Var.gTdcilis {F. gracilis, Liudl. F.deeu.isAta, Grah. 

 Very slender aud graceful, tbe fls. drooping on ver 



Paxt., 1'. I{iccurldiii, Hurt., F.teiie'lla, Hon., and others. 

 Some of these are probably hybrids with F. Magel- 

 lan ica. 



The short-flowered Fuchsias are less popular than 

 formerly, but many varieties are now in cult. Of this 

 set the Storm King is a representative. 



2. specidsa, Hort. (i^. /ijyftWdn.Hort.). Figs. 875, 876. 

 The greater part of present-day garden Fuchsias are of 

 the long-tubed type shown in the illustrations. These 

 are probably hybrid derivatives of F. Magellanica and 

 F. fulgens. Amongst the named sorts every gradation 

 will be found, from the short-tubed Storm King to the 

 Earl of Beaconsfield with fls. 3 in. long. 



3 coccinea, Ait Not known to be cult in America, 

 and inseited here for the iuipo-.e of clearing up the 

 syuon>myof J^ tnccineit This species appears to have 

 been introduced before ^ Mar/ellitnc a, and it was 

 named J". Mcctuea by Alton. !• Maijellantca however, 



876. Theresa, a form of F uchsia speciosa ( X 54) . 



"usurped its name and spread it to every garden : 

 kingdom, whilst the true plant lingered in botanii 

 dens, lastly surviving (greatly to the credit of the 

 ters, father and son) in that of Oxford alone." 

 species was lost from its introduction in 1788 

 rediscovery in an Oxford garden in 1867; niea 

 forms of F^ Magellanica passed as ^'. coccinea. 



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coccinea is much more graceful than any of the varieties 

 of F. Magellanica, flowers even more freely, and is 

 readily distinguished by the almost sessile leaves with 

 broad bases, and the hairy twigs and petioles; further, 

 its foliage turns of a bright crimson when about to fall." 

 -J, J). Hooker, B.M. 5740. Probably Brazilian. 

 BE. Cahix-luhe thrice or more the length of the lobes: 



petals pointed, nearly or quite as long as the 



calyx lobes. 

 4 fulgens, Moi; & Sesse Stem somewhat succulent, 

 glabrous often red tinged U s large and coarse, cor 

 date ovate soft small toothed fls in terminal leafy 

 clusters or iicemes the red long tubulnr calyx tube 2-3 

 in longandverj slen 

 der at the bisp the 



877 Fuchsia triphylla (> 



le enlarging towards the top; petals very 

 short; s'tamens 4, nut exserted. St. Domingo, West 

 Indies. B.M.(i7i)ri. Gn.41:8:iy. I.H. 43, p. 94.-Knownin 

 botanical collect!. ms aud sparingly in the tnide. The 

 species lias a must interesting history, for which see 

 the citations made above. Upon this ph.nt IMumier 

 founded the genus Fii.'l.siu in 17n:!. t'lvin- a rut],- draw- 

 ing of it. Upon I'hiinirr's ,|,.^rni.ti.in an. I i.i.-tiire 

 Linnaeus founded his /'. Ini^kiiH" ■ I'liimi. rs li^jm.. is 

 so unlike existing Fu.-I.sias tl.at th.Tc li..s I.. . n imi.-li 



plant. Possibly it is not a Fuchsia at all in the sense of 

 the present applicationof the name, for it is represented 

 as having only four stamens." But in 1873 Thomas 

 Ho-' of New York, securr-.l sc-.ls of a St. Domingo 



.f furthe 



fusi. 



;He 



,G.C.II. 



18, p. 263^. 



G. corymbiflora, Ruiz & Pav. Tall but weak grower, 

 needing support when allowed to attain its full height, 

 therefore excellent for pillars and rafters : Ivs. large, 

 ovate-oblongand tapering both ways, serrate, pubescent : 

 fls. deep red, hanging in long brilliant corymbs; calyx 

 tube 3-4 in. long and nearly uniformly cylindrical, the 

 lobes lance-acurainate and becoming reflexed ; petals 

 deep red, lance-acuniin.-.t.-. al...ut ti... length of the 

 calvx lobes; stamens i. ..i^il. ..f H.- I-tals. Peru. B.M. 

 40nb. Gn. 11 :.58; .'..'»: T-'"'-. !' 1 1 - H :li'.1 . Var. 61ba, 

 Hort.. has white or n.ailv whit.- .alvx-tube and lobes. 

 F.S. 6:547. Gu. .55:12n8-A very handsome plant, but 

 not common. 



AA. Flowers erect. 

 ms {F. syrinqwfblia, Carr.). A 



