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inter Goyaz et Cavalcante: Burchell n. 7570 ; in prov. Alto Amazonas 

 ad Rio Punts m. Sept. flor. etfruct.: Trail n. 352; ad Rio Maranhdo: 

 Pohl n. 2351; ad confluentes Teffc et Maranhdo in arenosis m. Nov. flor.: 

 Poeppig n. 2829; prope Ega m. Nov. flor. et fruct.: Poeppig n. 2856; 

 in prov. Para inter Santarem et Obidos: Spruce n. 434*; ad Montalegre 

 m. Oct. flor. : Trail n. 349; in Surinam: Hostmann n. 189, 943, Ber- 

 thou-Coulon n. 517, Wtdlschlaegel n. 220; prope Paramaribo ad vias : 

 WullscMaegel n. 219, 1477 ; in campis districtus Para m. Febr. — Apr. 

 flor. etfruct.: Kappler n. 1452; in Guiana anglica : Rob. ScJwmburgk 

 n. 189; ad fl. Rupunooni: Rich. Schomburgk n. 370; in Venezuela inter 

 Atures et Maypures: Bonpland n. 886 ; in ins. Trinidad: v. Rolir. 



14. PIRIQUETA RACEMOSA Sweet: annua, caule 

 30 — 60 cm. alto, pilis aureis v. rufescentibus, crassitiem caulis 

 aequantibus v. duplo superantibus , basi plerumque coronula 

 pilorum stellarium pluries minorum circumdatis hispido, pube 

 simplice tenuissima albida plus minus densa intermixta, setulis 

 deficientibus ; foliis inferioribus 10 — 20, raro — 40 mm. longe 

 petiolatis, ovatis usque lanceolatis, 2 — 3-plo longioribus quam 

 latioribus eglandulosis ; floribus heterostylis, in racemum ter- 

 minalem superne aphyllum collectis; prophyllis nullis; pedi- 

 cellis fruct. 3 — 5 mm. longis; calyce 4,5 — 8 mm. longo, in 

 2 /s — 1 /s alt. coalite- ; petalis luteis v. aurantiacis; fructibus 

 dorso laevibus, nunc obsolete reticulato-impressis ; seininibus 

 obovato-oblongis, sed arcuato-curvatis, nodis reticuli gibberoso- 

 elevatis. 



Piriqiteta racemosa Sweet ex Steud. Nomencl. II ed. II. 

 724; TJrb. Mon. Turn. 77. 



Turnera racemosa Jacq. Hort. Vindob. III. 49. t. 94! ; 

 Willd. Spec. Plant. I. 1505 et Herb. n. 60901; DC. Prodr. 

 III. 348 (excl. patr.J; Camb.f in St-Hil. Flor. Bras, merid. 

 II. 163. 



Cotyledoxes ovato-oblongae, 2 — 2V2-plo longiores quam latiores, in 

 petiolum duplo breviorem pilosulum angustatae. Caulis supra basin 2 ad 

 4,5 mm. crassus, teres obsolete striatus. Folia acuta, raro obtusiuscula, 

 basi plerumque rotundata, rarius paullo in petiolum protracta v. einargi- 

 nato-subcordata, inferiora 4 — 10 cm. longa, 1,5 — 5 cm. lata, margiue piano 

 fere usque ad basin inaequaliter crenata v. crenato-deutata , nervis supra 

 paullo v. obsolete impressis et jrilis stellaribus aequaliter inspersa, subtus 

 plus minus tomentosa v. ad nervos hirsuta, suprema decrescentia, celeriter 

 minora et subito ad bracteas vix 1 mm. longas subulatas, dein ad callos 

 fasciculosque pilorum reducta. Racemus postremo laxus, usque 40 cm. 

 longus, axe post delapsum pedunculorum iuferiorum longe denudato; pe- 

 dunculi postremo 1 — 4 cm. longi, parce bispidi et obsolete pilosuli. Calyx 

 extrinsecus aureo-tomentosus hispidusve, intus post filamenta parce v. par- 

 cissime pilosus, lobis lanceolatis obtusiusculis v. obtusis, saepe mucronatis 

 3- v. sub-5-nervibus. Petala calycem dimidio v. fere duplo superantia, 

 7 — 10 mm. longa, ovata, inferne subcuneata glaberrima, corona 0,5 ad 

 0,8 mm. longa usque ad medium fimbriato-lacera. Filamexta tubo 0,7 ad 

 1 mm. longe adnata, glaberrima, longiora 4,5—5,5 mm., breviora 3 — 3,5 nun. 

 longa; antberae clausae elliptico-oblongae, 1,5 — 2 mm. longae, 0,6— 0,8 mm. 

 latae, vix 27-2-plo longiores quam latiores, apice obsolete emarginatae, in 

 »/ 3 _2/ 3 a it. affixae, defloratae superne revolutae, cmribus patentibus. Stym 

 glabri v. pilis parcis tenuibus rectis obsiti, apice cr. 0,5 mm. longe fasci- 

 culatim multipartiti, stigmatibus ab antheris 1 — 1,5 mm. distantibus, lon- 

 giores 3,5—4 nun., breviores 1—2 mm. longi. Ovarium 36— 44-ovulatuni. 

 Fructus obovoideus v. globulosus 4,5—9 mm. longus; valvae dorso flavidae 

 v. flavo-virides, pilis simplicibus adpressis parcis v. crebrioribus obsitae, 

 intus glabrae flavescentes v. rlavido-virescentes. Semixa 1,7—2 mm. longa, 

 superne 0,6—1 mm. crassa, nigrescentia , striis incrassatis postremo inter 

 sese punctula impressa relinquentibus , basi in bihm conicum constricta, 

 cbalaza non v. parum prominente. 



Habitat in prov. Rio de Janeiro: Harrison, Glaziou n. 10885; in 

 prov. Minas Geraes prope Jiquitinhonha : St-Hilaire B 1 n. 1536, Pohl 



n. 5146; ad Rha do Pdo: Pohl n. 3228 ; in prov. Bahia m. Apr. —Jul. 

 flor. et fruct. : Lhotsky ; in argillosis ibidem : Sqlzmann, et locis apricis 

 siccis: Blanchet n. Ill; in campis prope Cruz de Gosme : Luschnath 

 n. 143; ad Belmonte in arenosis: Kldnze n. 123; in campis siccis ad 

 Cachoeira m. Febr. flor. et fruct. : Martius n. 2197, 2456 ; in prov. Per- 

 nambuco: Gardner n. 929; in prov. Gear a locis siccis umbrosis prope 

 Crato, m. Oct. flor. etfruct.: Gardner n. 1668; ad Rio Doce: Martius. 



II. TURNERA Linn, emend. 



Turnera Plum. Gen. Am. 15; TJrb. Monogr. d. Turner. 81; 

 (ex p.) Linn. Gen. n. 376; Juss. Gen. 313; Poir. in Lam, 

 Encycl. VIII. 141; H.B.K. Nov. Gen. VI. 123; DC. Prodr. 

 III. 346; Camb. in St-Hil. Flor. Bras. mer. 154; Meissn. 

 Gen. 123 (89); Endl. Gen. p. 915. n, 5056; Griseb. Flor. 

 Brit. West-hid, 1st. 296; Benth. et Hook. Gen. I. 806; Baill. 

 Hist. Plant. IV. 321. — Bohadsciiia Presl Bel. Haenk. II. 

 98. — Triacis Griseb. Flor. Brit. West-Ind. Isl. 297. — 

 Tribolacis Griseb. I, c. 298. 



Sepala in Ys — 2 /3 alt. in tubum hemisphaericum, 

 mfundibuliformem v. plerumque campanulatum v. sub- 

 cylindraceum , ad insertionem filamentorum nudum v. 

 callis semiorbicularibus notatum 10-nervem coalita, sub 

 fauce non coronata. Petala calycis fauci inserta, in- 

 ferne cuneata, vix unguiculata, nuda, interdum intus 

 supra basin carinata. Filamenta cum tubo calycino 

 basi v. usque 3 mm. longe tota facie coalita, nunc 

 altius v. paene ad fancem, sed marginibus tantum ad 

 nervos calycis commissurales adnata; antlierae forma 

 variae. Styli apice manifeste flagellatim fissi v. iterum 

 dividendo multipartiti, rarissime obsolete trilobi. Fruc- 

 tus breviter globosus usque ovatus, brevior v. dimidio 

 longior quam crassior, ab apice paene usque ad basin 

 dehiscens, dorso laevis, impresso-reticulatus v. tubercu- 

 latus. Semina globuloso-obovata usque oblonga, pluri- 

 seriata, recta v. curvata, manifeste v. obsolete reticu- 

 lato-striata, areolis uni- v. non porosis, in hilum subito 

 contracta, arillo unilaterali, longitudine semen vix su- 

 perante v. dimidio breviore, margine crenato v. lacero. 



Herbae annuae, perennes, fruticuli, frutices 

 v. arbores, pube simplice, raro stellari, radiis pilorum 

 subaequalibus brevtbus griseis, nunquam secemente. Sti- 

 pulae nullae v. evolutae. Folia sessilia v. petiolata, 

 forma varia, rarissime pinnatifida v. -partita, glandidis 

 in crenis inferioribus v. dorso juxta incisuras v. plerum- 

 que ad basin v. ad petiolos manifestis, nunc plane de- 

 ficientibus. Flores axillares solitarii, saepius apice 

 ramorum, nunc abbreviatorum, conferti v. capituliformi- 

 aggregati, rarissime ex axillis plures in cymis v. in 

 capitulis later alibus dispositi; PEDUNCULl liberi v. cum 

 petiolis coaliti; prophylla semper evoluta; pedicelli 

 plerumque nulli. Petala lutea, raro coccinea, violacea 



