CIV. TUKNEBACE^E. 



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CIV. TURNERACE^E. 



(LoASEARUM sectio, Kunth. TURNERACE^E, D.C.) 



Turnera. 

 Flower (mag,). 



COROLLA polypetalous, perigynous, isostemonous, contorted 



Stamen (mag.). 



Turnera. 

 Pistil (mag.). 



in bud. STAMENS 5, sub-hypogynous. OVABT free, l-celled, 

 with 3 parietal placentas. CAPSULE with 3 semi-seminiferous 

 valves. SEEDS strophiolate. EMBRYO albuminous. 



HERBS, or UNDERSHRUBS, or SHRUBS, chiefly of tropical 

 America, with simple rarely stellate hairs. LEAVES alternate, 

 simple, petioled, entire or toothed, rarely pinnatifid, exstipu- 

 late, but often furnished at the base with .2 lateral glands. 

 FLOWERS 5 , regular, axillary, sessile or peduncled ; peduncle 

 free or aduate to the petiole, simple, 2-bracteolate, or 

 jointed below the middle and ebracteate, very rarely branch- 

 ing and many-flowered. CALYX coloured, deciduous, 5-fid, imbricate in bud. 

 PETALS 5, inserted near the base or in the threat of the calyx, alternate with its 



Turnera. 



Seed, entire and cut vertically 

 (mag.). 



