Fuchsia

(fü'sho-ah.) (Bot.) A gen. of ornamental S. American plants, O. On a graceæ, characterized by having a funnel-shaped colored deciduous 4-parted calyx, sometimes with a very long tube; 4 petals set in the mouth of the calyx-tube, and alternating with its segments; 8 exserted stamens; and a long style with a capitate stigma. The flowers are succeeded by oblong bluntly 4-cornered berries. [s. 388]