1. Sipho campy his Orblgnyanus. 
2. Fuchsia venusta . 
Siphocampylus Orbigxyaxus, Alphonse De Can¬ 
dolle. D’Orbigny’s Siphocampylus ( Flore des Serves , 
vi., 544).—Nat. Ord., Lobeliaceae § Lobelece.—A free- 
flowering stoxe perennial, with erect herbaceous stems 
hearing ovate-acuminate short-stalked leaves, acutely 
dentate, usually in whorls of three. The flowers are 
handsome, axillary, on pedicels half their length, one 
from each axil; the calyx is hemispherical, with five 
linear subulate lobes; the corolla tube an inch and a 
half long, furrowed, downy, rose-red with a yellowish- 
green throat, the segments of the limb linear-lanceo¬ 
late yellowish-green on the outside, within red with the 
green continued round the margin. From Bolivia; 
introduced to the Belgian gardens by M. Van Houtte, 
about 1848. Flowers in spring and summer. 
Fuchsia vexusta, Humboldt , Bonpland , and Kunth. 
Beautiful Fuchsia ( Flore des Serves , v., 538).—Nat. 
Ord., Onagraceae § Fuchsese.—A very handsome and 
distinct greenhouse shrub, having slender, somewhat 
hairy branches, and lanceolate or acutely elliptic entire 
glabrous leaves, either opposite, or more usually dis¬ 
posed in whorls of three. From the axils of the leaves 
grow the pendant flowers three inches long, consisting 
of a slight pendant tapering tube to the base, and 
divided at the apex into four ovate-lanceolate acuminate 
sepals; the oblong, lanceolate, undulated petals are of 
an orange red colour ; the calyx, tube, and sepals, salmon 
red, the latter tipped with light green. From New Gre¬ 
nada : environs of Merida, and on the Paramo of San 
Fortunato, near Santa Fe de Bogota, at an elevation 
of nearly 8000 feet. Introduced to continental gardens 
by M. Linden, through his collectors, MM. Schlim and 
Funck, in 1847. Flowers in summer and autumn. 
