Gardneriane. N. O. Turneracez. 
TAB. DXXII. 
TURNERA picHOTOMA. Gardn. 
Fruticosa dichotoma, foliis sessilibus late ovatis cordatis acutis 
coriaceis margine reflexis erecto-patentibus supra glabris 
nitidis subtus albo-villosis, pedunculis axillaribus terminali- 
busqueconfertis unifloris liberis, bracteolis linearibus, calycibus, 
strigoso-pilosis. 
Turnera dichotoma. Gardn. Herb. Bras. n. 4695. 
Haz. On bare elevated tracts, in the Diamond district of 
Brazil. Aug. 1840. 
Fruticulus pedalis et ultra, ramosus. Rami dichotomi, dense 
foliosi. Folia alterna, sessilia, late ovata, cordata, acuta, 
coriacea, marginibus reflexa, erecto-patentia, supra glabra, 
nitida, subtus dense albo-lanuginosa, 3-4 lin. longa, 3 lin. 
circiter lata. | Pedunculi axillares terminalesque, conferto- 
capitati, uniflori, liberi. Flores bibracteolati, bracteis linea- 
ribus, pilosis. Calya tubulosus, quinquefidus, strigoso-pilosus. 
Petala 5, lutea, ovato-oblonga, ad faucem tubi calycis inserta, 
calycis laciniis subeequalibus. Stamina 5, inclusa ; filamenta 
ad basin tubi calycis inserta. Anthere oblonge. Ovarium 
villosum. Styli 3, apice multifidi. 
The specimen here represented does not give a good idea of 
the habit of this plant, the stems being dichotomously divided 
three or four times. Another species, from the same locality, 
may be distinguished thus :-— 
Turnera procumbens; fruticosa procumbens, foltis confertis pe- 
tiolatis anguste linearibus obtusis (4 lin. circiter longis) mar- 
gine reflexis supra nitidis utrinque petiolisque pilosiusculis, 
pedunculis petiolo connatis unifloris, bracteolis lineari-sub- 
ulatis, calycibus strigoso-pilosis. 
Turnera procumbens. Gardn. Herb. Bras. n. 4696. 
Has. In elevated campos, near Cidade Diamantina, Province 
of Minas Geraes, Brazil. Aug., 1840. 
Fig. 1. Turnera dichotoma. Flower, with the calyx and corolla 
laid open. /f. 2. Flower and bracteas :—magnified. 
