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ab apice antherarum 1 — 1,5 mm. distautes, glaberrinii v. usque supra me- 

 dium pilosi v. inferne sublanuginosi, longiores 3—4 mm. longi, apice 0,3 

 ad 0,7 mm. longe flagellato-plurifidi, breviores 1,5—2,5 mm. longi obsolete 

 v. usque ad 0,3 mm. longe multifidi. Ovarium 6— 14-ovulatum. Fructus 

 breviter ovatus v. obovatus v. globulosus, 3 — 4 mm. longus, 2,5—4 mm. 

 dianietro; valvae dorso pilis brevissimis tenuissimis plus minus adspersae 

 v. subsericeae, raro breviter villosae, v. praesertim ad apicem sublanugi- 

 nosae, ob nervos reticnlato-impressos paruiu prominenti- , sed dense tuber- 

 culatae, intus flavescentes v. postremo ferrugineae v. rufae, glabrae. Se- 

 mina obovato-oblonga, 1,5—2,3 mm. longa, 0,8—1 mm. lata reticulato- 

 striata, postremo brnnnea v. cinereo-nigrescentia , cbalaza vix prominula, 

 hilo breviter conico v. semigloboso, arillo unilaterali supra medium ascen- 

 dente flavescente v. albido-flavescente. 



Habitat in prov. Bahia: Blanchet n. 2939 (ex parte), n. 3840; 

 prope Aracaty m. Jul. flor. etfruct.: Gardner ; praeterea in insults An- 

 tillanis, e. gr. Bahatna: Swainson, Brace n. 95; Cuba m. Sept.— Jan. 

 florif.: Wright n. 210, Linden n. 1852, 2065; Jamaica: Bertero; 

 Hayti: Bertero, Beauvois , Rob. Schomburgk n. 45; Portorico : Mus. 

 Paris.; S. Thomas in rupibus m. Nov. florif.: Eggers n. 298; S. Croix: 

 Mus. Britann. ; in Mexico: C. Ehrenberg n. 1230 ; jjrope Acapulco: 

 Haenke ; prope Veracruz: Wawra n. 542; prope Zimapan: Coulter 

 n. 798; prope Mirador m. Jul. flor.: Linden n. 831; in partis centralis 

 regime S. Luis Potosi alt. 6—8000 ped. : Parry et Palmer n. 93; in 

 prov. Oaxaca alt. 3000' : Galeotti n. 4077; prope Los Ajuntas ad fluvium 

 Montezuma: C. Ehrenberg n. 1054; in peninsula California prope La 

 Paz et Todos Santos: comm. Parke, Davis et Co. 



Var. (3. aphrodisiaca Urb. foliis ramorum elongatorum 

 1,5 — 3 cm. longis, 0,5 — 1 cm. latis, 2 1 /* — 3-plo longioribus 

 quam latioribus, adultis glabrescentibus v. glabris, plerumque 

 oblongis; pedunculis 1 — 2 mm. longis; stylis glaberrimis. 



Turner a diffusa Willd. var. aphrodisiaca Urb. Mon. 

 Tarn. 127. 



Turnera aphrodisiaca Lester F. Ward in Virginia Me- 

 dical Monthly a. 1876 (m. April.) p. 49 ex Britten's Journ. 

 of Bot. IX. 20; Urb. in Archiv d. Pharm. vol. 220 (a, 1882) 

 fuse. 3 c. ic. et in Therap. Gaz. I. c. c. ic. 



D ami ana Mexicanorum. 



Rami undique v. praesertim ad apicem pilis albidis brevibus tenuibus 

 crispulis v. subrectis puberuli v. lanuginosi. Folia sensim in petiolos 1,5 

 ad 6 mm. longos angustata. Prophylla plerumque subopposita 2 — 5 mm. 

 longa, plerumque integra, nunc ad medium dentibus 1 — 2 apice glanduli- 

 feris aucta, margine infero manifeste cilata, caeterum glabra. Calyx 5 ad 

 6 mm. longus. Petala calycem dimidio v. duplo superantia — 9 mm. 

 longa glaberrima. Antherae clausae ovatae v. ovales 1,2 — 1,3 mm. longae, 

 dimidio v. vix duplo longiores quam latiores. Styli longiores 5 mm., 

 breviores vix 2 mm. longi, ab antberis 1,5 — 2 mm. distantes. 



Habitat in Mexico occidentali, locis siccis saxosis: comm. Parke, 

 Davis et Comp. 



35. TUENEEA HEBEPETALA Urb. ramnlis junio- 

 ribus pilis brevissimis sub lente conspicuis griseis v. flavidis 

 sursum curvatis v. adpressis obsitis; stipulis 0,5 — 1,5 mm. 

 longis; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, apice obtusis, 0,6 — 1,5 cm. 

 longis, 0,2 — 0,5 cm. latis, antice utrinque crenis 1 — 3 incisis; 

 calyce 4 — 5,5 mm. longo, in Vs alt. coalito; petalis albis, 

 intus inferne dense et breviter pubescentibus ; filamentis, nunc 

 parce, patenti-pilosis ; seminibus parum incurvis. 



Turnera hebepetala Urb. Mon. Turn. 127. 



Fere 2-metralis. Kami vetustiores brunnei v. cinerascentes teretes 

 subirregulariter striati, glabrescentes v. glabri, juniores plus minus angu- 

 ati; ramuli abbreviati densissime foliosi v. foliorum delapsorum basibus 



continue gibberoso-obtecti. Stipulak subulatae v. subulato-setaceae. Folia 

 vix 1 — 2 mm. longe petiolata, basi paeue usque ad insertionem valde sen- 

 sim cuneato-angustata, 2 1 /*— 4-plo longiora quam latiora, supra pilis bre- 

 vissimis sub lente conspicuis, ad nervum medium manifestioribus scabrius- 

 cula v. subglabra, subtus ad nervos adpresse pilosa inter nervos brevissime 

 hirtella et papillis pallide flavidis densissime adspersa. Flores axillares 

 et in apice ramulorum abbreviatorum saepe pseudoterminales ; pedunculi 

 subnuUi v. vix 0,4 mm. longi; prophylla opposita linearia v. ligulifonuia 

 acuta 2—4 mm. longa, 0,3 — 0,7 mm. lata, paullo supra basin dilatata et 

 ex apice dilatationis stipulifera, 1-nervia; pedicelli nulli. Calyx extrin- 

 secus obsolete puberulus, tubo intus subglabro, hemispbaerico v. breviter 

 campanulato, lobis oblongis v. oblongo-lanceolatis obtusiusculis apice v. 

 dorso sub apice obsolete apiculatis, exterioribus sub-5-uervibus, interioribus 

 3-nervibus. Petala calycem parte l /% — 2 /s ejus lougitudinis superantia 

 6 — 9 mm. longa, obovato-cuneata. Filament a tubo 0,2 — 0,4 mm. longe 

 adnata, longiora 4,5 — 5,5 mm. longa. Styli breviores 1,5 — 2 mm. longi 

 inferne pilosuli v. plane glabri, apice vix 0,5 mm. longe flagellatim pluri- 

 partiti. Ovarium 9 — 12-ovulatum. Fructus globulosus; valvae extrinsecus 

 sub lente brevissime tenuissimeque pilosae et obsolete rugoso-tuberculatae 

 intus fulvae glabrae. Semina obovata, 1,6 — 1,8 mm. longa, 0,8 — 1 mm. 

 lata, reticulato-lacunosa, striis transversis minus prominentibus, arillo intus 

 ad v. usque supra medium ascendente, fulvescente. 



Habitat in Brasiliae prov. Piauhy prope Oeiras, in collibus vulgaris, 

 m. April, flor.: Gardnei- n. 2062, Schwacke n. 1040. — Cult, in Rio de 

 Janeiro: Glaziou n. 9802. 



36. TUENEEA CALYPTEOCARPA Urb. ramulis 

 hornotinis brevissime pilosis v. apice tomentosulis ; stipulis 

 3 mm. longis; foliis obovatis v. obovato-oblongis, 1,5—2,5 cm. 

 longis, 0,7 — 1,4 cm. latis, basi excepta profundiuscule serrato- 

 crenatis; calyce 5 — 7 mm. longo, in 7» alt. coalito; petalis 

 intus usque ad medium densiuscule, extrinsecus parcius pubes- 

 centibus; filamentis patenti-pilosulis; seminibus parum curvatis. 



Tabula nostra XLV (habitus et analysis). 



Turnera calyptrocarpa Urb. Mon. Turn. 128. 



Rami vetustiores nigrescentes v. griseo-nigrescentes glabrati, epider- 

 mide flssa rimosi, hornotini manifeste striati v. angulati, pilis simplicibus 

 flavidis sursum curvatis, papillis sessilibus flavidis parum manifestis inter- 

 mixtis, gemmis serialibus obsoletis v. parum evolutis. Stipulae setaceae 

 v. angustissime subulatae. Folia 2—4 mm. longe petiolata, basi cuneata 

 in petiolum angustata, 2— 2 x /2-plo longiora quam latiora, supra pilis bre- 

 vissimis, ad nervum medium saepius dense aggregatis et longioribus hir- 

 tella obscura, subtus albido- v. pallide flavescentia inter nervos breviter 

 tomentosula, ad nervos adpresse hirsuta v. breviter pilosa ; folia in ramulis 

 abbreviates angustiora, latiuscule oblonga v. oblongo-lanceolata. Flores 

 dimorphi remotinsculi v. ad apicem ramulorum abbreviatorum conferti; 

 pedunculi subnulli usque ad 4 mm. longi; prophylla ambitu variabilia, 

 nunc liguliformia integra v. denticello unico instructa, nunc superne ob- 

 ovato-subrhombea et apice trifida, raro lanceolato-linearia, 2—5 mm. longa, 

 0,8—2 mm. lata, supra basin appendicibus 2 subulato-setaceis 0,2—1 mm. 

 longis patentibus stipulata; pedicelli nulli. Calyx extrinsecus adpresse 

 pilosus v. breviter hirsutus, tubo intus superne parce puberulo v. subglabro 

 breviter campanulato v. hemisphaerico-infundibuliformi, lobis oblongo-lan- 

 ceolatis v. lanceolatis 3-nervibus, nervo medio 0,2—0,8 mm. longe supra 

 apicem producto, interioribus obtusiusculis saepius fimbriato-ciliatis. Pe- 

 tala calycem fere duplo superantia, usque ad 10 mm. longa, margine su- 

 pero flmbriato-ciliata. Filamenta tubi basi circa 0,5 mm. longe v. paullo 

 altius adnata et basi ima inter sese annulariter conuata, ad basin extrin- 

 secus incrassata, longiora 6—6,5 mm., breviora vix supra 3 mm. longa; 

 antherae clausae subquadrato-orbiculares usque ovatae, 1—1,5 mm. longae, 

 0,7—0,8 mm. latae, ligulato-apiculatae, in V 3 — 2 / 5 alt. affixae et usque ad 

 insertionem bicrures, defloratae praeter ligulam recurvam subrectae. Styli 

 inferne v. ad basin parce pilosuli v. plane glabri, apice breviter 10—15- 

 partiti v. -lobulati, flagello 0,3—0,5 mm. longo, ab antheris 2—2,5 mm. 

 longe distante, longiores 4—5 mm., breviores 1—1,5 mm. longi. Ovarium 

 15— 25-ovulatum. Fructus (ex specim. Martianis) calyce corollaque emar- 

 cida diu obtectus v. quasi calyptratus, breviter ovato-globosus, cr. 4 mm. 



