than the lobes of the calyx, scarlet, with a little orange tint inside. 
Stamens included in the tube of the calyx, and inserted near its mouth, 
filaments very short, those opposite the segments of the calyx erect, 
the others reflexed, anthers ovate, much reduced in the female indi- 
viduals, and without pollen. Ovary very small in the males, globular, 
and nearly the diameter of the calyx in the females. Styxe longer 
than the calyx, with a four-lobed stigma, reduced in the male flowers 
to a slender thread with a smal] knob at the extremity. 
Popuxar anD Grocrapuicat Notice, If this plant be compared 
with Fuchsia fulgens on the one hand, or with the gracilis or globosa 
on the si a. seems as if — naire not to belong to one genus, yet 
the b ery similar in all; and above all, the great 
facility with which the most dissin ilar species will hybridize together, 
show that it would be both inconvenient and unscientific to separate 
them. The only group, for the generic distinction of which any plau- 
sible grounds may be assigned, is that which includes the present spe- 
cies, the Fuchsia microphylla, thymifolia, and some other small- 
flowered ones, chiefly, if not entirely, Mexican. The polygamous, fre- 
quently dicecious, flowers, and especially the included alternately re- 
flexed stamens, together with some details of less importance, have been 
made use of by Zuccarini to establish his genus Encliandra, a much 
better founded one than many others universally adopted, but per- 
haps too inconvenient on account of hybrids to be preserved in a 
group of plants so especially a garden one, and the same scientific end 
will be answered by considering Encliandra as a section of Fuchsia. As 
to the six genera into which Spach has taken upon himself to dis- 
tribute the Fuschias, their adoption must be out of al] question. G. B. 
InTRODUCTION; WHERE Grown; CuLTuRE. Seeds of Fuchsia 
cylindracea were obtained from Mexico, by George Barker, Esq. of 
Springfields, near Birmingham, and by him presented to the Horti- 
cultural Societies of London and Birmingham, in each of which estab- 
lishments, plants were raised in 1837. It flowers more luxuriantly in 
the borders than in pots, and is, probably, as hardy as any of the bet- 
ter-known species. In case of attempts being made to hybridize this 
species, it must be remembered that its flowers are dicecious, some hav- 
ing only perfect stamens, whilst others have only perfect ‘pistite: It 
may be propagated by cuttings, and should be potted in loam, well- 
decayed manure, and coarse sand 
Derivation oF THE NaMEs. 
Focasta, in honour of L. Fuchs, a German botanist. Cyiinpracea, cylindrical. 
SyNONYME. 
Fucnsia cyiinpracea. Lindley: Botanical Register, 1838, 66. t. 
