BOUVARDIA

(Lat.),n.f. Bu-vasrd'i?-a8. Fr., bouvardie. Of Salisbury, a genus of cinchonaceous (rubiaceous) shrubs and herbs. [B, 215.]—B. ‘an gust i folia. Sp., trompe till a [Mex. Ph.]. A species the leaves of which, as well as those of B. hirtella and B. trill a. are used in decoction in Mexico as a remedy for rabies. J. M. Maisch, ‘* Am. Jour. of Pharm.,” April, 1886, p. 168,)—B. hirella. A species employed in Mexico as stated under B. a ti- ‘olia.—B. Jacquini [Humboldt and Bonpland], B. triphylla Salsbury: Gee Ixora american a [Jacquin], Houstonia coccinea [Andr.j. À species having three leaves with stipules between their petioles; used in Mexico as a mild astringent and tonic, also as a remedy for rabies. The powdered root is applied to old weak ulcers. [J. M. Maisch, J. c.; B, 19, 180.]