LXXXVIII. 
BOUVARDIA TRIPHYLLA. os 
Three-leaved poner Wye o> 
ORDO NATURALIS. # 
Rubiacex. Juss. Gen. p. 196. 
ed - 
11., Pericarpium = ~~ inferum, 2-loculare, ier Stamina 4, Caulis herbaceus ° 
ye fi uticosus, Folia opposit 
Pericarpium compressum, membranacetm, septi lamellis solutis pra pre ter rimam intra calycem con- e 
trariam 2-valve. Calyx profunde 4-fidus sinubus 1- 2-denticulatis. Gorolla | onga: Tubus inferne 
cylindraceus fauce ibi villis claus, inde 4-gonus et angustissime infundibuliformis - bree 
veges 8 +-partitus: extus pappillaris. Antherz ore tubi subsessiles:Stigma 2-partitum laciniis 
ovalibils: Semina sessilia, orbicularia, late alate. Frutex erectus. Ca teretiusculus, Folia sepwus 
3-na, ovato-cuneata. Stipule intrafoliacee, vaginales, inter petiolos (Sra preter denticulos mi- 
nores. Flores coccinei, inodori * Paniculis terminalibus corymbosis. Bractee parve. In memoriam ‘ 
Canou Bouvarn, Horti Parisiensis Botanicorumque olim fautoris. 
> : 
,) B. foliorum lamin margine scabra, acuminulata : coroll4 8-10 lineas longa, ‘ «<* 
‘Variat a: Foliorum lamina anguste odeto-caneata. 
oustonia pepe Kenn. in Bot. Rep. . 106. cum Ic. Ixora Americana. Jacq. Hort. 
head.‘ p. 9. cum Ic. Ixora ternifolia. Cav. Ic. 0. 4. p. 3. € t, 305. 
B: Foliorum Fh late ovato-cuneata. | i * 
Sponte pacuiem in Mexico, legit L. NEE. ee 
Floret apud noel Juiio in Octobrem. . 
Two = fhent any election Weiss of which the 
i. — tos varie es of aa iful ia now ornamen free gia mi can find no other differences. It 
pository. I have therefore called it Pasty He af s Bouvarp, M. D. who was ee of the 
a 
“ =a Royal at Paris, and a real friend to that noble peggy HP in its infancy. Bp, od os ee 
which in my opinion it most nearly a roaches, are fianel scar 4 ‘there is” 
Aothing is yet known but what “ae ae nserted in the Mantissa poston hio melon is aes 
Ro specimen in his herbarium; and it bg probably be distinguished eben! different in genus: the 
said to be hollow. Nacibea of AvBLET contains two plants u s Sab Sscall by hairs: in 
oo of Coccinea has 8 segments newsly hee and the orifice of the - of Browne does 
Soth pare : t importance in 
not agree with either of Avsiar’s ants in its ccalygagnd coro corolla, both parts of grea : . 
— Sw Rubiacee ; yet these v a 2 yor 5-androus genus of Forsk 
L's, have been jumbled together vis | Brofeanors WARTZ - : 
Bouvardia differs from all of them in Lg _ 4-angular | corolla, as welkas i in habit, and inflo- 
ta a8 ripened fruit in the cues of porto ose during the winter, 
on of cultivating the plant here, is to place it In ring a 
“ie it is more tender than many Mexican plants, a rarely spies seeds, but may be aaa 
cuttings. y 
Stem? of our plant a foot high, erect, roundish, somewhat 3-angular 
hairy, the branches in each whorl of different t lengths his. Leaves comely sia ih the upper solace of the 
segments 
