446 Mr. J. Miers on the genus Saracha. 



9. Saracha viscosa, Schracl. Sweet. Br. Fl. Gard. (2nd ser.) 4. 

 tab. 323 ; Botanist, 4. tab. 168. 



10. puhescens, Willd. R. & Sch. Syst. 4. 687. 



11. allogona, Schl. Linn. 19. 308. Solanum allogo- 



num, Bernh. Linn. 8. 252 ; Walp. Rep. 3. 48. 



From this list are excluded S. punctata, R. & P., referred to 

 Pcecilochroma (Loud. Journ. Bot. 7. p. 354), and S. geniculata, 

 Mart. & Gall. Bull. Ac. Br. 12. 1. 133; Walp. 6. 575, which is 

 evidently referable to Physalis, on account of its solitary pendu- 

 lous flowers and yellow corolla with large purple spots. Galeotti's 

 Mexican plant, no. 1226, is said by Schlechtendal (Linn. 19. 308) 

 to be the Saracha angulata, Linn., which is clearly a typical error, 

 instead of Physalis angulata, Linn. Among the doubtful or un- 

 described species of Saracha may also be mentioned as of no 

 value for want of sufficient details, S. brasiliensis, Klotzsch, Linn. 

 14. 290; S. micrantha, DeC. Cat. Hort. Monsp. 1813 ; S. peru- 

 viana, D. Diet. Gartnerlexicon, 8. 525. 



The following new species are now to be added to this genus ; 



12. Saracha ciliata (n. sp.) ; — caule angulato, glabro, vel sparse 

 aspero-pilosulo, dichotome ramoso; foliis geminis, oblongis, 

 utrinque attenuatis, subglabris, aut leviter glanduloso-asperis, 

 eroso-denticulatis, et ad marginem ciliatis, breviter petiolatis ; 

 pedunculo brevi, axillari, vel e dichotomiis orto, umbellatim 

 2-floro, pedicellis apicc incrassatis, pilosis; calyce majusculo, 

 5-partito, fere glabro, in nervis piloso, laciniis acutis ; corolla 

 ampla, pallide lutea, rotata, angulato-5-loba, lobis acutis, 

 glabra, sed in nervis 15 extus pilosa, staminibus corollas di- 

 midio brevioribus, glabris. — Peruvia, v. s. in herb. Hook, (in 

 valle Limse, Mathews, n. 834). 



This plant in its habit much resembles S. diffusa, but it is dif- 

 ferent in the form of its leaves, and in its much larger pale yel- 

 low flowers, with comparatively short, glabrous stamens and large 

 anthers. Its leaves are If inch long, ^ inch broad, on a petiole 

 \ inch long : the peduncle is 4 lines long, and its much thicker 

 pedicels are of equal length : its broadly spread campanular calyx 

 is half an inch long, cleft nearly half way into five equal acute 

 segments : the corolla is probably the largest of the genus, mea- 

 suring in diameter nearly 2 inches, with five deep acute lobes, 

 the stamens being quite glabrous, erect, and 4 or 5 lines long. 



13. Saracha propinqua (n. sp.) ; — herbacea, caule dichotome 

 ramoso ; glabro ; foliis lanceolato-ellipticis, margine eroso-den- 

 ticulatis, utrinque sparse glanduloso-asperis, petiolo gracili, 

 pubescente ; pedunculo elongato, gracili, umbellatim 2— 6-floro, 

 axillari vel e dichotomiis orto, vix pubescente, pedicellis longis, 

 filiformibus ; calyce rotato, lobis acutis ; corolla cserulea, rotata. 



