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glaberrimum ovato-globulosum. Fbxtctus globulosi v. breviter ovales, 2,5 

 ad 4,5 mm. diametro; valvae ovatae v. ovales apice acuto recurvatae, 

 dorso glabrae v. apice parce pilosulae, brnnneae, intus albido-flavidae, 

 ferrugineo-punctatae, nunc reticulato-impressae. Semina obovata, inferne 

 valde angustata et incurvata, cr. 3 mm. longa, 1,3 — 1,6 mm. crassa, te- 

 nuiter reticulato-striata , areolis minutis, brunnea, pilis flavidis dense ob- 

 sita, chalaza ventrali mediocri nigrescente, hilo breviter conico obtuso. 



Habitat var. a. in Guiana Gallica: Leblond ; in fissuris humidis 

 rupium ad fluv. Sinemari: Aublet ; in Guiana Anglica ad Potaro River: 

 Jenman n. 1249. — Var. £. in Guiana Gallica: Leprieur ; in fissuris 

 rupium ad Sinemari : Aublet ; in Guiana Anglica ad Potaro River : Jen- 

 man n. 917. — Flor. et fruct. m. Sept. — Dec. 



2. TURNERA CLAUSSENIANA Urb., fruticulus par- 

 vus, stipulis vix 0,5 mm. longis; petiolis 3 — 5 mm. longis 

 eglandulosis ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis v. lanceolatis, 372 — 6-plo 

 longioribus quam latioribus, supra glabrescentibus ; floribus in 

 axillis foliorum solitariis, remotis et in ramulis abbreviates 

 subglomeratis ; pedunculis 2 — 3 mm., pedicellis 1 mm. longis; 

 calyce 7 — 8 mm. longo; filamentis tenuissime pilosulis, an- 

 theris obtusiuscule apiculatis glabris; ovario piloso 6 — 9-ovu- 

 lato; valvis dorso obsolete tuberculatis. 



Tabula nostra XL VIII. Fig. I (analysis). 



Turnera Clausseniana Urb. Mon. Turn. 89. 



Planta 10 — 35 cm. alta. Rami vetustiores brunnei glabrescentes, 

 bornotini teretes v. superne angulati, tenuiter v. obsolete striati, pilis bre- 

 vissimis sursum curvatis praesertim ad apicem puberuli, in axillis foliorum 

 florem et posterius plerumque ramulum serialem brevem dense (raro 1-) 

 floriferum, raro binos gerentes. Stipulae ad petiolorum basin lineari- 

 subulatae, in indumento plerumque occultae. Folia utrinque sensim, sed ad 

 apicem plerumque magis angustata, tenuia, 4 — 8 cm. longa, 0,8 — 1,7 cm. 

 lata, margine toto serrata v. crenato-serrata, crenis satis amplis saepius 

 iterum obsolete serrulatis, nervis utrinque prominentibus, subtus paullum, 

 praesertim ad nervos pilosula ; suprema valde approximata celeriter decres- 

 centia bracteiformia vix centimetralia ; folia in ramis abbreviatis 2 — 0,5 cm. 

 longa v. breviora, anguste lanceolato-linearia, saepius squamiformia. Flo- 

 res dimorphi in axillis foliorum re vera solitarii, sed posterius, si ramuli 

 seriales evoluti sunt, specie subglomerati ; prophylla filiformia 2 — 4 mm. 

 longa, vix 0,3 mm. lata pilosa, supra basin, nunc medio quoque, dentibus 

 nonnullis linearibus apice glandnlosis aucta ; pedunculi, prophylla, pedicelli 

 in ramulis serialibus multo breviora. Calyx extrinsecus hirsutus, in */* 

 ad 2 /s alt. coalitus, tubo campanulato-cylindraceo, intus superne breviter 

 piloso, lobis lanceolatis, exterioribus 3-nervibus acuminatis, interioribus 

 usque 1 mm. longe mucronatis, nervis lateralibus obsoletis. Petala veri- 

 sim. lutea, intus inferne parce v. parcissime et tenuissime pilosula. Fila- 

 menta longiora 4,5 mm., breviora 2,5 — 3 mm. longa; antherae juniores 

 ovatae v. ellipticae 1,5 — 1,7 mm. longae, 0,6 — 0,8 mm. latae, basi vix in 

 Ve alt. emarginatae, dorso in concavitate in 2 /s alt. affixae, defloratae 

 ovatae v. ovato-orbiculares superne parum v. vix recurvatae. Styli par- 

 cissime et tenuissime pilosi, longiores 3 — 3,5 mm. longi, antheras 1,5 mm. 

 longe superantes, in parte a /s superiore flagellatim 12 — 15-fissi, breviores 

 1,8 mm. longi in parte */« superiore flagellatim divisi, ab antheris 1 mm. 

 distantes. Fructus verisimiliter breviter ovatus; valvae 5 mm. longae, 

 2,5 mm. latae, intus albido-flavescentes , extrinsecus pilis erectis brevibus 

 hirtellae, purpureo-punctatae. 



Habitat in prov. Minus Geraes : Claussen. 



3. TURNERA WEDDELLIANA Urb. et Rolfe, fru- 

 ticulus, stipulis 0,3 — 0,5 mm. longis; petiolis 2 — 4 mm. longis 

 eglandulosis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis usque ellipticis, 3 — 4-plo 

 longioribus quam latioribus, glabris v. brevissime pilosulis; 

 floribus in axillis foliorum solitariis remotis, pedunculis 2 ad 



15 mm., pedicellis 3—8 mm. longis; calyce 6—12 mm. longo; 

 filamentis inferne pilosis, antheris apiculatis v. acuminatis 

 glabris; ovario glabro 21 — 27-ovulato; valvis dorso impresso- 

 reticulatis; seminibus inferne arcuato-curvatis et valde atte- 

 nuatis, lacunoso-reticulatis, brevissime pilosulis. 



Turnera WeddelUana Urb. et Rolfe in Urb. Mon. Turn. 90. 



Fruticulus 75 — 120 cm. altus sempervirens, forma foliorum, longi- 

 tudine partium inflorescentiae , indumento androecei et gynaecei valde va- 

 riabilis. Rami vetustiores badii v. postremo brunneo-cinerascentes glabri 

 plicato-striati, hornotini pilis brevibus adpressis v. curvato-adpressis pube- 

 ruli, teretes obsolete striati, inter pedunculos ramosque geinmis serialibus 

 obviis. Stipulae sub pube occultae breviter lineares v. subulatae, e mar- 

 gine petiolorum imo prodeuntes aut obsoletae. Folia acuta, adulta 4 ad 

 9 cm. longa, 1 — 3 cm. lata, margine obsolete crenata v. manifesto serrata 

 ad basin integra, nervis utrinque prominentibus. Fi-ores dimorphi; pro- 

 phylla opposita v. rarius alterna lineari-subulata 1 — 4,5 mm. longa, 0,3 

 ad 0,5 mm. lata pilosula. Calyx adpresse pilosnlus, in 7s — */s alt. coali- 

 tus, tubo intus superne pubescente infundibulifornii , lobis lanceolatis 

 3-nervibus acuminatis v. interioribus obtusis et 0,5 mm. longe mucronatis. 

 Petala lobis calycinis duplo longiora, lutea obovato-cuneata apiculata, 



7 — 15 mm. longa, 4,5 — 5,5 mm. lata, glaberrima. Filamenta longiora 

 6 — 7 mm. longa, breviora 3 mm. longa; antherae juniores 2 mm. longae, 

 0,8 — 1 mm. latae, rectangnlari-ellipticae v. ovato-oblongae , basi in 7s — 7s 

 alt. acute emarginatae, in 7s alt. in concavitate affixae. Styli longiores 

 antheras 1 — 2 mm. superantes, 3,5 — 4 mm. longi, inferne villoso-pubescentes 

 v. usque ad stigmata aequaliter pilosi recti, in parte 8 — 10-ma superiore 

 obsolete fasciculato-multipartiti , breviores ab antheris 2 — 2,5 mm. remoti, 

 1,5 — 2,5 mm. longi, praesertim inferne dense hirsuti v. glaberrimi, extrin- 

 secus curvati, apice manifeste flagellato-multipartiti, flagello stylis 272- ad 

 3-plo breviore. Fructus globulosus 5 — 6 mm. diametro, rarius ovatus ad 



8 mm. longus; valvae extrinsecus flavido-brunnescentes, intus stramineae. 

 Semina obovato-oblonga, 2,5 mm. longa, vix supra 1 mm. crassa, chalaza 

 majuscula brevi concava, hilo brevi, brunnea v. nigrescentia, arillo albido- 

 flavescente supra medium v. usque ad apicem ascendete. 



Habitat in Paraguay locis lapidosis prope Paraguari : Balansa 

 n. 2338; in Bolivia prope S. Anna: Pearce ; in prov. Chiquitos : Weddell 

 n. 3435, 3497 ; inter Paquicha et Buturo: Pearce; in Peru: Lobb n. 292. 

 — Flor, et fruct. m. Jul. — Nov. 



Obs. Proxime accedit T. Hindsiana Benth., arbor v. frutex altus 

 Ecuador inhabitans, quae foliis 2 — 3-plo longioribus quam latioribus, fila- 

 mentis glabris et praesertim fructibus dorso elevatim verrucosis recedit. 



4. TURNERA SERRATA Vell., frutex, stipulis vix 

 0,8 mm. longis; petiolis 3— 12 mm. longis eglandulosis; foliis 

 lanceolatis usque elliptico-oblongis, 272 — 4-plo longioribus 

 quam latioribus glabrescentibus; floribus in cymas axillares 

 2 — 7-floras in latere interiore ramulis abbreviatis floriferis 

 saepe auctas collectis; pedunculis primariis usque 10 mm., 

 pedicellis 3—5 mm. longis; calyce 7—11 mm. longo; fila- 

 mentis pubescentibus, antheris obtusis apice barbatis; ovario 

 glabro 27 — 30-ovulato; valvis dorso dense verrucosis; semini- 

 bus subcurvatis elevatim reticulato-striatis, plus minus pilosis. 



Tabula nostra XXXVI (habitus et analysis). 



Turnera serrata Vell. Flor. Flum. (1825.) p. 127 et III. 

 t. 108!; Urb. Mon. Turn. 92. 



Turnera salicifolia Camb.l in 8t-B.il. Flor. Bras, merid. 

 II 165 (227); Walp. Hep. II. 229 — non Seem. Bot. Her. 130. 



CorcJwrus grandiflorus Spring in Mart. Herb. Flor. Bras, 

 n. 121 et in Flora XX. Beibl. II 102; Walp. Rep. I. 355. 



