TERNSTREMIACEA. | 95 
GuaTeMaLa, Volcan de Fuego, at 10,500 feet (Salvin). Hb. Kew. 
This is characterized by stout furfuraceous branches, narrow lanceolate pale green | 
leaves on long petioles, and the numerous lateral veins prominent below. © 
8. Saurauja pauciserrata, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 1, p. 3. (Tab. VII.) 
Glabra, ramis rugosis, foliis ad apices ramorum confertis longe petiolatis membranaceis obovato-lan- 
ceolatis acuminatis basi valde attenuatis precipue supra medium remote serratis, pedunculis 
paucifloris, floribus mediocribus. 
Arbor formosa (Salvin), glabra, cortice (in siccis) valde rugoso, ramis ad apices tantum foliosis, 
Folia petiolata, membranacea, lanceolata, obovato-lanceolata, acuta vel acuminata, ad basin gra- 
datim attenuata, preecipue supra medium remote mucronulato-serrulata, lamina usque 6 poll. 
longa, petiolo gracili 1-14-pollicari. Flores (masculinos tantum vidi) albi, suaveolentes (Salvin) , 
in paniculas angustas 9-12-floras longe pedunculatas dispositi, pedunculis infra nudis, 2-3-pol- 
licaribus, ad basin ramulorum bracteatis bracteis foliaceis, pedicellis brevibus strigilloso- 
paleaceis ; sepala ovato-oblonga vel fere rotundata, ciliata, ad 3 lin. longa; petala obovato- 
oblonga, 5-6 lin. longa, basi fere libera; stamina numerosa, filamentis basi strigilloso-barbatis ; 
ovarium rudimentarium, globosum, stylis obsoletis. 
GUATEMALA, Volcan de Fuego (Salvin). Hb. Kew. 
This species is near S. leucocarpa, but differs in being glabrous, in the rugose bark, 
distant serratures, &c. 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. VII. 
Portion of plant, natural size. Fig. 1, a flower, enlarged; 2, the same, with the stamens and petals 
removed, to show the rudimentary ovary. 
9. Saurauja pedunculata, Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 341, 342; 2S. serrata, DC. 
Sourh Mexico, Jalapa (Coulter, 95), Vera Cruz (Gouin, 75), Orizaba (Bottert, 908, 
248), valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 2241), Orizaba (Bilamek, 70). Hb. Kew. 
10. Saurauja scabrida, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 1, p. 3. - 
Fulvo- vel rufo-strigilloso-furfuracea, foliis amplis lanceolatis supra scabridis subtus velutinis, flori- 
bus parvis in paniculas amplas laxe ramosas dispositis. 
Arbor (?) grandifolia, novellis strigilloso-furfuraceis. Folia petiolata, subcoriacea, lanceolata, ellip- 
tica vel obovato-lanceolata, 8-12 poll. longa, 38-5 poll. lata, acuta, basi cuneata vel rotundata, 
supra scabrida, subtus velutino-tomentosa, secus nervos strigilloso-furfuracea vel squamulata, 
margine mucronulato-denticulato, petiolo ad pollicari. Flores parvi, in paniculas axillares 
pedunculatas laxas dispositi, ramulis pedicellis calycibusque dense furfuraceo-squamulatis ; 
sepala inequalia, ovata vel rotundata, obtusa, circiter 2 lin. longa; petala obovata, 3-4 lin. 
longa; filamenta basi barbata; ovarium glabrum, 5-loculare, stylis petalis equilongis. Bacca 
globosa, ad 4 lin. diametro, polysperma, seminibus insigniter scrobiculatis. 
SoutH Mexico, valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 1747), Huatusco, region of Orizaba 
(Bourgeau, 3221). Hb. Kew. 
