 spreading-star-shaped or reflexed, the petals erect or 

 close about the stamens; filaments red, anthers whitish; 

 stigma very large, ovoid: fr. fleshy, violet-black. 



9. corymbifldra, Ruiz & Pav. Tall but weak grower, 

 needing support when allowed to attain its full height, 

 therefore excellent for pillars and rafters: Ivs. large, 

 ovate-oblong and tapering both ways, serrate, pubes- 

 cent: fls. deep red, hanging in long brilliant corymbs; 

 calyx-tube 3-4 in. long and nearly uniformly cylindri- 

 cal, the lobes lance-acuminate and becoming reflexed; 



Eetals deep red, 

 ince - acuminate, 

 about the length 

 of the calyx-lobes; 

 stamens length of 

 the petals. Peru. 

 B.M. 4000. Gn. 

 ll:70(asF.bolivi- 

 ana); 55:74. F. 

 1841:161. H. U. 

 2, p. 324. Var. 

 alba, Hort., has 

 white or nearly 

 white calyx -tube 

 and -lobes. F.S. 6: 

 547. Gn. 55:74. 

 A very hand- 

 some plant, but 

 not common. 



AA. Fls. erect. 



10. arborescens, 

 Sims (F. synngae- 

 flbra, Carr.). A 

 shrub: Ivs. lance- 

 oblong and en- 

 tire, laurel -like: 

 fls. lilac -scented, 

 pink -red, small, 

 with a short or 

 almost globular 

 tube, in an erect 

 terminal naked 

 lilac-like panicle; 

 calyx - lobes and 

 petals about equal 

 in length. Mex. B. 

 M. 2620. Little 



grown, but excellent for winter-flowering; should not 

 be lost to cult. 



11. procumbens, Cunn. TRAILING FUCHSIA. TRAIL- 

 ING QUEEN. Trailing, with slender much-branched sts. : 

 Ivs. alternate, small (^/i-^iin. across), cordate-ovate, 

 long-stalked: fls. solitary and axillary, apetalous, the 

 short tube orange and the reflexing obtuse lobes dark 

 purple, anthers blue: plant dioecious: berry glaucous- 



1605. Fuchsia splendens. ( X l /Q 



