THREE NEW SPECIES OF SAPINDACE^ FROM WESTERN MEXICO AND 



LOWER CALIFORNIA.' 



By L. EaiujvOFKr. 



Serjauia (?) albida Kadlk. »[>. ii(t\ , ; l\tulUnia (?) 8i.. Vaaey et Kose, Coiitr. Nat. 

 Hfvl). i. 82 (1890). StandeuH, siirtruticosa, parvula; rami (caules) teuues, sexau- 

 gulares, aiinulis glabria, faciwbus liivitor canaliculatis, albide ])ulverulento-]mberuli8; 

 VA)X\nm li,^nosuni sinipU^x; folia ternata; foliola parvii, ovata, obtusa, subtrilobo- 

 deutata, teniiiuale in petiohilum l<>n-,nini augnste uiargiuatuui abruptii coutractum, 

 lateralia petiolulis brevioribus insidentia, oimiia membranacea, pallide viridia, 

 opaca, glabra, nee nisi glauduliM niicn.acopicis adspcrsa, puiictis pidhicidiH ob.scuriiis 

 notata, epidcnuido iimcigera (pagiui(» 8uperiorif^ quo([ue stomatibii.s iiistructa) ; 

 petiolus (coinnmuiH) breviH, mulus; tbyrsl soiitarii, folia siiba-quantes, rachi per- 

 brevi ; floras (uon nisi iusectorum ictu deformati Miippetebant ) parvi ; 80]iala i)nberula. 



Rami tliyraigtiri dianwtro 1.5-2 nun,, intcvnodiis ♦doiigatis .^>-7 cm., bmgis. FoUa 

 3-0 f-m. longa, 2-4 cm. lata ; foliolatermiiialia pctiolulol..'^ cm. bmgocxchiso l..^)-2cm. 

 longa, 1-1.5 cm. lata, lateralia minora; petiolua (i-15 mm. longns; stipuLr minima", 

 subulata'. Thyrsi 3-6 cm. lougi. 



In CnHfoniia hifcfiotr. ad Santa Agneda : Palmer No. 263! 



Olmrr. Affinis videtur Serjauia' {f) calijoruha: Kadlk. (v. Serj. Suppl. 18W). 139; 

 Cardm2}ermHm f sp. Gray), sed \\t Ivmh quoquo quoad genuH dubia est. An raaUinkv 

 sonorensiWats., an Cardiospermo Hpinoso Hadlk. congener? 



Serjauia brachylopha Radlk. sp. uov. ; Serjania h]). f Watson, I'roc. Amer. Acad, 

 sxii. 403 (1887); coll. Palmer No. 381! 



Scaudeus, fniticosa, ramia petiolisq.uc sparsini crispato-pilosis vel subsetnlosis, 

 ceterum glabra; rami subtrigoni, 6-snlcati, cortico pallide sabfn.sco; corpus liguosnm 

 compositum e centraii majore et porli>b.^ricis 3 parvis augulos efficii^ntibns; ioha 

 biternata; foliola lateralia ovato-oblouga, acuta vel inferiora obtusata, brcviter 

 petiolulata, terminalia late rbombea, acuta et mucronulata, iu petiolulum contracta, 

 omnia sub.luplicato-serratii, membranacea, reti veuarum tenerrinu) iuHtructii, pneter 

 nerves glabra uec nisi glandnlis mieroscopicis adspersa, impunctatn, cpidermide 

 mncigera; petiolus communis partialesque nudi; thyrsi solitarii, dense cinciuniferi; 

 ciucinui stipitati, detlorati pedicellorum supra medium articulatorum articulis inte- 

 rioribus stipitem icquautibus sat nnm^^rosis scopi formes; tlores parvuli; sepala 

 exteriori puberula, iuterioribua tomenteliis fere dimidlo breviora; fructus— 



Rami thyrsigeri diametro 2.5 mm. Folia circ. 11 cm. louga, totidem lata ; foliola 

 terminali petiolulo 1-ceutimetrali excluao 5 cm. louga, 3.5 cm. lata, latcralia.super- 



"iThe three following new species of Prof. Kadlkofer were intended to form a part 

 of ray next report upon Dr. Palmers Mexican plants. At Prof. Kadlkofcr's request, 

 I have published them here so as to enable him to refer to them in his work on the 

 order soon to appear. — J. N. RoSK. 



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