18 ILLUSTRATIONS OF 



attenuatis, et saltim obtusiusculis, grosse sinuato-serratis^ laci- 

 nulis obtusis, margine eroso-denticulatis et ciliatis^ basi sub- 

 insequalibusj in petioluin gracilem angustissime decurrentibus^ 

 submembranaceisj reticulato-venosis, vix glabris, vcl utrinque 

 prsesertiiu in venis glanduloso-pilosis ; floribus in dicbotomiis 

 umbellatis^ 4-6 floris, pedunculo elongato gracillimo^ pedicel- 

 lisque filiformibus glabris ; calyce rotato^ angulato^ 5-dentato; 

 corolla rotata, 15-nervia, extus lanuginosa^ margine 5-angu- 

 lata, longe ciliata^ staminibus erectis, coroUse dimidio brevio- 

 ribus^ glabris, — Peruvia, v. in herb. Hooh (Cuesta de Purru- 

 cbuchoj Mathews J no, 77 Oy S. contorta noncupata.) 



This species clearly does not correspond with the Saracha con- 

 torta of the ^ Flora Peruviana/ agreeing neither with its figure nor 

 its description. The leaves^ which are remarkable not only for 

 their sinuose serrate border, but for their distinctly eroso-ciliate 

 margins, are 2| inches long, 1 1 inch broad, with a petiole half 

 an inch in length : the peduncle of the umbel is from f to 1 inch 

 or sometimes 2\ inches, and the pedicels | inch long ; the very 

 expanded flower measures 8 lines in diameter* The whole plant 

 appears herbaceous and almost glabrous, and is said to flower in 

 April. 



15. Saracha laxa (n. sp.) ; — caule angulato-striato, subglabro vel 

 parce puberulo, dichotome ramoso : foliis late ovatis, basi sub- 

 obtusis, repente in petiolum attenuatis, utrinque squamoso- 

 pilosis, pihs articulatis; floribus umbellatis, pedunculo axillari, 

 elongato, pedicellisque 2-6 tertio brevioribus, pilosis ; calyce 

 acutilobo, hirsuto; corolla rotata, angulato-5-loba, lobis acutis, 

 utrinque glabra; staminibus dimidio brevioribus; bacca pisi- 

 formi, calyce rotato aucto suffulta. — Mexico, v. in herb. Hook, 

 (Oaxaca, Galeotti, no. 1 169.) 



The branches of this plant are straight and slender, the inter- 

 nodes beinjr very distant (4^ inches apart) ; the leaves are 1| inch 

 long and li inch broad, upon a petiole half an inch in length ; 

 the pedunde is 2 inches long, slender, the pedicels being | 

 inch in length ; the calyx is cleft half way down, and is about 

 3 lines broad ; the corolla when spread measures nearly an inch 

 in diameter. 



16. Saracha auriculata (n. sp.) ; — caule angulato, dichotome flex- 

 uoso, glaberrimo, rubesccnte; foliis geminatis, rhomboideo- 

 lanceolatis, acuminatis, imo in petiolum cuneatis, infra medium 

 acutato-auriculatis, et irregulariter grosse sinuato-dentatis, 

 utrinque glabris, subtus nervis prominulis, margine subciliatis ; 

 umbella sub-6-flora, pediceUis pedunculo axillari sequilongis, 

 glabris, apice incrassatis ; corolla parvula, rotata, 5-angulata, 



