296 TURNERACE^E. 



late, shortly petioled, reticulated on both sides, ocellated with biseriate, distaut glands be- 

 neath : lobes rounded at the top ; pedicels simple, 1-2, much exceeding the petiole, jointed 

 about the middle : bracteoles long, setaceous ; calyx crimson : tube shortly cyathiform, 

 much exceeded by the oblong-linear segments ; petals oblong-linear, shortly exceeded by the 

 calyx ; crown tubular, entire, truncate ; gynophore equalling the flower, enclosed below 

 within the crown ; berry ovoid-globose. — Cav. Diss. 10. t. 287. Tuss. Fl. 2. t. 7. Desc. 

 Fl. 1. t. 62. — Murucuja orellata, Pers. P. coriacea, Rich, (non Juss.). — Leaves variable, 

 often with a rudimentary middle lobe, cuneate or subcordate at the base, 2"-l" broad, about 

 l'Mong: petiole 4'" long ; pedicels 1"-1^", calyx-tube 2'", segments about l'Mong; berry 

 8"'-10"' long, 6"'-8'" broad.— Hab. Jamaica !, Bauer., in mountain woods ; [Cuba !, Haiti !]. 



2. TACSONIA, Juss, 



Calyx 5-lobed: tube cylindrical, furnished with 2 crowns, one at the throat, the other 

 near its base. Stamens, pistil, and berry of Passiflora. — Shrubby vines ; pedicels axillary. 



32. T. sang"uinea, DC. Stem puberulous ; leaves glabrous above, hispidulous beneath, 

 equally glandular-serrate, inferior deeply 3-lobed with spreading lobes, superior oblong, 

 pointed : petiole 4-2-glandular : 2 inferior glands near its base, superior alternating near 

 the middle: stipules small, subulate; flowers scarlet; calyx -tube shortly campanulate, 

 twice as long as the 3 lanceolate, glanduliferous involucel-leaflets ; sepals and petals oblong- 

 lanceolate, thrice as long as the calyx-tube, exceeding the gynophore ; upper crown biseriate, 

 with both rows filamentose, lower subentire, a little exceeded by the calyx-tube. — Bot. Mag. 

 t. 4674. — Passiflora, Mey. JEsseq. ! — Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh., Cr., in woods at Arima ; 

 [Guiana !]. 



3. RYANIA, V. 



Calyx 5-partite, imbricate at the base. Petals 0. Stamens co , hypogynous, inserted on 

 the outside of a disc or hairs : anthers incumbent, elongated-linear. Ovary sessile : placentas 

 5-4. Style simple : stigma minute, 5— 4-lobed. Pericarp capsular : seeds smooth. — Trees ; 

 leaves entire : down stellate ; flowers axillary. 



The characters of Ryania recall Bixinea, but the distinction of Passiflorets rests upon 

 the stamens, which are free from the disc, and the wanting pellucid dots. The hypogynous 

 disc (perhaps a transformation of the gyuophore of Passiflora) is usually urceolate and hairy, 

 but replaced by hairs in R. parviflora (Deless. Ic. 3. I. 14.) 



33. It. speciosa, V. Branchlets and calyx rusty-tomentose ; leaves oblong, pointleted, 

 shortly petioled, glabrous above, puberulous beneath ■ secondary veins transverse, approxi- 

 mate ; pedicels geminate, equalling the petiole, 6-9 times shorter than the flower ; calyx- 

 segments oblong-lanceolate, as long as the very numerous stamens ; disc urceolate ', stigma 

 5-globose; capsule 5-valved to the middle: placentas enlarged. — Vahl, Eclog.l. t.9. — 

 Leaves 6"-8 , petiole 2'", calyx 16"'-18'" long, the latter persistent, equalling the ovoid 

 capsule. — Hab. Trinidad!, Pd., Cr., in mountainwoods ; [Guiana, Venezuela!]. 



LXXX. TURNERACEiE. 



Characters of Passifloreee, but stamens hypogynous. 



1. TURNERA, L. 



* 

 Calyx 5-fid or 5-partite. Petals 5, inserted into the calyx-throat. Stamens 5, anthers 

 elongated, erect. Ovary sessile : styles 3, penicillate-multifid above : placentas 3. Capsule 

 3-valved above, medianicide : seeds scrobiculate. — Herbs or shrubs ; leaves stipulate ; flowers 

 axillary : pedicels often accrescent to the petiole. 



1. T. ulmifolia, L. Shrubby, virgate, pubescent; leaves biglandular at the base, 

 oblong, ovate 'or lanceolate, acuminate, serrate above the enneate base, petioled ; pedicels 

 short, peliolar -. bracteoles lanceolate, serrate below, shortly exceeding the calyx-tube ; 

 calyx deeply 5-lobed, exceeded by the large obovate petals : segments lanceolate, acuminate ; 



