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diiferences have occasioned the genus Fuchsia to he divided into several sections. The name of Fuchsia was 
given to the genus in honour of Leonard Fuchs, a celebrated Bavarian botanist, who published a work on plants 
illustrated by engravings, in the year 1542. 
Section 1. Flowers short; the free part of the tube of the calyx shorter than the lobes ; stamens inclosed. 
1._FUCHSIA MICROPHYLLA n. B. et K. THE SMALL-LEAVED FUCHSIA. 
Engravings. — Bot. Reg., t. 1269 ; Sweet’s Brit. Flow. Card., 
second series, t. 16. 
Specific Character. — Branches clothed with short hairs. Leaves 
small, opposite, elliptic-oblong, acute, dentate, glabrous, somewhat 
ciliated. Calyx funnel-shaped ; segments ovate, acuminate. Petals 
emarginate, two-lobed. Stamens inclosed. 
Description, &c. — A very pretty little plant, forming a small, upright, bushy, evergreen shrub with numerous 
branches and numerous small leaves and flowers. The stem and branches are tinged with a purplish red, and are 
thickly clothed with very short closely-set hairs. Both the calyx and corolla of the flowers are of a bright red, and, 
indeed, it is very difficult to distinguish between them. The species is a native of Mexico, where it was found by 
Humboldt growing on the botanic mountain Jorullo. It flowers nearly all the summer, and is of very easy culture 
when kept in a greenhouse, but it does not succeed well in the open air in this country even in summer. It was 
introduced about 1828. 
2.— FUCHSIA THYMIFOLIA Kunth. 
Synonymes. — F. altemans Moc. et Sesse ; Lopezia tbymifolia 
Willd. ; the changeable-flowered Fuchsia. 
Engravings. — Bot. Reg., t. 1284; Sweet’s Brit. Flow. Card., 
second series, t. 25. 
THE THYME-LEAVED FUCHSIA. 
Specific Character. — Branches pubescently hairy. Leaves op- 
posite, ovate, or subrotund, obtuse, hairy above, and glabrous below. 
Calyx nearly funnel-shaped ; segments oblong, sharply acute. Petals 
obovate-oblong, obtuse, entire, sometimes spreading. Stamens inclosed. 
Description, &c. — This species is very different from most of the other kinds of Fuchsia, as its petals are 
sometimes spreading so as to give its flowers quite a different character to those of Fuchsias in general. It is not, 
however, remarkable for its beauty, as its leaves are generally far apart, and have not the neat compact look of 
those of F. microfhylla. It is a native of Mexico, where it is found on the high land at a height of about six 
thousand feet above the level of the sea. It is, consequently, very nearly hardy in this country, and it will grow 
freely in the open ground if protected from the frost of winter. It takes its name of Changeable-flowered Fuchsia 
from the blossoms being at first of a pale green tinged with pink, and gradually changing till they become of a deep 
red, so that there are many different hues on the plant at the same time. It was introduced at the same time as 
F. microphylla. 
3.— FUCHSIA CYLINDRACEA Lindl. THE CYLINDRICAL-FLOWERED FUCHSIA. 
Engravings. — Bot. Reg., for 1838, t. 66; Floral Cabinet, t. 80; 
The Botanist, t. 189. 
Specific Character. — Branches slightly compressed, somewhat 
hairy. Leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, much waved, rolled back at the I 
margin. Flowers axillary, on long peduncles, sometimes dioecious by 
abortion. Petals very obtuse, truncate, one-coloured. Style exserted. 
Stamens inclosed, alternately reflexed. 
Description, &c. — This is perhaps the prettiest of all the small-flowered Fuchsias on account of the deep colour 
of its flowers, the calyxes of which are scarlet tipped with green. This brilliant scarlet is rare among the flowers 
of the genus, which are generally crimson, and occasionally have even a purplish cast. The petals of many of the 
species are, indeed, a decided purple ; hut in F. cylindracea they are scarlet with an orange tinge inside. The 
species is a native of Mexico, whence it was introduced in 1827. It is about as hardy as F. microphylla, but 
it requires more pot-room than that species, and grows best when planted in the free gi’ound of a conservatory. 
