. Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. orm, and surface of the leaves, give it theaspect of some species of Jasminum, on which account the specific appellation hasbeen bestowed. It thrives well in a loamy soil, with a trifling of heath-mould and sand, and docs not need a very large pot. It can be trained spirallyround any small wooden trellis, and will produce a long succession of its delicateflowers through the autumnal quarter of the year, and even in some of the earlywinter months. It does not require much water through the winter. Cuttings, taken from t
. Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. orm, and surface of the leaves, give it theaspect of some species of Jasminum, on which account the specific appellation hasbeen bestowed. It thrives well in a loamy soil, with a trifling of heath-mould and sand, and docs not need a very large pot. It can be trained spirallyround any small wooden trellis, and will produce a long succession of its delicateflowers through the autumnal quarter of the year, and even in some of the earlywinter months. It does not require much water through the winter. Cuttings, taken from the newly-formed shoots, and planted in sand or sandyloam, will root with facility, if placed in a moderate temperature, and coveredwith a hand-glass. And though extensive propagation should not be required, itwill be advisable to prune the plants a little, lest they become too straggling. The generic name was given by Pliny ; but on what it is founded, it isimpossible now to do more than conjecture. Many derivations have been offered,but none appear / / • / » FUCHSIA CORYMBIFLORA. (CORYMB-FLOWKRKD FUCHSIA.)CLASS. OllDRn. OCTANDRIA. ? MONOGYNIA. NATURAL ORDER. ONAGRACE^. Crneric Charactkr.— Tube of calyx adhering to the ovary at tlic b,ipe, and drawn out at tiic apex intoa cylindrical four-cleft tube, ^vhosc lobes soon fall off. Petals four, alternating witli the lobes ofthe , and inserted in the upper part of the tube ; very rarely wanting. Stamens eight. Ovarycrowned by an urceolate gland. Styles filiform, crowned by a capitate stigma. Berry oblong orovate-globose, four-valved, four-celled, many-seeded Doris Gard. and Botany. Specific Character.—Plant shrubby, deciduous. Leaves opposite or in threes, large, oblong, entire,covered with down, green above, paler beneath, with a rugose surface. Corymbs terminal, jiendulous,many-flowered. Calyx with an exceedingly long tube, , crimson; lobes free, slightly spreading, acute, scar
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