Bougainvillea.] NYCTAGINE. 863 
1685/2. Var. procumpens; F. B. I. iv. 709. B. procumbens 
wd 
In all the provinces ; common chiefly in the central and 
eastern parts. 
A large, diffusely branched herb. 
1685/3. Var. prrrusa; F. B. I. iv. ii E. D. B. 619. 
ota Nagpur; Orissa, ra: 
A large, diffusely oe hens Vernac. Sant, punar- 
iba. 
1686. BoeRHAAVIA REPANDA Willd. ; F. B. I. iv. 709. 
ehar 
A i ittwealy branched herb. 
764. ani Vea Comm. 
Shrubs, often climbing, usually armed with recurved or straight 
Spines ; leaves plouenais. petioled, ee Flowers bracteate, one 
inserted on the midrib below the middle of each bract, greenish 
below, rose or yellow above ; bracts in threes, large, leafy, coloured. 
Perianth- mabe slightly curved, narrow, fusiform below the middle, 
above narrow, funnel-s shaped, and at length twisted; limb shortly 
5-6-lobed,. often crispately edged. Stamens 7-8, included; filaments 
capillary, unequal, connate below in a cup; anthers didymous. 
Ovary narrow-tusifo orm, stipitate; ovule solitary, erect; style 
short, lateral, filiform rm, included; stigma elongated, one-sided. 
Fruit enclosed in the coriaceous, slightly compressed, 5-ribbe 
Perianth-base ; utricle stipitate, cylindric or clavate. Seed with a 
thin — ; embryo hooked ; cotyledons convolute, enclosing the 
album 
Leaves ie snes: glabrous; flowers sitesi: throughout pei bie ; 
bracts magenta labra 
Leaves ar Sicscabatieas softly pubescent; flowers appearing only in o ae 
S€ason :— 
Bracts dark magenta or purple spectabilis 
Bracts brick or terra- votia sed spectabilis var. lateritia 
1687. Boucamvittea GLaBra Choisy. 
In gardens, both native and European 
A large, sienbing shrub, with axillary; recurved spines ; 
native of Bra 
