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BouvARDIA SPLENDENS. SPLENDID 
BouvaRDIA. 
Class and Order. 
TerranpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Rvsiscez. ) ij 
Generic Character. 
Cal. tubus globosus, limbus 4-partitus, lobis lineari-subu- 
latis, dentibus interdum interjectis. Cor. infundibuliformis 
tubulosa elongata extus velutino-papillosa, fauce nuda, 
limbo 4-partito patente brevi. Staminum filamenta tubo 
inferne adnata a medio circiter libera, anthere lineares 
incluse. Stigma bilamellatum, exsertum. Ovarw pars 
superior nuda. Capsula membranacea globoso-compressa 
bilocularis loculicido-dehiscens, valvis semiseptiferis. Pla- 
centeé orbiculares. Semina in quoque loculo plurima com- 
pressa, deorsim (ex icon. Salish.) seu sursum (ex icon. 
Cavan.) imbricata, ala membranacea cincta.—F rutices Mex- 
teant. Folia opposita aut verticillata. Stipule anguste 
acute petiolis utriusque adnate. Pedunculi terminales tri- 
flori aut trichotomi corymbosi. D C. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Bovuvarp1A* splendens ; foliis ternis raro oppositis lanceo- 
latis acuminatis utrinque scabris, stipulis: laciniato- 
subulatis; ramis trigonis subglabris, stylo exserto; 
corollz tubo intus barbato. 
There is no doubt great similarity between this and the 
triphylla of Botanical Magazine, but its freer growth, the 
much 
* So named by Mr. SatisBuRyY in honor of CHarLEs BouvarD, M. D. 
formerly Superintendent of the Botanic Garden at Paris, 
