TURNERACE.E. I. TURNERA. 



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PI. i to 1 foot. 



FIG. 14. 



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obtuse, crenated, glandless, pubescent above, hairy, tomentose 

 beneath, white ; peduncles simple. J? . S. Native of Brazil, 

 in the western part of the province of Minas Geraes. Styles 

 shorter than the stamens. Petals 3-times longer than the calyx, 

 erose, or rounded at the apex, rose-coloured when dry. Brae- 

 teas small, deciduous. 



Var. ft, rotundifolia (St. Hil. 1. c.) leaves smaller, ovate- 

 roundish ; flowers yellow. This variety will perhaps constitute 

 a distinct species. 



Duarte's Turners. Shrub 1 foot. 



32 T. HELIANTHEMOIDES (St. Hil. 1. c. p. 224.) leaves oblong 

 or oblong-lanceolate, acutish, unequally denticulated, glandless, 

 pubescent above, but clothed with white tomentum beneath ; 

 flowers axillary ; peduncles simple ; bracteas small, deciduous. 

 Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the southern part of the province 

 of Goyaz, on the banks of the river Parahyba. Petals obovate. 

 Styles about equal in length to the stamens. 



Sun-rose-like Turnera. 



33 T. ROSE A (St. Hil. I.e. p. 

 225.) leaves linear-lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, obsoletely denticulated, gla- 

 ndless, rather pilose on both sur- 

 faces ; pili rufescent ; peduncles 

 simple ; bracteas small, deci- 

 duous. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, 

 in the province of St. Paul, not 

 far from the town called Franca. 

 Petals rose-coloured, obovate, 

 erose at the apex. Styles twice 

 the length of the stamens. 



./Jose-coloured Turnera. PI. 

 to 1 foot. 



34 T. SID/EFOLIA (St. Hil. 1. 

 c. p. 227. t. 124.) leaves oblong, 

 obtuse, crenated, glandless, ra- 

 ther scabrous above, but clothed with hoary tomentum beneath ; 

 peduncles axillary, 1-2-flowered; bracteas small, subulate, to- 

 rnentose. f? . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas 

 Geraes, at a place called Aldea da boa Vista. Petals obovate, 

 obsoletely crenulated, yellow. Styles shorter than the stamens. 



Sida-leaved Turnera. Shrub f to 1 foot. 



35 T. AU'REA (St. Hil. 1. c. p. 226.) leaves oblong, narrowed 

 at the base, acute, or rounded at the apex, serrately toothed, 

 glandless, beset with golden hairs ; peduncles simple, articulated 

 in the middle. 17 . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of 

 Minas Geraes, near the town of St. Joao del Rey. Petals twice 

 or thrice the length of the calyx, cuneated at the base and 

 rounded at the apex, rose-coloured or flesh-coloured ; each 

 marked by a dark purple spot at the base. Styles shorter than 

 the younger stamens. 



Go/rfen-haired Turnera. Shrub ^ to 1 foot. 



3. Flowers disposed in axillary and terminal racemes. 



36 T. RACEMOSA (Jacq. hort. vind. 3. t. 94.) leaves oblong, 

 or oblong-lanceolate, acutish, unequally denticulated, glandless, 

 pubescent above, and clothed with white tomentum beneath ; 

 upper flowers leafless at the base, and i* ~refore disposed in a 

 terminal raceme; peduncles simple. O- S. Native of Brazil, 

 in the province of Minas Geraes, on the banks of the river 

 Jiquitinhonha; and of St. Domingo. Stem and peduncles hispid. 

 Petals ovate, yellow, furnished each with a small jagged append- 

 age on the inside at the base. Styles longer than the stamens. 



Racemose-fioweted Turnera. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1789. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



37 T. SALICIFOLIA (St. Hil. 1. c. p. 227.) leaves lanceolate, 

 acuminated, serrated, glandless, smoothish ; peduncles axillary, 



d- 



many- flowered. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, near Rio Janeiro. 

 Petals obovate, striated, yellow, denticulated at the apex. Styles 

 about equal in length to the calyx. 



Willow-leaved Turnera. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



38 T. CAPITA'TA (St. Hil. 1. c. p. 215.) leaves elliptic-oblong, 

 or oblong-lanceolate, acute, dentately serrated, nearly glandless, 

 pubescent above, and clothed with yellowish tomentum beneath ; 

 flowers sessile, forming a many-flowered head at the tops of the 

 branches. lj . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas 

 Geraes, on the margins of woods near Poso Alto, not far from 

 the confines of the province of St. Paul, and on the iron moun- 

 tains near Nossa Snra da Concecao. Petals obovate-oblong, 

 pale yellow. Styles much shorter than the stamens. 



Capitate-flowered Turnera. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



39 T. GUIANE'NSIS (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 291. t. 114.) leaves 

 linear, acuminated, remotely serrated, biglandular at the base, 

 glabrous on both surfaces ; racemes terminal, few-flowered ; 

 pedicels leafless at the base, but bibracteolate under the calyx. 

 . S. Native of Guiana, in moist meadows, and in the plains 

 of Caraccas. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 124. T. 

 Humboldtii, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 241. Glands small, sometimes 

 1-2, abortive. Bracteas glandular at the base, ex Aubl. Cap- 

 sule ovate, trigonal, 3 or few-seeded. Flowers yellow. Per- 

 haps Humboldt's plant is the same as that of Aublet. 



Guiana Turnera. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1823. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



40 T. GLA'BRA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 347.) leaves linear, obtuse, 

 subserrated, narrowed at the base, glandless ; racemes few- 

 flowered ; pedicels rising from the axils of small linear leaves 

 and longer than them, articulated and bractless above the middle. 

 O- ? S. Native of St. Domingo. Stems erect, glabrous. 

 Flowers yellow ? 



Glabrous Turnera, PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



41 T. CISTOIDES (Lin. spec. 387.) leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 serrated, pubescent above, tomentose beneath, glandless at the 

 base ; racemes terminal, leafy ; pedicels rising from the axils of 

 lanceolate leaves, and shorter than them, articulated and bract- 

 less above the middle. 0. S. Native of South America, in 

 sterile places, Surinam, Jamaica, St. Domingo, Georgia, &c. 

 Sloan, jam. hist. 1. p. 127. f. 7. Plum, ed Burm. t. 150. f. 1. 

 Swartz. obs. 117. T. hirsuta, Bert. mss. Flowers small, yellow. 



JKock-rose-like Turnera. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1774. Pl.ift. 



42 T. A'SPERA (Poir. diet. 8. p. 144.) leaves elliptic, sessile, 

 a little toothed, pubescent above, and rather tomentose beneath, 

 glandular ; stem hardly pubescent, rough ; racemes leafy, ter- 

 minal ; pedicels rising from the axils of the leaves, and shorter 

 than them, articulated above the middle. 0. S. Native of 

 French Guiana. Flowers yellow. Perhaps a variety of T. 

 cistoldes or of Periqueta villosa. 



Rough Turnera. PI. ^ foot. 



f Species not sufficiently known. 



43 T. ODORA'TA (Rich, in act. soc. hist. nat. par. 1792. p. 

 107.) shrubby, much branched ; flowers small ; leaves ovate, 

 acute, toothed, tomentose. ^ . S. Native of Cayenne. Flowers 

 yellow ? 



Sweet-scented Turnera. Shrub. 



44 T. HIRTA (Willd. rel. in Roam, et Schult. syst. 5. p. 678.) 

 leaves linear- lanceolate, unequal, bluntly serrated, clothed with 

 stellate tomentum on both surfaces ; flowers axiilary, solitary ; 

 stem branched, hairy. . S. Native of Brazil. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Hairy Turnera. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PI. | to 1 ft. 



45 T. BRAZILIE'NSIS (Willd. rel. 1. c.) leaves lanceolate, quite 

 entire, clothed with hispid pubescence ; flowers axillary, sessile, 

 aggregate, f? . S. Native of Brazil. Leaves biglandular at 

 the base, ex Spreng. 



