( 2106 ) 
'TURNERA TRIONIFLORA. WVENICE-MALLOW- 
FLOWERED 'TURNERA. 
EEE EE EEE EE 
Class and Order. 
Penranpris Trigynia. 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-fidus, infundibuliformis : exterior [bractee] di- 
phyllus. Petala 5, calyci inserta. Stigmata multifida. Caps. 
I-locularis, trivalvis: valvis medio seminiferis, 
Specific Character. 
TuRNERA trioniflora ; floribus petiolaribus, bracteis subulatis, 
foliis ovatis utrinque acutis basi biglandulosis, dimidio 
inferiore integerrimis. 
We do not find that this species, which differs in so many 
respects from Turnera angustifolia (No. 281), has ever been 
recorded. In most of its characters it corresponds with 
Turnera sidoides of Linnzus, but that is said to have 
axillary peduncles, whilst in our plant the flower is sessile 
upon the footstalk of the leaf, as in ulmifolia, angustifolia, 
and Pumilea. The leaves are ovate, pointed at both ends, 
serrate from about the middle to the apex, and quite entire 
towards the base, where it is furnished with two globular 
glands, and besides these there is an oblong, white, raised 
maik upon the middle of the petiole. The bractes are subu- 
te, hairy, nearly the length of the calyx, while in angustifolia 
they are ovate-acuminate and serrate. The corolla is much 
paler, with a dark purple eye, which gives it not a slight 
resemblance to the blossom of Hibiscus T'rionum (No. 209.) 
A native of Brazil. Cultivated in the stove. Flowers most 
part of the year. Propagated by cuttings and by seeds. 
mmunicated by Mr. Anperson, from the Apothecaries 
nic Garden, at Chelsea. 
