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BOUVARDIA ANGUSTIFOLIA. 
(naRROW-LKAVED BOUVARDIA.) 
CLASS. ORDER. 
TETRANDRTA. MONOGYNIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
RUBIACEiE. 
Generic Character. — Calyx with a subglobose tube and a four-parted limb ; lobes linear, subulate, 
sometimes with a tooth between each lobe. Corolla funnel-shaped, tubular, elongated, beset with 
velvety papillse outside, with a naked throat, and a four-parted spreading short limb. Stamens 
having tbe filaments adnate to the tube at the base, and free from about the middle ; anthers linear, 
inclosed. Stigma bilamellate, exserted. Superior part of the ovarium naked. Capsule membra- 
naceous, globose, a little compressed, two-celled, and dehiscing at the cells above ; valves semi-septi- 
ferous. Placentas orbicular. Seeds many in each cell, compressed, imbricated downwards. — Don's 
Gard. and Botany. 
Specific Character. — Plant shrubby. Stems roundish, smooth. Leaves sometimes in pairs, some- 
times three in a whorl, sessile, lanceolate, revoliite at the edges, glabrous above, but covered with 
small hairs beneath. Corymbs dense. Flowers somewhat drooping. Calyx short; segments 
subulate, equal. Corolla red, interior of the lobes of a pinkish hue. 
In discussing the merits of the various plants which present themselves to our 
notice, we have often had occasion to commend dwarfness, as a characteristic at all 
times attractive. And when any species combines with this a striking display of 
blossoms, of a rich and brilliant colour, it invariably secures the esteem of the many 
who acknowledge a susceptibility to floral charms. It is a universal trait in the 
human composition, to feel fascinated much sooner by a close grouping of showy 
tints, tastefully arranged, than by any very scattered disposition of the same quan- 
tity and variety of hue. Hence, an humble plant, that possesses, besides, a large 
share of other incentives to our attachment, always excites love in a higher degree, 
although its loftier neighbours may more certainly command admiration. 
A glance at the genus Bouvardia discloses several highly interesting species of 
the class here described. B. triphylla is a recognised favourite with most cultiva- 
tors. Its culture is, however, strangely on the decline, and it is by no means so 
commonly seen as it was a few years back. Some culturists seem almost to have 
forgotten the mode of treatment whereby such splendid exhibitions of its flowers 
