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tilaores, conncctivo snpra apicem liguliformi-producto, in 2 /s alt. insertae 

 et fere ad insertionera (in parte */» inferiore) bicrures, effloratae rectae. 

 BfTLI supra basin et sub stigmatibus glabiiusculi, caeterum pilis erect is 

 hirsnti, flagello 1 mm. longo, ramulis 8 — 12 inaeqnilongis, longiores 5,5 mm. 

 longi, antberas 2,5 nun. longe superantes. Frcctus ovato-globosus 3 mm. 

 longns, 2,5 mm. crassus; vulvae patentcs paullo reeurvae, dorso inferne 

 parce sericeo-pilosae , apice albido-comosae , intus glabrae rulb-maculatae. 

 Bemika vix 2 mm. longa, 1,2 mm. lata, 0,8 mm. crassa, reticulato-striata, 

 striis transversalibus valde approximatis et parum conspicuis, chalaza pa- 

 rum prominente concaviuscula, bilo brevi. 



Habitat in Guiana Anglica ad Roraima m. Nor. flor. et fruct.: 

 Rich. Schomburgk n. 922, Rob. Schomburgk n. 624. 



41. TUENERA PBRNAMBUCENSIS Urb. pube sim- 

 plice brevissinia inferne laxa superne satis densa; stipulis 

 0,6—1 mm. longis; foliis subsessilibus v. usque 1,5 mm. longe 

 petiolatis, lanceolatis, utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, 7 ad 

 10 cm. longis, 1,8 — 2,7 cm. latis, 3 1 /-' — 472-plo longioribus 

 quam latioribus, obsolete serrulatis, supra parce, subtus den- 

 sius brevi-pilosis, margine ipso supra basin glandulas 1 -f- 1 

 usque 3 -\- 3 parum conspicuas gerentibus ; capitulis termina- 

 libus; calyce (an ultra 3 mm. longo?) in 1 /-> alt. coalito; fila- 

 mentis basi tubi adnatis, tenuissime pilosis ; stylis longioribus 

 superne arcuato-curvatis; ovario 4 — G-ovulato; fructibus cr. 

 3 mm. longis, dorso laevibus v. rufo-punctulatis ; seminibus 

 obovatis, dorso arcuato-curvatis, intus subrectis. 



Turnera Pemamlntcensis Urb. Mon. Turn. 133. 



Fruticuluk GO cm. altos. Rami vetustiores teretes brunnescentes, 

 bornotini striati v. subangulati, pilis sursum curvatis adpressisque flavidis 

 v. rufescentibus, gennnis serialibus non obviis v. inter rainos et ramulos 

 minutissimis. StipuLAE juxta petioli basin prodeuntes, e basi triangular! 

 lanceolato-subulatae. Folia acuta, basi ipsa saepe in petiolum snbcon- 

 tracta, margine piano v. vix recurvato usque supra medium v. fere usque 

 ad basin obsolete serrulata, nervis utrinque, sed subtus magis promincn- 

 tibus, omnia subaequalia, suprema subito in bracteas aheuntia. FLORES 

 in ramis ramulisque in gloineriilum terminalem subsessilem v. breviter 

 stipitatum capitatum v. postremo subeylindricum aggregati, nunc infcriores 

 pauci postremo remotiusculi, verisimiliter dimorphi; bracteae minute sti- 

 pulatae, infcriores usque 1 cm. longae, inferne petioliformi-angustatae, ova- 

 les, antiee parce et obsolete crenatae, utrinque breviter birsutae, superiores 

 0,6—0,4 cm. longae, 3 — 2 mm. latae, 1 — 1,5 mm. longe petiolatae, 3—1- 

 uerves, integrae v. sub apice obsolete bicrenatae; pedunculi 1,5 — 1 mm. 

 longi, cum petiolo coaliti; prophylla 3 — 4,5 mm. longa, 0,3 —0,5 mm. lata 

 linearia, nunc ad medium dilatata, Integra hirsute; pedicelli nulli. Calyx 

 extrinsecus superne hirsutus, inferne obsolete scabriusculus, tubo campa- 

 uulato. Pbtala obtriangularia. ANTHERAE clausae rectangulari-ellipticae, 

 mauifeste apiculatae, 0,7 — 0,8 mm. longae, 0,3 mm. latae, in '/* — 7a alt. 

 affixae. Styli dense pubescentes. Ovarium ovatum, pilis erectis birsutum. 

 Fructus breviter ovato-conicus 2,5 mm. crassus; valvae dorso praesertim 

 superne hirtae, intus flavae v. rufo punctulatae, cornubus deficientibus. 

 SsiflKA 2—2,3 mm. longa, 1,2 — 1,4 mm. crassa, reticulato-striata, pilosula 

 brunnescentia, chalaza valde prominente concaviuscula, bilo hemisphaerico, 

 arillo flavescente, unilaterali, usque ad apicem ascendente. 



Habitat in prov. Pernambuco prope Catucd , in silris umbrom m. 

 Nov. flor. et fruct.: Gardner n. 1154. 



42. TURNERA CAPITATA Camb. pube simplice brevi 

 densa v. superne luteseenti tomentosa ; stipulis 0,5—4 mm. 



longis; foliis 3—7 mm. longe petiolatis, ovato-oblongis, ellip- 

 ticis usque lanceolatis, ad apicem magis angustatis, 7 14 cm. 

 longis, 2,5—4 cm. latis, 2 1 /*— 472-plo longioribus quam latio- 

 ribus, serratis v. erenato-serratis, basi ad marginem ipsuin 



Turner. 



glandulas 1 -f 1 usque 5 -f 5 gerentibus, utrinque densissime 

 hirtellis v. subtus pubescentibus v. tomentosis; capitulis ter- 

 minalibus; calyce 7—8 mm. longo, in 2 A alt. coalito; fila- 

 mentis tubi basi 0,7—1 mm. longe adnatis, pubescentibus; 

 stylis longioribus ad medium arcuatis et verrucosis; ovario 

 12— 20-ovulato; fructibus 4— G mm. longis, dorso obsolete 

 verrucosis v. impresso-reticulatis ; seminibus obovatis v. ob- 

 ovato-oblongis, obsolete v. vix curvatis. 



Turnera capitata Camb.! in St-Hil. Flor. Bra*, merid. 

 II. 156 (215); Walp. Bep. II. 228; Urb. Mon. Tim. 133. 



Forma p. rufescens Urb. foliis (2V2— 3-plo longioribus 

 quam latioribus, subanguste ovatis v. ovato-lanceolatis) subtus, 

 sicut ramulis, tomento densiore rufescente obtectis. 



Turnera capitata Camb. var. rufescens Urb. Mon. Turn. 134. 



Suffrutex s. FRUTicni/us 0,2 — 1,3 m. altus. Rami vetustiores pur- 

 pureo-brunnei , pubernli v. glabrescentes , irregulariter et tenuiter plicato- 

 striati, hornotini teretes v. obsolete angulati, pilis sursum curvatis v. ad- 

 pressis, gemmis serialibus inter ramos et ramulos obviis, sed plerumque 

 non evolutis. Stipulae inter pubem difficile conspicuae 0,5 — 1 mm. longae, 

 subulatae, ad basin petioli prodeuntes. Folia ovato-oblonga usque lauceo- 

 lata, 2,5 — 3,5 cm. lata, 2V2 — 472-plo longiora quam latiora, margine non 

 v. obsolete recurvata, nervis supra plerumque impressis, sed in sulcis ite- 

 rum filiformi-prominulis. Flores in gloinerulos 30 — 60-floros capitatos v. 

 postremo l)ieviter cylindricos aggregati, nunc inferiores 1 — pauci remotius- 

 culi; bracteae infimae eupbylloideae subito v. seusim, sed celeriter decres- 

 centes, exteriores et intermediae lanceolatae v. lanceolato-lineares, crenato- 

 dentatae, interiores anguste lanceolato-lineares v. lineares acuminatae 8 ad 



5 mm. longae, 1,5 — 0,5 mm. latae integrae, intus minus, extrinsecus et in 

 margine magis birsutae, omnes ad basin stipulatae; pedunculi 1,5 — 1, raro 

 — 3 mm. longi, norum exteriorum liberi v. inferne, intermediorum ad di- 

 midium v. supra, interiorum (nunc omnium) usque ad propbylla petiolis 

 adnati; prophylla linearia 5 — 8 mm. longa, 0,3 — 0,5 mm. lata, integra, 

 utrinque birsuta, saepius brevissime, sed evidenter stipulata; pedicelli 

 nulli v. in floribus intimis interdum usque 0,5 mm. longi. Calyx extrin- 

 secus aequaliter v. inferne parcius breviter hirsutus, tubo intus superne 

 piloso, infundibuliformi-campanulato, lobis lanceolato-linearibus v. lanceo- 

 latis 3-nervibus, nervo medio supra apicem 0,5 — I mm. longe producto. 

 Pktala calycem paullo suj)erantia, alba v. superne alba, inferne flaves- 

 centia, exacte oblonga v. obovato-oblonga, basi subcuneata, 6 mm. longa, 

 2 mm. lata, intus supra basin pilosa. Fii.amenta basi extrinsecus maui- 

 feste incrassata, longiora cr. 5 mm., breviora 3 — 3,5 mm. longa; antherae 

 clausae breviter rectangulares v. subquadratae apice obtusissimae v. parum, 

 basi usque ad 4-tam long, partem emarginatae, vix 1 mm. longae, 0,7 ad 

 0,8 mm. latae, sub '/« v. supra 7a alt, affixae, defloratae rectae v. superne 

 parum recurvatae. Styli antberas 2,5 — 3 mm. superantes v. iis breviores, 

 apice mnlti- (usque 25-) partiti, flagello 0,5—1 mm. longo, longiores 5 ad 



6 mm. longi, inferne extrinsecus glabri, intus parce hirsnti, a medio v. 

 paullo infra medium arcuato-divergentes et hoc loco fere usque ad stig- 

 mata dense villoso-hirsuti, verrucosi et paullo dilatati, breviores 1—1,5 mm. 

 longi, laeves, recti, superne paullum patentes, extrinsecus glabri snbglabrive, 

 intus hirsnti. Friu-tus ovatus v. breviter ovato-conicus 3—4,5 mm. cras- 

 sus; valvae dorso sub apice integro recurvo processu filiformi 1 mm. longo 

 v. breviore v. obsolete cornutae, brunneae, breviter hirsutae v. pubescentes, 

 obsolete verrucosae, intus ferrugineae v. rufescentes glabrae. Semika ob- 

 ovato oblonga, postremo nigra, 2— 2,2 mm. longa, 1 — 1,2 mm. lata, reticu- 

 lato-striata, chalaza concaviuscula prominente, bilo conico, arillo albescente 

 v. flavescente semen supra basin circumcirca, caeterum a parte interiore 

 usque ad apicem obtegente v. ultra ascendente. 



Subspec. intermedia Urb. stipulis manifestis 2,5—4 mm. 

 longis, inferno dentes nonnullos lineares praebentibus. 



Turnera capitata Camb. subsp. intermedia lib. Mon. 

 Turn. 135. 



Folia elliptica v. elliptico-oblonga, sed sem}>er utrinque angustata, 

 27«-plo longiora quam latiora usque ad 4 cm. lata. Bracteae interiores 

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