838 Lxiii. TURNERACE^. [Turnera. 



species, chiefly American. Two species of Tiirncra have run wild 

 in the Straits. 



TURNERA, Linn. 

 Description as above. 



Flowers white with maroon eye . . . . (i) T. trioniflora 



Flowers bright yellow . . . . . . (2) T. ulmifolia 



(i) T. trioniflora Sims Bot. Mag. 2106. 



Shrubby herb about 18 in. tall. Leaves narrowly lanceolate 

 acuminate, base long narrowed, serrate, 2'25 in. long, i in. wide, 

 upper ones smaller, glabrous above ; nerves 9 pairs, slender, hairy 

 beneath; petiole '2 in. long, strigose. Flowers sub-sessile in 

 terminal axils. Calyx-lobes 75 in. long, narrow acuminate, strigose. 

 Corolla 2 in. across, pale yellow with a black centre. Stamens 

 black. Capsule 3 in. long, hairj^ Hub. Damp, open country, 

 Singapore, Tanghn, Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis). 



This has been reduced to a form of T. ulmifolia, but no two species could 

 be inore dissimilar. 



(2) T. ulmifolia Linn. Sp. PI. 387; Bot. Mag. f. 281 and 

 t. 4137 (T. angustifolia). 



A stiff branched herb 12 in. tall. Leaves herbaceous lanceo- 

 late or ovate lanceolate dentate serrate narrowed to base, hairy 

 all over; nerves slender, 9 pairs, 3*5 in. long, i in. wide; petioles 

 •75 in. long. Flowers solitary in terminal axils. Calyx of 5 long 

 lanceolate acuminate segments, 2 in. long strigose. Corolla 2 in. 

 wide, deep yellow. Petals 5-, round, clawed. Stamens yellow. 

 Hah. Sandy open spots, Singapore, Tanjong Katong; Tanglin. 

 Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis). Distrib. South America. Now 

 established in the Mascarene Isles, India, Ceylon, Cocos and 

 Christmas islands. 



Order LXIV. PASSIFLORACE.^. 



Twining herbs or shrubby at base, with tendrils, more rarely 

 trees. Leaves alternate, often lobed, stipulate. Inflorescence 

 axillary, cymose. Flowers regular. Calyx tubular at the base, 

 lobes imbricate 5. Petals none or as many as the calyx-lobes rising 

 from the calyx-tube, a corona of one or more rows of filaments 

 from the tvibe mouth. Stamens 5, on a g3mophore. Anthers oblong. 

 Ovary superior on the gynophore, i-celled ; styles 3, with reniform 

 stigmas. Fruit, a berry many-seeded or a capsule. Species about 

 300, chiefly in the tropics of South America. The Papaya (Carica 

 Papaya, L.), Malay name, Betik, is usually referred to this Order. 



