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plo longioribus quam latioribus, fere semper profundius et plerumque 

 irregulariter v. duplicato-crenatis v. eroso-dentatis. 



Piriqueta villosa Aubl.l Guian. I, 298; DC. Prodr. III, 348. 



Turnera villosa Raeusch. Nomencl. bot. III ed. p. 86. 



Turner a rugosa Willd. ! Spec. I, 1504; Poir. in Lam. Encycl. VIII, 145. 



f Turnera aspera Poir. in Lam. Encycl. VIII, 144 (caule pilis stella- 

 ribus abbreviatis aspero); DC. Prodr. III, 348. 



Burcarda villosa Gmel. Syst. Nat. II, 514. 



Turnera tomentosa Willd. Msc. in Schult. Syst. Veg. VI, 678 et 

 Herb. n. 6086! — non E. B. K. 



Piriqueta tomentosa H. B. K! Nov. Gen. VI, 128; DC. Prodr. 

 III, 348. 



Turnera Aturensis D. Dietr. Syn. Plant. II, 1008. 



Piriqueta stenophylla Klotzschi Msc. in Rieh. Schomb. Faun. u. Flor. 

 Brit. Guian. 1166. 



Icones: Aubl. I. c. t. 117!; Urb in Mart. Flor. Bras. XI 11, 111, t. 35 f. 11. 



C aulis inferne 1,5 — 4, raro — 7 mm crassus, simplex v. usque supra medium ramosus, 

 ramis suberectis, patentibus v. horizontaliter divaricatis et apice arcuatim sursum cur- 

 vatis, teres, interne obsolete, snperne manifestius striatus v. subangulatus. Folia apice 

 acuta v. obtusiuscula, basi longe v. breviter euneata, rarius obtusa v. rotundata, mar- 

 gine piano subplanove subintegra, remote et obsolete v. undulato-crenulata, manifeste 

 crenata, raro serrata, crenis nunc inaequalibus v. subduplicatis, utrinque pilis stellari- 

 bus pauci- vel multiradiatis tenuibus, quorum radius intermedius interdum hinc illinc 

 crassior et elongatus est (subtus praesertim ad nervös), laxe v. dense obsita v. subtus 

 tomentosa. Pedunculi tenues, fruetiferi 0,5—3 cm longi erecto-patentes. Calyx 

 extrinsecus tomentosus, intus sub Corona pilis parcis obsitus v. glaber, lobis ovatis, 

 oblongis v. lanceolatis, raro subrotundatis, exterioribus acuminatis, interioribus obtusius- 

 culis v. obtusis, nervo medio brevissime v. obsolete produeto apiculatis, 3- v. sub- 

 5-nervibus. Petala obovata v. triangulari - obovata, inferne euneata, glabra, Corona 

 vix 0,5 mm longa. Filamenta tubo imo 0,3 — 0,5mm longe adnata, glabra; antherae 

 clausae subquadrato-ovatae usque oblougae, 0,5—1,8 mm longae, 0,4—0,8 mm latae, 

 paullo usque fere 3-plo, plerumque 2-plo longiores quam latiores, apice truncatae v. sub- 

 emarginatae, in '/s — Vs alt.affixae et emarginatae v. bicrures, effloratae superne recurvatae. 

 Styli glabri v. rarius inferne parce pilosi, paullo supra basin v. raro a medio dichotomi, 

 superne v. ad apicem iterum dividendo multipartiti. Ovarium 30— 50-ovulatnm. Fructus 

 trigono-ovatus v. -ellipticus, raro subglobosus, 4 — 7, raro — 9 mm longus, 3 — 5, raro 

 — 7 mm crassus; valvae medio dorso manifeste v. obsolete sulcatae, extrinsecus breviter 

 et simpliciter pilosae, flavescentes v. viridi-flavescentes, intus glabrae stramineae, nunc 

 impresso-reticulatae. Semina obovata v. rarius obovato-oblonga, 1,4 — 1,8mm longa, 

 0,6 — 0,9 mm crassa, dimidio v. duplo longiora quam latiora, inferne plus minus 

 attenuata, flavida v. postremo brunnea v. nigrescentia, reticulato-striata, striis suberoso- 

 incrassatis, punetula inter sese relinquentibus, hilo semigloboso-prominente, nunc vix 

 prominula, chalaza non v. obsolete v. raro manifeste tuberculato-prominente solida, 

 arillo valde angusto. 



üabitat var. n. in Cuba: Wright n. 365, 2609 ex parte, in Jamaica: Wull- 

 schlaegel n. 1368, in Hayti: Berter o et alii, in Portor ico: Eggers n. 650, in Antigua: 

 Wullschlaegel n. 243, in Guadeloupe: Duchassaing, in Dominica: Eggers n. 949, in 

 Martinique: Hahn n. 648, 1554, in S. Lucia: Anderson; in Mexico: Galeotti n. 7038, 



