20 , ILLUSTRATIONS OF 



tissimis^ imo in petiolum attenuatis, utrinque in nervis mar- 

 gineque sparse pilosis ; floribus axillaribus^ foliis dimidio bre- 

 vioribuSj pedunculo gracilis sub 2-floro ; calyce acutilobo, hir- 

 stitulo ; corolla rotata^ 5-angulataj lutea^ glabra, margine ciliata, 

 intus imo maculata ct tomentosa, staminibus brevioribiis^ fila- 

 mentis glabris, autberis iisque seqnilongis. — California, v, in 

 herb. Hook. {Dr. Coulter^ no. 593.) 



The specimen above noticed is not more than 4 inches in 

 length, and is probably only a fragment, but the plant would 

 seem to be very small in its growth ; the leaves are \^ inch long, 



wide 



measures 



•vures 



and margin ; the calyx is very short with acute lobes, about a line 

 long ; the corolla across its mouth measures about | inch in dia- 

 meter, the filaments are 2 lines, the anthers 1^ line, and the 

 pistil 3 lines long : the peduncle and pedicels together measure 

 about half an inch. 



20. Saracha vestita (n. sp.) ; — caulefere suffruticoso, moUiter to- 

 mentoso-hirtello ; foliis oblongis, apice attenuato-acuminatis, 

 basi obtusiusculis, margine eroso-denticulatis, utrinque tomen- 

 tosis, breviter petiolatis, petiolis pedunculisque pilis patentibus 

 articulatis flavidis dense sericeis ; pedunculo axillari, sub-brevi, 

 2-floroj calyce piloso, 5-dentato; corolla rotata, 5-angulata, 

 extus margineque pubescente ; staminibus pilosis ; bacca pisi- 

 formi, calyce subaucto rotato suffulta. — Columbia, v. in hei'h. 

 Hook. [Hartwegy no. 1292.) 



Judging from the specimen above referred to, this plant would 

 appear to be almost erect, and diflFerent from the usually strag- 

 gling dichotomous growth of this genus, but in the structure of 

 the flower and of the seed it accords entirely with Saracha. The 

 leaves are 1^ inch long, f inch broad, upon a very short petiole 

 of 4 or 5 lines ; the very sericeous peduncle with its two pedicels 

 are scarcely longer than half an inch ; the calyx in flower mea- 

 sures f inch in diameter, increasing in fructification to a dia- 

 meter of I inch ; the corolla barely measures | inch across, and 

 three parallel nervures extend from the apex of each segment to 

 the base ; the fruit is from 3 to 4 lines in diameter. 



21. Saracha glandulosa (n. sp.) ; — glanduloso-pubescens ; foliis 

 alternis, floralibus subgeminis, oblongis, acuminatis, in petio- 

 lum longiusculum attenuatis, insequaliter grosse serratis et 

 eroso-denticulatis, crassis, utrinque tomentosis, nervis patentim 

 pilosis, margine glanduloso-ciliatis, superioribus subintegris ; 

 pedunculo brevi, axillari, 2-floro, pedicellis «quilongo ; calyce 



