— 93 — 



dense verrucosis; seminibus subcurvatis elevatim reticulato-striatis, plus 

 minus pilosis. 



Turnera serrata Vell. Flor. Flum. (1825) p. 127. 



Turnera salicifolia Camb.! in St. HU. Flor. Bras. merid. II, 165 (229); 

 Walp. Rep. II, 229, — non Seem. Bot. Her. 130. 



Corchorus grandiflorus Spring in Mart. Herb. Flor. Bras. n. 121 et 

 in Flora XX. Beibl. II, 102; Walp. Rep. I, 355. 



Icones: Vell. Flor. Flum, 111. t. 108!; Urb. in Mart. Flor. Bras. Xlll, 111, t. 36. 



Frutex 1— 3-metralis; rami vetustiores bmnnei v. postremo cinerascentes glabres- 

 centes, hornotini teretes v. subteretes, obsolete v. rnanifestius striati, pilis sursum 

 curvatis brevissimis tenuissimis praesertim ad apicem puberuli, inter cymas (saepe 

 jarndudum delapsas) et caulem ramulis serialibus 1 v. pluribas brevibus cymigeris, 

 raiius elongatis et folia ampliora producentibus, instructi. Stipulae e caule juxta 

 petiolorum insertioneni prodeuntes, utrinque 1 — 3, lineares, lanceolato-subulatae v. 

 ovato-triangulares v. semiorbiculares. Folia acuroinata, basi cuneata, 4 — 5 cm longa, 

 2 — 5 cm lata, serrata v. crenato-serrata, serraturis saepius inaequalibus v. interduni 

 duplicatis apice glanduloso-incrassatis, nervis subtus prominentibus, medio snpra postice 

 plerumque impresso, caeteris prominulis, juniora utrinque praesertim ad nervös pilosula; 

 folia in ramulis abbreviatis floriferis ima bracteifonnia 1 — 0,5 cm longa v. breviora 

 lanceolata v. lanceolato-linearia pubescentia. Flores dimorphi; prophylla anguste 

 lineari-subulata, inferiora 2 — 6 mm longa, superiora gradatim minora, integra v. denti- 

 culo unico obsita, basi prominentiis stipuliformibns minutis interjectis. Calyx ex- 

 trinsecus minute et brevissime pilosulus, in '/, — 2 / s alt. coalitus, tubo subcampanulato- 

 cylindraceo intus superne v. ad faucem villoso, lobis lanceoiatis v. ovato-lanceolatis, 

 exterioribus 3-nervibus longe acuminatis, interioribus 0,3 — 1,5 mm longe mucronatis. 

 Petala calycem parte '/ 3 — 3 / 5 e j li s long, superantia, lutea, obovato-cuneata, 8 — 11 mm 

 longa, 5—7 mm lata, intus juxta nervum medium carinato-elevatnm plerumque paullum 

 v. densiuscule pilosula. Filamenta longiora 7 — 1,5 mm, breviora 4 — 5 mm longa; 

 antherae juniores ovatae v. ovato-ellipticae 1,5 — 2 mm longae, 0,8 — 1 mm latae, paullo 

 sub medio v. in 2 / 5 alt. affixae, . basi in parte 4 — 6-ta emarginatae, defloratae non v. 

 apice parum recurvatae. Styli longiores 6,5— 7 mm longi, apice excepto pubescenles, 

 antheras 2,5 — 3 mm superantes, apice flagellatim pauci-v. multipavtiti, flagello er. 1 mm 

 longo, breviores 2 — 2,5 mm longi usque ad Stigmata pubescentes v. superne glabri, ab 

 antheris 2,5-omm remoti, in parte tertia snperiore flagellatim fissi. Fructus ovatus 

 v. ovato-globosus 8 10, raro — 13 mm longus, 6,5 — 8 mm crassus; valvae extrinsecus 

 glabrae, intus flavescentes v. viridi-flavescentes reticulato nervosae. Semina obovato- 

 oblonga 3 — 3,3 mm longa, 1,2— 1,3 mm crassa, demum brunnea, hilo conico, chalaza 

 prominente, arillo amplo intus supra medium ascendente, flavido-brunnescente. 



Habitat solummodo in Brasiliae prov. Rio de Janeiro, sed valde communis et ab 

 omnibus paene peregrinatoribus collecta. — Flor, et fruet. Od.— Mart. 



7. Turnera GlaziovÜ Urb., veris. fraticosa-, stipulis 0,5-1 mm 

 longis; petiolis 5 — 12 mm longis, margine utroque ad et supra medium 

 glaudulas 1 + 1 v. 2 + 2 satis amplas gerentibus; foliis lineari -lanceoiatis 

 usque oblongo - lanceoiatis , 4 a / 2 — 10-plo longioribus quam latioribus 

 glabris, supremis hypsophylloideis; floribus in axillis euphyllorum soli- 

 tariis et in apice ramorum in capitulum bracteosum collectis; peduneulis 

 — 2 mm longis, pedicellis nullis; calyce 12 — 16 mm longo; filamentis 



