PAXTON’S 
MAGAZINE OF GARDENING AND BOTANY. 
FUCHSIA SPECTABILIS. (Showy Fuchsia). 
Class, Octandria. Order , Monogynia. Nat. Order, Onagrace^e. (Onagrads, Veg. Kingd.) 
Generic Character.— Tube of calyx adhering to the ovary 
at the base, and drawn out at the apex with a cylindrical 
four-cleft tube, whose lobes soon fall off. Petals four, alter- 
nating with the lobes of the calyx, and inserted in the upper 
part of the tube, very rarely wanting. Stamens eight. Ovary 
crowned by an urceolate gland. Style filiform, crowned by 
a capitate stigma. Berry oblong, or ovate-globose, four- 
valved, four-celled, many-seeded. — Mag. Bot. ix., t. 28. 
Specific Character. — Plant an evergreen shrub. 
Branches and stem slightly angled, succulent, sanguineous, 
smooth, shining. Leaves in threes, ovate-elliptical, acute ; 
upper surface dark-green; lower surface rich purple. 
Petioles an inch or more long, purple. Peduncles axillary , 
solitary, single-flowered, red, shorter than the leaves. Ovary 
with four furrows. Calyx somewhat funnel-shaped, four or 
five inches long, swollen at the base, scarlet ; limb four- 
parted ; segments spreading, acuminate, tipped with green. 
Petals large, deep-red, nearly orbicular, spreading. Stamens 
red. Style longer than the stamens, Stigma four-lobed. 
Authorities and Synonymes.— Fuchsia spectabilis. Sir 
W. Hooker in Bot. Mag., 4375. 
A splendid new species of Fuchsia introduced by Messrs. Veitch and Son, Nurserymen, 
Exeter. It was discovered by Mr. Lobb growing in shady woods on the mountains of 
Peru, where it attains a height of 4 feet. 
When in bloom, as its name indicates, it is a very gay species, its fine habit, profusion 
of flowers, and rich colours, which are displayed even by the stems, leaves, petioles, and 
peduncles, render it altogether a splendid object. 
In cultivation it requires the same treatment as F. serratifolia, and corymbiflora , 
bearing some resemblance to these in habit. The soil should be light and rich, the 
drainage good, and the pots not too small. 
It is propagated by cuttings of either young or half-ripened wood, planted in pots of 
sand, and placed in heat. 
The generic name was given in honour of Leonard Fuchs, a celebrated German 
botanist. 
CCELOGYNE LOWII. (Mr. Low’s Ccelogyne.) 
Class, Gynandria. Order, Monandria. Nat. Order, Orchidace^;. (Orchids, Veg. Kingd.) 
Generic Character. — Sepals connivent or spreading, 
free, equal, similar in colour to the petals. Petals occasion- 
ally resembling the sepals, but sometimes linear. Labellum 
cucullate, frequently three-lobed, with depressed streaks 
% or crests on its surface, but sometimes quite entire, and 
without crests. Column erect, free, with a winged margin, 
expanding at th e summit, or cucullate, with a two-1 ipped stig- 
ma. Anthers two-celled, covered, not divisible in the middle, 
inserted below the apex of the column. Pollen-masses four, 
free, inclining to one side ; occasionally cohering. 
Specific Character. — Plant an epiphyte. Pseudo-bulbs 
large. Leaves ample and graceful, 2 feet or more long. Scape 
30 inches long. Flowers numerous, thickly set. Sepals and 
column of an uniform cream colour. Labellum indistinctly 
three-lobed, coloured like the sepals, but marked down the 
centre with a dash of bright orange. 
Authorities and Synonymes. — Ccelogyne Lowii of the 
Nurseries. 
This fine new species of Ccelogyne is a native of Sarawak, in Borneo, where it was 
discovered by Mr. Hugh Low, Jun., who sent living plants of it along with many other 
valuable things to the nursery at Clapton, in October, 1845 ; from thence it found its 
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