( 1854 ) 



BOUVARDIA TRIPHYLLA. THREE-LEAVED 



BOUVARDIA. 



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Class and Order. 



Tetrandria Monogynia. 

 Generic Character. 



Cal. 4-phyllus, dentibus quibusdam interjectis. Cor. 

 tubulosa. Anthera inclusa?. Caps, bipartibilis, polysperma. 

 Sem. marginata. 



Specific Name and Synonyms. 



Bouvardia triphylla. Salisb. in Parad. Lond. 88. Hort. 



Kew. ed. alt. I. p. 245. 

 Houstonia coccinea. Bot. Repos. 106. W'dld. Enum. 156. 

 Ixora americana. J acq. Hort. Schcenbr. 3. p. 4. t. 257. 

 Ixora ternifolia. Cavanill. Ic. 4. p. 3. t. 305. Gawler 



Recens. Repos. Bot. 10. 



Bouvardia differs from Houstonia in having* the cells of 

 its capsule many-seeded,, instead of one seeded ; and from 

 Ixora, in its fruit being a capsule not a berry ; besides other 

 characters of minor consideration. R. A. Salisbury, Esq. 

 gave it its present appellation, in memory of Dr. Charles 

 Bouvard, formerly superintendant of the Jardin Royal, at 

 Paris. Mr. Salisbury says, that two varieties of this beau- 

 tiful shrub are cultivated in some collections about London, 

 some with shorter, and the other with longer, leaves. We 

 do not remember to have seen any specimens with leaves so 

 short as represented in the Paradisus Londinensis. Young 

 plants have a broader foliage and flowers more erect, than 

 full-grown shrubs ; and there is a variety with pubescent 

 leaves. 



It is a native of Mexico, and is generally treated as a 

 greenhouse shrub ; but we have known it thrive and blossom 

 very well, planted in the open air, in front of the conserva- 

 tory, where it was protected from frost by the occasional 

 covering of a mat. 



Propagated by cuttings. Introduced in 1794, by the 

 Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. 



