474  - TURNERACEZ. 
Order LX. TURNERACE. 
Turneracee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 806. 
About seventy-five herbaceous and shrubby species, belonging to four genera, one of 
which is restricted to Africa, one (consisting of one arboreous species) to Rodriguez. 
Most of the species of the other genera are American. 
1. TURNERA. 
Turnera, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 376; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 806. 
Nearly seventy species, all, except one South-African, restricted to Tropical America. 
One of the American species is also widely spread in India, where, however, it is 
not indigenous. 
1. Turnera alba, Liebm. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 3, ix. p. 318. 
SoutH Mexico, on the banks of the Rio de las Vueltas, Oaxaca (Liebmann). 
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2. Turnera aphrodisiaca, L. F. Ward, Virginia Medical Monthly, April, 1876. ( 
tNortH Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi (Parry & Palmer, 93). Hb. Kew. U 
3. Turnera cerulea, DC. Prodr. iii. p. 346 ; Calques des Dess. FI. Mex. 386. 
MExIco. 
4, Turnera cistoides, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 387; Burm. ed. Plumier, t. 150. 
Piriqueta cistoides, Griseb. 
Mexico, Tampico (Berlandier, 62); Panama, without locality (Duchassaing).—In 
South America to BraAzit and in Cupa. Hb. Kew. 
5. Turnera hindsiana, Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph. p. 101. 
Panama, without locality (Seemann).—Southward to Perv and Brazit. Hb. Kew. 
6. Turnera humifusa, Endl. in Walp. Rep. ii. p. 230. 
Bohadschia humifusa, Presl, Relig. Henk. ii. p. 98, t. 68. 
SoutH Mexico, port and town of Acapulco (Henke). 
7. Turnera mollis, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 126. 
SoutH Mexico, Volcan de Jorullo (Humboldt & Bonpland), Acapulco (Henke). 
8. Turnera pumilea, Linn. Amen. v. p. 899; Sloane, Jamaica, t. 127. fig. 6. 
SoutH Mexico, near Tantoyuca (Ervendberg, 134).—Jamarca. 
9. Turnera trioniflora, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 2106. 
Turnera elegans, Otto ; Knowles et Westcott, Fl. Cab. i. t. 2. 
SourH Mexico, near El Morro (Schiede).—Brazi. and TRinrpab. 
