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Turneraceae A. P. 2?C. Prodr. III. 345; BartL Ord. nat. 271; LindL Nat. Syst. II. cd. 71; Meissn. 

 Gen. 123 (89); Endl. Gen. p. 914; SchnizL Iconogr. III. ad t. 193; Harv. in Harv. et Sond. Flor. 

 Cap. II. 599; Benth. et Hook. Gen. I. 806; Le Maout et Dene. Trait, gen. 277; Majcw. T. Mast, in Oliv. 

 Flor. trop. Afr. II. 501; Balf. fil. in Linn. Soc. Jonrn. XV. 159; Field. Bliithendiagr. II. 447; Urban. 

 Monographie der Familie der Turneraceen in Jahrbuch des Kgl. botanisclten Gartens und botanisclun Mtmums 

 zu Berlin II. (1883.) p. 1—152 et t. I— II. Loaseamm sect. Turneraceae H.B.K. Nov. Gm. 

 VI. 123. — Passifloracearum pars Berth. Seem, in Bot. of Herald 129 et in Hook. Keir Hard. Misc. 

 VI. 53. — Bixacearum ser. Turnereae Baill. Hist. Plant. IV. 286, 293 et in Adansonia X. 258. 



Dicotyledoneae choripetalae perigynae; floribus regularibus perianthio duplice 5- 



MERO; CALYCE INFERNE TUBULOSO, SUPERNE 5-LOBO, RARO IN 8EPALA IMBRICATA USQUE AD BASIN 

 SOLUTO; FETALIS 5 ALTERNANTIBUS, AESTTVATIONE SINISTRORSUM CONTORTIS. FAUCI CALYCIS, NUNC 

 TUBO INSERTIS; STAMINIBUS 5 EPISEPALIS E TUBO, PLERUMQUE SUPRA EJUS BASIN, PRODEUNTIBl'S, 

 ANTHERI8 INTRORSIS DITHECIS BIRIMOS1S ; OVARIO SUPERO 1-LOCULABI, OYULIS 3 — oo ANATROI'IS 

 PLERUMQUE HORIZONTALIBUS , STYLIS 3 APICE PLERUMQUE IX RAMULOS STIGMATIFEROS NUMEROSOS 

 DIYISIS; FRUCTU CAPSULARI 3-VALVi; SEMINIBITS ELEGANTER RETICULATO-STRIATIS, ALBUMINE CARNOSO 

 COPIOSO; EMBRYONE MAGNO RECTO V. CURVATO. — HERBAE 1—2- V. PEREXXES. FRVT1CUL1, FRU- 

 TICES V. RARO ARBORES; FOLIIS ALTERXIS, SERRATIS. CREXATIS V. DEXTATIS. NUNC SUBIXTEGRIS V. 

 PIXXATIPARTITIS. EXSTIPULATIS V. STIPVLAS PARVAS (iEREXTrnrs ; FLORIBUS EX AXILLIS FOLIO RVU 

 SOLITARIIS, CAPITVLIFORMI-AGGREGATIS. IN CYMAS V. IX HXi'IXXOS DISPOSITIS, NUNC RACEMOS1S. 



Flores hermaphroditi, saepissime heterostyli. Sepala 5, per aestivationem quincuncialiter sibi 

 imbricata. intus supra basin ad v. supra filanientorum insertionem saepius callo semiorbiculari v. angu- 

 stissime lanceolato, rarissime glandula ampla ootata, inferne v. usque supra medium in tubum infundi- 

 buliformem. campanulatum v. cylindrareum coalita, raro libera, basi arcumctrca abrupta cum petalis et 



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