CINCHONACE^E. 



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gans,flagelliformis } grandiflorus (Night-blowing Cereus), la- 

 hiatus, Lowii, Mallisonii, Macdonaldii, Scottii, etc. 



CINCKONACEM. 



Exogens, the calyx adherent, with a definite number of divi- 

 sions or none. Corolla superior, tubular, with the divisions 

 equal to the segments of the calyx. Stamens arising from the 

 corolla and alternate with the segments. Ovary superior, sur- 

 mounted by a disc, usually two-celled. Leaves simple, quite 

 entire, opposite or verticillate. — Trees, shrubs, or herbs ; natives 

 generally of the tropics ; the properties principally tonic. 



BOUVAEDIA. 



Gen. Char. (Tetrandria Monogynia.) Calyx four-leaved, with 

 some teeth between ; corolla tubular ; anthers included ; capsule 

 two-parted, with many seeds, which are edged. 



Named after Dr. Bouvard, a French botanist. A genus 

 of beautiful shrubs from South America : B. versicolor is 

 generally considered a hothouse plant, but sometimes suc- 

 ceeds in the warmest part of the greenhouse, it has reddish 

 yellow flowers, with a drooping tube; triphylla, and Ja- 

 quinii have handsome scarlet flowers ; splendens, crimson, 



