Fuca
STRAIT OF.
FUCHSIA (fū'shyä), so named from the discoverer, Leonard Fuchs, a German botanist, a genus of Onagracæ, tribe Fuchseæ, of which it is the type.
More than 50 species are known; most from from the warmer parts of America, Mex- Peru, Chile, etc., except two from New Zealand . These beautiful plants are common in gardens, conservatories, and flower pots in windows. The hybrids amount to some hundreds.
FUEL which is used for the production of heat.