TURNERACEAE 877 
Style terete. Capsule Pe —About 16 
species, American and Asia 
. G. Lasianthus (L.) Ellis. Large trees 
with firm furrowed gray bark: leaf-blades 
narrowly elliptie or n -15 cm 
long, appressed-serrate: sepals 8-10 m 
Y. -BA RED- 
—Non- aluvial swamps and bays, 
acid soil, Coastal EH "Fla. to La. an 
C. (or S Va. — [he souther 
some times used for E "Th ne red heart- 
wood, close-grained But light and soft, is loeally used for eabinet-work. 
FAMILY 7. TURNERACEAE — TURNERA FAMILY 
erbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate: blades entire, rats or pin- 
natifid, pinnately veined. Flowers mostly perfect. Calyx of 5 ‘imbricate 
sepals. Corolla of 5 convolute delicate petals. An oo of 5 distinct 
stamens. Gynoecium of 3 united car B Ovary l-eelled, with 3 parietal 
placentae opposite the styles. Fruit a 3-valved capsu e.— Six genera and 
about 180 species, tropical and subtropical. 
Ovary seated in a receptacle with a crown-like edge: plant herbaceous, 1. PIRIQUETA. 
Ovary seated in a receptacle without a crown: plant partially 
oody. 2. TURNERA. 
1. PIRIQUETA Aubl. Herbs. Sepals slightly united. Sti igmas lobed. 
— About 20 species, mostly in tropical and subtropical America —Spr.-fall or 
all year southward. 
Foliage glabrous, at least to the inflorescence. 
Pedicel and calyx glabrous: bracts leaf-like. 1. P. viridis. 
Pedicel and calyx pubescent : bracts seale-like. 2. P. lit ia 
Foliage tomentose or hirsute throughout. 
Stem tomentose. . 3. P. tomentosa, 
Stem hirsute as well as tomentose. 4. P. caroliniana. 
1. P. glabrescens Small. Plants Ee up to the inflorescence, 4—6 dm. tall: 
leaf- blades narrowly linear, 1-5 em. long, entire: corolla light-yellow: capsule 
about 5 mm. long — Everglades Du swamps, Fla 
2. P. viridis Small. Plants glabrous, 1-5 
dm. tall: leaf blades linear-spatulate to 
linear, 3-8 cm. long, repand: calyx-lobes 
lanceolate: corolla yellow: capsule 7—8 mm. 
in diameter.—Pinelands, Fla 
3. P. tomentosa H.B.K. Plants stellate- 
tomentose, 2—4 dm. tall: leaf-blades oval, 
a 
TOW lli 
late, 1—4 ong, crenate-serrate: corolla 
bright- Lo. d 0—6 mm. in diameter. 
—Pinelands, S pen. Fla. and the 
The stems are sometimes hirsute near the 
base 
