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Bouvardia — continued. 

 waterino: must be given without wetting, and thereby 

 injnring-, the foliage. The pots Bhould be plnnged in the 

 cutting ease, or in any bottom heat of about TOdeg. or 

 80deg., and covered with a bell glass. All that is then 

 necessary is to keep them moi^t and shady during sunshine, 

 until they are rooted, which, as a rule, is effected in three 

 weeks' time. When well estabU.shed, they may be removed 

 from the case, gi-adually hardened off, and finally potted 

 singly into small thumb pots. 



B. angustifolia (iian-ow-leaved).* Jl. pale red; corymbs some- 

 what tricliotomous. September. I. three in a whorl, lanceolate, 

 with revolute edges, glabrous above, but beset with tine hairs 

 beneath. Branches terete, smoothish. h, 2ft. Mexico, 1838. 

 (P. M. B. 7, 99.) 



B. Cavanillesll (Cavanilles's). Jl. red ; peduncles terminal, tritid, 

 three-flowered. May. I. opposite, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, 

 rather villous beneath. 7i. lift. Mexico, 1846. SvN. £. muUiflora. 

 (J. H. S. 3, 246.) 



B. flava (yellow).* fl. yellow, drooping ; racemes three to five- 

 flowered ; pedicels downy, slender. March. L opposite, ovate- 

 lanceolate, ciliated ; stipiiles setaceous, h. l^ft. Mexico, 1845. 

 (B. R. 52, 32.) 



B. hirtella (hairy), ji. pale red or flesh-coloured, corymbose. 

 (. whorleil, lanceolate, vMth revoluted edges, hairy on both sur- 

 faces. Branches terete. Mexico. 



B. HumboldtH corymbiBora (Humboldt's corj-mb-flowered).* 

 fi. white, lariie, fragrant, disposed in terminal racemes; tubes long. 

 Autumn and winter. I. ovate, oblong-acuminate, dark green. 

 1874. One of the finest kinds in cultivation. (G. C. 1873, 717.) 



B. Jacqulnl (Jacquin's). A synonym of B. triphylla. 



B. jasminiflora (Jasmine-flowered).* Jl. white, fragrant, in com- 

 pound cymes ; very floriferous. Winter. I. opposite, elHptic- 

 acuminate. .South America, 1869. A very charming and largely 

 grown species. (G. C. 1872, 215.) 



Fig. 271. Bouvardia leiantha. 



B» lelantha (smooth-flowered).* ^.scarlet; corymbs sub-trichoto- 

 mous. July to November. L ternate, ovate-acuminate, slightly 

 hairy above, downy-villous beneath, h, 2ft. Mexico, 1850. 

 See Fig. 271. (B. H. 2, 6.) 



B* longiflora (long-flowered).* jl. white, terminal, soUtary, sessile, 

 with the tube 2in. or 3in, long. I. opposite, oblong, acute, cuneated 

 at the base, glabrous. Branches compressedly tetragonal, glabrous. 

 h. 2ft. to 3ft. Mexico, 1827. (B. M. 4223.) 



B. multiflora (many-flowered). A synonym of B. CavanilksU. 



B. triphylla (three-leaved).* y/. scarlet, nearly lin. long: corymbs 

 somewhat trichotomous. July. I. smoothish above, hairy 

 beneath, three in a whorl, oblong. Branchlets tri>;onaI, hairy. 

 h. 2ft. to 3ft. Mexico, 1794. There are numerous vai-icties of this 

 species. SvN. B. Jacquini. (B. M. 1854.) 



B. versicolor (various-coloured). ^., corolla with a scarlet tube. 



Bouvardia — confinued. 



which is .^in. lonsr, hut having the limb yellowish inside ; corymbs 

 three-flowered, trichotomous, drooping. July to September. I. 

 opiiosite, lanceolate, ciHated. Branches terete, glabrous, velvety 

 while young, h. 2ft. to 3tt. South America, 1814. (B. R. 245.) 



The garden hybrids are very handsome. A selection is 

 given below : 



ALFRED Neuner, flowers double, white, or slightly tinged with 

 rose (see Fig. 272); BltlLLIANT, flowers bright crimson, numerous, 

 freely branching habit, and strong constitution ; Dazzler,* habit 

 very bushy and compact, extremely floriferous, flowers rich 

 scarlet, in dense chisters; Hogarth, "brilliant scarlet, very fine; 

 Longiflora Flammea,* flowers long-tubed, blush-rose; Maiden's 



Fig. 272. Bouvardia Alfred Neuner. 



Blush,* very free and floriferous, blush-rose ; President Gar- 

 field, rich double, red-pink, very fine ; Quee.x of Roses, rosy- 

 pink, the tubes tinted with crimson, habit dwarf and very free ; 

 Vreelandi (=Davidsoni), flowers pure white, produced in gi-eat 

 abundance ; one of the most useful of them all, and grown very 

 extensively. 



BO'WEITIA (commemorative of Sir G. Bowen, Go- 

 vernor of Queensland). Ord. Cycadacece. A remarkable 

 and handsome greeirhouse fern-like plant, closely allied to 

 Zainia, from which it is distinguished by having the leaflets 

 decurrent to the petiole, instead of articulated, as in that 

 genus. For culture, see Cycas. 



B. spectablUs (showy).* Jl., male cones small, ovoid, Jin. to Jin. 

 long ; female oblong-globose, 3.}in. long. I. bipinnatisect, on tall, 

 slender iietioles ; leaflets falcate-lanceolate, decurrent ; stem 

 short, thick, cylmdrical. Queensland, Australia, 1863. (B. M. 

 5398 and 6008.) 



