B. versicolor

(various-coloured). fl., corolla with a scarlet tube, which is ¾in. long, but having the limb yellowish inside; corymbs three-flowered, trichotomous, drooping. July to September. l. opposite, lanceolate, ciliated. Branches terete, glabrous, velvety while young. h. 2ft. to 3ft. South America, 1814. (B. R. 245.) The garden hybrids are very handsome. A selection is given below: A LFRED N EUNER , flowers double, white, or slightly tinged with rose (see Fig. 272); B RILLIANT , flowers bright crimson, numerous, freely branching habit, and strong constitution; D AZZLER ,* habit very bushy and compact, extremely floriferous, flowers rich scarlet, in dense clusters; H OGARTH , brilliant scarlet, very fine; L ONGIFLORA F LAMMEA ,* flowers long-tubed, blush-rose; M AIDEN'S B LUSH ,* very free and floriferous, blush-rose; P RESIDENT G ARFIELD , rich double, red-pink, very fine; Q UEEN OF R OSES , rosy-pink, the tubes tinted with crimson, habit dwarf and very free; V REEL AND I (=D A VIDS ON I ), flowers pure white, produced in great abundance; one of the most useful of them all, and grown very extensively. IMG:7081556231692414330_i_207b.jpg: F IG . 272. B OUVARDIA A LFRED N EUNER .