108 An ton Hciiiicrl, 



§ I. EUBOUGAINVILLEA Baillon. 



Baillon, I.e. 22; Hcinicrl, liciträgc 30. 



BougahwiUca huct -pKmm., e. gr.: Jussieu, Annales du Museum II, 275; Sprengel, Syst. Veget. 

 11,164; Endlicher, Genera 312, Nr. 2008; Steudel, Nomencl. ed. II, I, 235; Spach, Hist. Veg. Phan. 

 X, 516; Choisj', 1. c. 437; Walpers, Repert. bot. syst. V, 721; Schmidt, in Flora Brasil. XIV, 2, 351; 

 Bentham-Hooker fil., Genera III, 7. 



Tricycla Poiret, Encycl. meth. Suppl. V, 358. 



Josepha Velloz, Flora Fluminensis IV, 154, Tab. 16 (sec. Choisy). 



Inflorescentiae partiales trifJorae et tn'bracteatae (raro biflorae et bibracteatae). Folia 



saepe structura bifaciali, petiolata. 



I. Bougainvillea spectabilis Willdcnow. 



Willdenow, Spcc. pl. U, 34S; SprenK'cl, 1. c. II, 168; Martins!. Hcrh. Florac Ürasil. 00, Nr. 64; Choisy!, 1. c. 437 ; Maout 



et Decaisne, Traite 4.')1 ; Sctimidt!, 1. c. 351, Tab. 82; liaillon, I.e. 12; Duran tl et Seliinz, Etiides sur la Klore du Congo 



231! • - Confer Hookcr in adnotationibus ad Tab. 4810 in Bot. Magaz. (,18r)4) et icoiicm in: The Garden 1893, Tab. 891. 



Syn. B. bradeata Persoon, Enchir. I, 414. 



B. hrasilicnsisYvxnceTps de Neuwied, Reise nach Brasilien I, 44,91,347! p.p.; Raeusch, 



Nomencl. ed. III, 112 (ex Kew. Index); Lund apud Choisy 1. c. 

 B. Pcrnviana Nees et Martius, Nova acta XI, 39 — non HB. 

 B. spcctahilis ^-lypica Heimerl in Engler, Bot. Jahrb. XXI, 623. 

 B. virescciis Choisy , 1. c. 437; Schmidt, 1. c. 351 (specimina iuniora bracteis ante anthesin 



viridulis!). 

 Josepha angusta Velloz, I. c. 154, Tab. 16 (sec. Choisy). 

 Tricycla spectabilis Poiret, 1. c. 358. 



Frutex v. arbuscula v. arbor ad 12;;/ alta. Ramosissima, plcrumque valde spinosa, ramis f. omnibus 

 valde elongatis, subhorizontale v. oblique patenter ramificatis, sarmentusis, spinis adiuvantibus scandenti- 

 bus, raro ramulis partim abbreviatis ad brex'issimis folia approximata floresque gerentibus, in statu tbliato 

 florens, ob tlores numcrosissimos, pulcherrime bracteatos aspectum splendidissimum praebens. 



Rami vix V. leve flexuosi, elongati, flrmiores, internodiis 1 • 5—5 • 5 cot lg., peridermio griseolo ad 

 rufobrunneo, tenue striolati ad laeviusculi, pro maxima parte cum spinis, fnliis, inflorescentiis etc. tomentosi, 

 rarius patenter hirsuti | forma a: hirsutissima Sc\\m\A[ 1. c. 351], spinis simplicibus, in ramis vetustis 

 usque 20—40 ;;/;;/ lg., saepe validis, patentibus, a latere rh compressis, ± arcuatis ad subuncinatis, acutis 

 armati, inflorescentiis partialibus raro singulatim orientibus vulgo in dichasiis spectabilibus dispositis et 

 inflorescentiam communem plcrumque amplissimam, paniculatam ad magis corymbosam, rt foliatam for- 

 mantibus, ramis primarüs inflorescentiarum deinde (cum ramificationibu.s) rigide persistentibus, v. 

 brevibus v. saepius elongatis, firmioribus, dense hirtis, patentibus, saepe bis ad ter dichasiale partitis, 

 bracteolis in ramificationibus v. minutis, subulatis, cito deciduis v, hinc inde petiolatis, lanceolatis, sub- 

 membranaceis et pulchrius coloratis. 



Folia forma valde variabili, late ovata ad suborbiculata, latc elliptica ad lanceolata, circiter in v. 

 sub dimidio latissima (,5U— 100 «/«;: 27 — 68 ;;;«;), petiolo lamina duplo ad plurimo bre\-iore, v. basi 



