throat of the calyx, shorter than the sepals, opposite the petals, than 
which they are a little shorter; anthers often extrorsely resupinate. 
Popvunar anD Geocrapnicat Notice. This very striking species 
of Fuchsia, of which the first notice was given by Mocino and Sesse, 
is a native of Mexico. South America however is the great store-house 
of Fuchsias, and the species, particularly those of Peru, surpass even 
the present plant in splendour and the size of the flowers, of which it 
is sufficient to mention Fuchsia apetala (Ruiz) the tube of the flower 
being often five inches in length. As a few of the species extend into 
North America, inhabiting Mexico, so a very few stray into New Zea- 
land, where in addition to Fuchsia excorticata the late Mr. Richard 
Cunningham discovered Fuchsia procumbens (Cunningham Mss.) 
likewise an apetalous plant. The occurrence of these species of an ~ 
almost exclusively American genus confirm the sagacious remark of 
Robert Brown, that some resemblance exists between the Flora of 
New Zealand and that of America. (See General Remarks on the 
Botany of Flinders’ Voyage, Appendix 2, p. 589). 
IntTrRopucTionN; WHERE Grown; CuLtture. The lovers of orna- 
mental plants are indebted to the Messrs. Lee, of the Hammersmith 
Nursery, for the introduction of this glowing novelty amongst them. 
It was procured by these gentlemen through Mr. Louis Deschamps, 
who brought it from Mexico last year, (1837), and to their liberality 
we owe the permission to have the drawing made by our accomplished 
artist, Mrs. Withers. Nothing is more splendid than a bed or border of 
Fuchsias, and they require but little eare, for as it is observed by Mr. — 
Loudon, in his invaluable Arboretum and Fruticetum, All the si species 
and varieties hitherto introduced or originated, when planted in a dry 
soil, ard a sheltered situation, in the neighbourhood of London, 
_ though they may be killed down to the ground by the frost, may have 
their stools preserved alive through the winter, by covering them with 
litter, haulm, or leaves, in such a way as to throw off the wet; and 
this covering being removed in spring, the plants will shoot up vig- 
orously, and flower freely during the whole summer.” This splendid 
species seems to require only the usual treatment. 
Derivation oF THE NaMEs. 
Focusta, called after Leonhard Fuchs (Fox), one of the earliest botanical 
writers after the revival of letters. FuxcEns, from the brilliancy of the flowers. 
SynonyMEs, 
Fucusta Furcens. Mocino and Sesse, in Decandolle: Prodromus, Pars 
III, p. 39. George Don: Dictionary of Gardening and Botany, Vol. it, p. 479, 
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