Turneraceae novae JI. 155 
Obs. Ex affinitate P. Duarteanae (Camb.) Urb. 
14. Piriqueta flavocarnea Urb., nov. spec. 
Perennis (ex Ule). Rami pilis stellaribus pallidis brevissimis et 
alis brevibus patentibus basi bulboso-incrassatis, apice secernentibus 
vestiti, pilis parcis longioribus hinc illinc intermixtis. Stipulae minutae 
calliformes v. non conspicuae. Folia 7—1 mm longe petiolata, elliptico- 
oblonga usque elliptico-lanceolata, basi obtusa v. acuta, apice rotundata 
v. obtusa, raro acutata, 5—2,5 cm longa, 1,5—0,5 em lata, suprema v. 
superiora sensim decrescentia et multo minora, saepe vix 1 cm longa, 
3—5-plo longiora quam latiora, remotiuscule v. remote crenata, utrinque 
pilis stellaribus dense aggregatis mollia, basi eglandulosa. Pedunculi 
axillares 1—2,5 cm longi 1-flori; prophylla nulla v. minuta; pedicelli 8— 
5 mm longi. Flores heterostyli, Calyx 9—12 mm longus, vix in !/, alt. 
coalitus. Petala flava in carneum vergentia, 15—25 mm longa. Fructus 
breviter globulosi, 4—6 mm diametro, valvis 4—6 mm longis, sub pube 
satis densa sublaevibus, Semina obovata subrecta 2 mm longa, leviter: 
tuberculata, 
Rami teretes, superne tenuiter striati, pube sordide alba, setis v. 
setulis flavis deficientibus, gemmis serialibus nullis. Folia plana, nervo 
medio in sulco levi sito, lateralibus utroque latere 3—6 sub angulo 380—409 
abeuntibus supra parum impressis v. vix conspicuis, subtus prominenti- 
bus non anastomosantibus, pilis pluriradiatis, radio intermedio non v. 
vix longiore. Flores initio ad apicem ramorum conferti, sub anthesi et 
praesertim posterius remoti. Calyx extrinsecus pilis stellaribus bre- 
vissime pubescens; tubus breviter obconicus; lobi lanceolati v. lineari- 
lanceolati, superne sensim angustati, 3—5-nerves. Petala obovata, ca- 
lycem duplo et ultra superantia, corona obtriangulari antice in lacinias 
Subaequales lineares incisa, vix 1,5 mm longa. Filamenta tubo cr. 
! mm longe adnata, longiora 6 mm, breviora 4 mm longa, glabra; an- 
therae effloratae semilanceolatae, apice obtusae, 2 mm longae, dorso in 
‘/4 alt. atfixae. Styli inferne pilosi, longiores erecti 5,5 mm longi, apice 
pauciramulosi, flabello vix 1 mm longo, antheras vix 2 mm superante, 
breviores divergentes 2 mm longi, flabello 0,5 mm longo ab antheris 
1 mm distante. Ovarium breviter ovatum, pilis erectis dense obsitum, 
multiovulatum. Fructus valvae dorso sordide virides, intus stramineae, 
explanatae breviter ovales. Semina satis parca, 1,1—1,2 mm crassa, 
elevatim reticulata, bruneo-nigrescentia, hilo parum, chalaza non pro- 
minente, arillo unilaterali latiusculo sordide albido v. subbrunescente. 
Hab. in Brasilia sept. ad Rio Branco, Surumu, in Campos prope 
Serra de Pracauä, m. Jan. flor. et fruct.: Ule no. 7956. 
Obs.  Praecedenti affinis, formis P. carolinianae (Walt. Urb. etiam 
similis, 
15. Turnera pilosula Urb., nov. spec. 
Fruticosa, Rami hornotini pube tenui minuta sursum curvata sordide 
albida obsiti, Stipulae nullae. Folia petiolis 5—8 mm longis, superne 
(interdum ad basin laminae) glandulas 1 +1 v. rarius 2-- 2 gerentibus 
