FUCH’SIA FUL’GENS. 
: festagagt FUCHSIA. 
ne BSCCERR, ’ DICOTYLEDONES. 
Natural division 
to which 
_ this Plant belongs. 
; "NATURAL ORDER, FUCHSIACEA. 
sete mm re 2 ape net renee" OCTANDRIA, 
{ : MONOGYNIA, 
oroanpouune this Plant as aK OF LINNEUS. 
No. 63, 
ENUS. Fv GALA a i Canvers tubus batio ovario > adhere, sn- 
perné ager oak in tu eylindra latim de- 
ciduum. Prrara 4 summo tubo athe bis ain, rarius ni pull STAMINA 
' 8. Ovartum glandulA urceolata coronatum. Srvyuuvs filif Sricma capi- 
tatum. Bacca oblonga aut ovato-globosa, 4- sabclath aris, Avalv vis, Sie 
. 36, 
SPECIES. Fucusra rutcens. (Mocrno and Sessz. Flora Me exicaht, ine- 
dita.) Rams glabris, foliis oppositis petiolatis cordato- ovatis acutis denticula- 
tis glabris, pediculis axillaribus flore brevioribus, superioribus racemosis, caly- 
cis lobis ovato-lanceolatis acutis petala acutiuscula Bimaches Thid, p. 39. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, Fucnsia. Tube of the calyx adher- 
ing to the ovary at the base, but above prolonged into a cylindrical 
4-cleft tube, the lobes of which drop off, soon after the anthesis, by a 
distinct articulation. PeTa.s 4, seldom none, inserted on the tube of 
the calyx, with the lobes of which they alternate. Stamens 8. Ovary 
crowned with an urceolate (pitcher-shaped) gland. Sryte filiform. 
Stiema capitate. Berry oblong or ovato-globose, 4-celled, 4-valved, 
many-seeded. al 
DeEscrIPTION OF THE Species, Fucusia ruLGens. A Sarvs, in 
its native country from 4 to 6 feet high, smooth, glaucous, tender, 
almost of the texture of a sub-succulent herbaceous plant, surface suf- 
fused with a vinous hue. Leaves opposite, thin, ovately cordate, acute, 
irregularly toothed or denticulate, ciliated, petiolate, petioles slightly 
pubescent, roundish, channelled, the lamina twice the length of the 
petioles. FLowers axillary, solitary, springing from the axils of the 
leaves on both sides of the stem, but so inclined as to form a secund 
pendulous raceme. Prpunctes' slender, about half an inch long. 
Ovary oblong, pubescent, 4-celled, many-seeded, ovules in double 
rows. Catyx about 2} inches long, funnel-shaped, ventricose at the 
base, slightly pubescent, of a fine vermillion colour; segments trian- 
gular, acute, greenish at the tips. Prrats ovate, obtuse, a little short- 
er than the sepals, blood-coloured. Stamens 8, inserted on the 
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