Tab. 4137 



TURNERA ULMIFOLIA. 



Elm-leaved Turner a. 



Nat. Ord. Turnerace^e.— Pentandria Trigynia. 

 TURNERA. L. (Supra Tab. 2106.J De Cand. Prodr. 3. p. 346. 



Turnera ulmifolia; floribus axillaribus subsessilibus solitariis, foliis 

 ovato-oblongis rugosis acutis grosse serratis subpubescentibus, stylis 

 staminibus subbrevioribus. 



Turnera ulmifolia. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 387. De Cand. Prodr. 3. p. 346. 



Spreng. Syst. Veget. I. p. 940. Sloane, Jam. 1. p. 127. /. 4. 5. 

 &. angustifolia ; minor, foliis, lanceolatis, petalis angustoribus. Willd. Sp. 



PI. 1. p. 1503. De Cand. Prodr. I. c.—T. angustifolia. Mill. Curt, in 



Bot. Mag. t. 281. 



There are, in the West Indies, two striking varieties of 

 Turnera ulmifolia. One is already figured in the present 

 work, under the name of T. augustifolia. The much finer 

 state, and that which is considered the type of the species, 

 is that now given, drawn from the rich collection at Syon 

 Gardens. Its seeds were sent over from Jamaica by Mr. 

 Purdie, and its very showy flowers, and ample glossy foliage, 

 were in perfection in the stove, in July, 1844. Shortly after, 

 plants, .from the same source, flowered in the Royal Botanic 

 Gardens, and convinced us that this variety, at least, is well 

 deserving of cultivation. It appears, however, to be a plant 

 oi snort duration, and requires to be renewed from seed. 



Descr. A strong growing spreading plant, with herba- 

 ceous stems, said to survive one, two, or three years, glabrous 

 in our individual. Leaves alternate, on short, thick petioles, 

 broadly lanceolato-oblong, acute, wrinkled, deeply veined, the 

 margin very coarsely, almost lobately serrated, rather flaccid 

 and pendent. Stipules small, subulate, deciduous. Flowers 

 solitary, axillary, on a short peduncle, about the length of the 

 K'tiole. Calyx of five, deep, lanceolate segments. Corolla 

 full yellow, of five, nearly rotundate, shortly-unguiculated 



