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valvae dorso flavido-virides hirsutae, intus stramineae glabrae. Semina parca obovato- 

 oblonga, inferne fere duplo attenuata, 2,3 mm longa, 1 mm crassa, eleganter reticulato- 

 lacunosa. 



Habitat in prov. Minas Geraes Serra da Chapada m. Sept. fructif. : Riedel n. 1141. 



Obs. Species Tumerae Bilaireanae var. minorem caeterum oinnino diversam habitu, 

 praesertim foliis aemulat. 



12. Piriqueta Caroliniana Urb., plerumque perennis, pube stellari 

 et simplice, nunc deficiente vestita, foliis inferioribus 1 — 10 mm longe 

 petiolatis, obovatis, oblongis usque linearibus, 2 — 8 cm longis, eglan- 

 dulosis; Acribus axillaribus solitariis heterostylis ; propbyllis nunc evo- 

 lutis, sed minutis; pedicellis 4 — d mm loogis; calyce 6 — 12 mm longo, 

 in 2 / 7 — ] / 3 alt. coalito; petalis calycem duplo et ultra superantibus 

 flavis; fructibus dorso laevibus; seminibus parum curvatis, non tuberculatis. 



Walteria Caroliniana Walter Flor. Carol. 175. 

 Turner a cistoides Pursh Flor. Amer. sept. 7, 206; Torr, et Gray! 

 Flor, of North-Am. I, 537 — non Linn. 



Piriqueta fulva Chapman Flora of the South. Un. States 146. 

 Turnera Caroliniana Wats. North Amer. Botany I, 391. 

 Turnera xanthotricha sive zanthotricha Shuttleworth Msc! 



Perennis. Caules hornotini 15 — 60 cm alti, 1— 3 mm crassi, simplices, raro inferne 

 ramosi, obsolete v. manifestins striati, pilis aureis v. rufis patentibus, in parte caulis 

 inferiore v. in intermedia quoque crassitiem caulis aequantibus v. duplo superantibus 

 creberrimis, simplicibus v. hinc illinc basi coronula pilorum tenuium pallidiorum auctis, 

 in superiore brevioribus parcioribus v. plerisque ad coronulam stellarem reductis hirsuti, 

 pube minutissima crispula albida simplice intermixta, gemmis serialibus nullis. Folia 

 petiolis inferioribus usque ad 3 mm longis, superioribus decrescentibus, subnullis nullisve 

 praedita, anguste obovata, elliptico-oblonga usque oblongo-lanceolata, majora 2,5 — 5 cm, 

 raro — 7 cm longa, 0,6 — 2 cm, raro — 2,5 cm lata, 2'/ a — 4-plo longiora quam latiora, apice 

 obtusa v. acuta, basi plerumque cuneata, raro rotundata, margine piano v. subrecurvato 

 integra v. apice v. usque supra medium crenata, rarius serrata, crenis simplicibus, 

 anticis confertioribus et saepius acutis, utrinque pilis stellaribus pluriradiatis tenuibus 

 dense obsita v. subtus tomentosa, aliis elongatis et crassioribus, nunc simplicibus, nunc 

 basi radiatis, subtus praesertim ad nervös, intermixtis, superiora sensim v. subito minora 

 et ad bracteas conferte v. laxe dispositas saepius acuminatas 1—0,3 cm longas reducta. 

 Pedunculi fructiferi 0,5 — 1,5 cm (raro — 3 cm) longi; prophylla nulla, callis notata v. 

 evoluta usque ad 1 mm longa, lineari-subulata, opposita v. alterna; pedicelli postremo 

 4 — 6, raro nsque 9 mm longi. Calyx 7 — 12 mm longus, extrinsecus tomentosus, pilis 

 longioribus plus minus crebris plerumque adjectis, intus sub corona pilosus v. plane 

 glaber, in */, — 1 / J alt. coalitus, lobis exterioribus lanceolatis v. ovato-lanceolatis acutis 

 v. acuminatis, interioribus ovatis v. ellipticis late membranaceis, obtusis, nervo medio 

 nunc obsolete producto apiculatis, 3- v. sub-5-nervibus. Petala 12 — 18 mm longa 

 obovato- v. obtriangulari- cuneata glabra. Filamenta tubo 0,4-1 mm longe adnata, 

 glabra, longiora 7 — 8 mm, breviora 4 — 5 mm longa; antherae clausae ovatae v. oblongae, 

 2 — 3 mm longae, er. 1 mm latae, 2 — 3-plo longiores quam latiores, obtusae v. truncatae, 

 in '/* — Vä a lt. affixae et emarginatae, effloratae superne recurvatae v. revolutae. 

 Styli glabri, longiores 5—1 mm longi, antheras 2 — 3 mm superantes, supra partem 

 1 / i ~ s / 4 inferiorem bifidi, apice 0,5 — 1 mm longe fasciculato-multipartiti, breviores 



