448 Mr. J. Miers on the genus Saracha. 



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

 obtusis, repente in petiolum attennatis, utrinqne squamoso- 

 pilosis, pilis articulatis ; floribus umbellatis, pedunculo axillari, 

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

 acutilobo, hirsute ; 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 being very distant (4^^ inches apart) ; the leaves are If inch 

 long and 1^ inch broad, upon a petiole half an inchjin length ; 

 the peduncle is 2 inches long, slender, the pedicels being J 

 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 sequilongis, 

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

 lutea, glabra, margine ciliata; staminibus corollse sequilongis, 

 imo hirsutulis ; bacca pisiformi, calyce subaucto rotato suffulta. 

 — Nova Granada, v. in herb. Hook. (Plages de Combayma, 

 Goudot.) 



This species is very distinct, being entirely glabrous : its leaves 

 are 3| inches long, 1 inch broad in the middle, and 1| inch across 

 the very acute and somewhat auricular lobes, the petiole being 

 ^ inch in 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 lines long ; the berry is globular, 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 ; pedunculo 

 axillari, 2-floro, pedicellisque sequilongis pubescentibus ; bacca 

 pisiformi, calyce persistente rotato, reticulato, semi 5-fido, lobis 

 triangularibus, margine nervisque ciliatis, suffulta. — Mexico, 

 V. in herb. Hook. {Dr. Coulter, no. 1226.) 



The leaves of this species are If inch long and f inch broad, 

 on a petiole f inch in length. The peduncle is half an inch long. 



