TURNERACE^;. I. TURNERA. 



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2 PERIUE'TA. Styles 3, deeply 2-parted, crowned by 2 mul- 

 tifid stigmas each. Capsule opening from the top to the base. 



I. TURNE'RA (so named by Linnaeus in memory of William 

 Turner, M.D., Prebendary of York, Canon of Windsor, and 

 Dean of Wells ; student of Pembroke Hall in Cambridge, 1538 ; 

 died 1568. Author of a New Herbal, London, 1551. fol. Se- 

 cond part, Cologn, 1562. Second edition, Collen, 1566, with 

 the addition of a third part, &c.). Plum. gen. p. 15. t. 12. Lin. 

 gen. 376. Juss. gen. 313. Gsertn. fruct. 1. p. 366. t. 76. H. B. 

 et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 123. St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 212. 

 Turnera, sect. 1. Lam. ill. t. 212. diet. 8. p. 141. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Trigynia. Calyx tubularly funnel- 

 shaped (f. 14. a.). Styles 3 (f. 14. e.\ simple, cleft at the apex 

 into multifid stigmas (f. 14. e.). Capsule opening from the 

 apex to the middle. 



1. Peduncles joined with the petioles, bibracteate. 

 * Leaves biglandular at the base. 



1 T. TJLMIFOLIA (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 965.) leaves oblong, 

 acute, serrated, pubescent above, but clothed with white tomen- 

 tum beneath, and biglandular at the base ; flowers almost ses- 

 sile ; styles shorter than the stamens. $ . S. Native of South 

 America every where ; common in Brazil. Lin. hort. cliff. 122. 

 t. 10. Sloan, hist. 1. t. 127. f. 4-5. Mill. fig. t. 268. f. 2. 

 Flowers yellow, about the size of those of Llnum trigynum. 



Var. ft, angustifblia (D. C. prod. 3. p. 346.) leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate. Tj . S. Native along with the species. T. angus- 

 tifolia, Curt. bot. mag. t. 281. Link. enum. 1. p. 293. T. 

 ulmifolia/3, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1503. 



Elm-leaved Turnera. Fl. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1733. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



2 T. CUNEIFORMIS (Juss. in Poir. diet. 8. p. 142.) leaves cu- 

 neiformly obovate, coarsely serrated, pubescent above, but clothed 

 with white tomentum beneath, and biglandular at the base ; 

 flowers nearly sessile. T? . S. Native of Brazil, about Rio 

 Janeiro. Spreng. nov. prov. 42. St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 213. 

 Otto, in hort. berol. 36. T. obtusifolia, Smith, in Rees' cycl. 

 vol. 36. no. 3. Petals yellow, with the claws brownish. Cap- 

 sule globose. 



Var. ft; leaves and branches closely clothed with tomentum ; 

 stem dwarf. T. odorata, Vahl. in herb. Juss. 



Wedge-formed-leaved Turnera. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1821. 

 Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



3 T. TRIONIFLORA (Sims, bog. t. 2106.) leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late, coarsely serrated, cuneated at the base, and quite entire, 

 pubescent ; flowers sessile ; styles exceeding the stamens. Tj . S. 

 Native of Brazil, island of Trinidad, and Mexico. T. elegans, 

 Otto, 1. c. Link, enum. 1. p. 293. Petals pale yellow, or sul- 

 phur-coloured, with purplish-brown claws. Bracteoles subu- 

 late. Flowers as large as those ofBladder-kelmia. 



Ketmia-flonered Turnera. Fl. year. Clt. 1812. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



4 T. LAMIIFOLIA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 213. ) leaves roundish- 

 obovate, unequally crenate-toothed, clothed with soft hairs 

 above and woolly tomentum beneath, biglandular at the base ; 

 flowers on short peduncles ; styles a little shorter than the 

 stamens. fj . S. Native of Brazil, in the southern part of the 

 province of Goyaz. Petals yellow, ra'.er truncate at the apex. 



Dead-nettle-leaved Turnera. Shrub 1 foot. 



5 T. LANCEOLA'TA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 214.) leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, nearly entire, hairy, biglandular at the base 

 beneath ; flowers almost sessile. fy . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 the provinces of Goyaz and Minas Geraes. Petals obovate- 

 oblong, yellow. Styles exceeding the stamens a little. 



Lanceolate-leaved Turnera. Shrub -| foot. 



6 T. OBLONOIFOLIA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 215.) leaves ob- 

 long, acute, obsoletely and dentately serrated, beset with rufes- 



cent hairs, biglandular at the base beneath ; flowers almost ses- 

 sile; styles a little longer than the stamens. \i . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in the provinces of Minas Geraes and St. Paul, in 

 grassy pastures and fields. Petals oblong, obovate, yellow. 

 Oblong-leaved Turnera. Shrub ^ to 1 foot. 



7 T. COZRU'LEA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. ex D. C. 

 prod. 3. p. 346.) leaves oblong, coarsely serrated, but quite entire 

 at the base, and hardly attenuated, clothed with adpressed villi 

 beneath, biglandular at the top of the petiole ; flowers sessile ; 

 styles longer than the stamens. 7{.. S. Native of Mexico. 

 This species is very like T. trioniflora, but differs in the leaves 

 being on shorter petioles, and in being hardly attenuated at the 

 base, as well as in the hairs on the lower surface of the leaves 

 being adpressed. Bulb subfuscous. Flowers blue. 



Blue-flowered Turnera. PI. | to 1 foot. 



8 T. SUBULA'TA (Smith, in Rees' cycl. vol. 36. no. 2.) leaves 

 ovate, acute, serrated, clothed with white soft hairs ; bracteoles 

 linear-subulate ; flowers sessile. I/ . S. Native of New Gra- 

 nada. Capsule pilose. Glands of leaves broad. 



Subulate-bractead Turnera. PI. 1 foot. 



9 T. ACU'TA (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 940.) leaves lanceolate, acu- 

 minated at both ends, crenately serrated, glabrous ; flowers 

 sessile. Tj . S. Native of Jamaica. Flowers yellow, about 

 the size of those of Linum trigynum. Petioles 3-4 lines long. 

 Bracteoles setaceous, adpressed to the calyx. Perhaps T. acuta, 

 Willd. rel. in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 678. exclusive of 

 the country. 



Acute-leaved Turnera. Shrub 1 foot. 



10 T. APIFERA (Mart. reis. bras, ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 346.) 

 plant downy ; leaves linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, acute, atte- 

 nuated and biglandular at the base, remotely and acutely ser- 

 rated, pubescent ; stem suffruticose ; branches twiggy ; flowers 

 petiolar ; bracteas shorter than the calyx. Jj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, at Rio Jaquitinhonha and Rio Verde Grande. 



Bee-bearing Turnera. Shrub 1 foot. 



11 T. SERICEA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 127.) 

 leaves oblong, crenately serrated, soft, clothed with adpressed 

 pubescence above, and white, silky down beneath ; flowers ses- 

 sile ; styles exceeding the stamens. T? . S. Native of South 

 America, about Cumana and between Popayan and Almaguer. 

 T. Peruviana, Willd. in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 6. p. 679. 

 Petals yellow, violaceous at the base. Shrub branched, rather 

 prostrate. 



Silky Turnera. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



12 T. MOI.LIS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 126.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong, coarsely crenate-serrated, clothed with silky hairs on 

 both surfaces, canescent beneath ; flowers sessile ; styles pilose. 

 Ij . S. Native of New Granada, near Honda. Petals yellow, 

 with violaceous claws. Capsule roundish-ovate. 



Soft Turnera. Shrub 1 foot. 



13 T. LONGIFLORA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 216.) leaves oblong, 

 obtuse, crenately toothed, biglandular at the base beneath, 

 woolly on both surfaces, but especially beneath ; flowers sessile ; 

 styles 3-times longer than the stamens. T? . S. Native of Bra- 

 zil, in the province of Minas Geraes. Petals obovate-oblong, 

 yellow, red at the base. 



Long-flowered Turnera. Shrub 1 to 1 1- foot. 



14 T. LUTE'SCENS (St. Hil. fl.bras. 2. p. 217.) leaves lanceo- 

 late, acute, crenately toothed, lower ones glandless, upper bi- 

 glandular at the base beneath, clothed with silky pubescence 

 on the upper surfaces, and with yellowish tomentum beneath ; 

 flowers sessile in fascicles. ^ S. Native of Brazil, in the 

 province of Minas Geraes. Petals oblong-obovate, of a golden 

 yellow colour. 



Yellowish Turnera. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



15 T. INCA'NA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 217.) leaves oblong or 

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