4.48 Mr. J. Miers on the genus Saracha. 
parce puberulo, dichotome ramoso : foliis late ovatis, basi sub- 
obtusis, repente in petiolum attenuatis, utrinque squamoso- 
pilosis, pilis articulatis ; floribus umbellatis, pedunculo axillari, 
elongato, pedicellisque. 2-6 tertio brevioribus, pilosis; calyce 
acutilobo, hirsuto ; corolla rotata, angulato-5-loba, lobis acutis, 
utringue glabra ; ‘staminibus dimidio brevioribus ; ; bacca pisi- 
formi, calyce rotato aucto suffulta.—Mexico, v. in herb. Hook. 
(Oaxaca, Galeotti, no. 1169.) 
The branches of this plant are straight and slender, the inter- 
nodes being very distant (45 inches apart) ; the leaves are 13 inch 
long and 14 inch broad, upon a petiole half an inch in length ; 
the peduncle is 2 inches long, slender, the pedicels being 2 
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, rubescente ; 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, pedicellis pedunculo axillari equilongis, 
glabris, apice incrassatis ; corolla parvula, rotata, 5-angulata, 
lutea, glabra, margine ciliata; staminibus corolle sequilongis, 
imo hirsutulis ; bacca pisiformi, calyce subaucto rotato suffulta. 
—Nova Granada, v. im herb. Hook. (Plages de Combayma, 
Goudot.) 
This species is very distinct, being entirely glabrous : its leaves 
are 31 inches long, 1 inch broad i in the middle, and 17 inch across 
the very acute and somewhat auricular lobes, the pees) being 
z inch im length ; the peduncle and pedicels are each % inch long; 
the calyx is 2 lines in length, becoming 6 lines in diameter in 
fruit ; the small yellow rotate corolla is only 5 lines in diameter, 
the stamens being 3 Imes long; the berry is — 3 to 4 lines 
in diameter. 
17. Saracha glabrata (n. sp.) ;—caule stricto, glabro, angulato ; 
foliis geminis, oblongis, utrinque attenuatis et glaberrimis, 
submembranaceis, reticulato-venosis, obsolete denticulatis, 
nervo marginali ciliatis, petiolo caniculato glabro; peduneulo 
axillari, 2-floro, pedicellisque equilongis pubescentibus ; bacca 
pisiformi, calyce persistente rotato, reticulato, semi 5-fido, lobis 
triangularibus, margine nervisque ciliatis, suffulta.—Mexico, 
». in herb. Hook. (Dr. Coulter, no. 1226.) 
The leaves of this species are 13 inch long and 3 inch broad, 
on a petiole 3 inch in length. The pedunele is half an inch long, 
