Mr. J. Miers on the genus Saracha. 449 



the pedicels | inch in length, and the calyx nearly half an inch in 

 diameter. 



18. Saracha conspersa (n. sp.) ; — caule dichotome ramoso^ angu- 

 lato-striato, pubescente ; foliis geminatis^ oblongis^ acuminatis, 

 basi subobtusiusculis, repente attenuatis et in petiolum elon- 

 gatura decurrentibus, utrinque molliter pubescentibus, nervis 

 patentim pilosis, margine subrevoluto ciliatis ; fioribus umbel- 

 latis, pedunculo axillari petiolo duplo longiore, pedicellis 4-6 

 dimidio brevioribuSj patentim radiatis ; calycis laciniis lineari- 

 acutis, patentim villosis ; corolla rotata, viridi-lutea, maculis 

 plurimis viridibns ad medium notata, glabra, 5-angulata, an- 

 gulis acutis, margine ciliata, staminibus glaberrimis, erectis, 

 corollse sequilongis. — Mexico^ v. in herb. Hook. [Dr. Coulter, 

 Zimapan, no. 1227.) 



The leaves of this plant are 2^ inches long, 1-^ inch broad, on 

 a pilose slender petiole half an inch in length ; the peduncle is 

 1^ inch, the pedicels ^ to | inch long, the calyx 2 lines, the co- 

 rolla I inch in diameter, and the stamens \ inch in length. 



19. Saracha acutifolia (n. sp.) ; — caule angulato, fere glabro ; 

 foliis lineari-lanceolatis, grosse inciso-serratis, apice acumina- 

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

 gineque sparse pilosis ; floribus axillaribus, foliis dimidio bre- 

 vioribus, pedunculo gracili, sub 2 floro ; calyce acutilobo, hir- 

 sutulo ; corolla rotata, 5-angnlata, lutea, glabra, margine ciliata, 

 intus imo maculata et tomentosa, staminibus brevioribus, fila- 

 mentis glabris, antheris iisque ajquilongis. — 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 1^ inch long, 

 5 lines wide in their broadest part, with about five deeply incised 

 teeth on each side ; the petiole measures only ^ inch, the hairs 

 are very short and scabrid, and are seen chiefly on the nervures 

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

 long ; the corolla aci'oss 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.) ; — caule fere suffruticoso, molliter 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-floro ; calyce piloso, 5-dentato ; corolla rotata, 5-angulata, 



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