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breviter et tenuissime pilosulis v. subglabris, antheris ligulatis glabris; 

 ovario glabro 30 — 40-ovulato; valvis dorso tuberculatis ; seminibus 

 tenuissime v. obsolete striatulis. 



Rami hornotini brunnei v. nigrescentes, elevato-striati v. subangulati, superne pilis 

 brevissimis pallide flavidis erectis dense obsiti v. ad apicem subvelutini, gemmis serialibus 

 inter ramos et flores ininutis raro conspicuis. Stipulae ad petiolorum basin trianguläres 

 v. triangulari-lanceolatae. Folia 10 — 20 cm longa, 1 — 4 cm lata, utrinque aequaliter 

 angustata v. apice acuminata, ad basin longius in petiolum angustata, margine sub- 

 recurvato integra v. undulato-crenata, eglandulosa v. supra basin margine ipso glan- 

 duloso-emarginata, nervis utrinque subaeqnaliter prominentibus, pleraque reflexa, suprenia 

 subito ad bracteas dense aggregatas lineares 8 — 1 cm longas et 3 — 1 mm latas ereetas 

 v. subincurvas, margine infero glanduliferas, supero saepius minute serratas, utrinque 

 dense pilosnlas reducta. Flores dimorphi; prophylla lineari-subulata 4-7 »im longa, 

 0,7 — 1 mm lata, coriacea, margine infero denticulis parcis serrata. Calyx extrinsecus 

 densissime et brevissime striguloso-pilosus, in 1 / 3 alt. coalitus, tubo campanulato intus 

 glabro, lobis lanceolatis, 0,5—0,8 mm longe e dorso sub apice corniculatis, 3-nervibus. 

 Petala calycem dircidio superantia, verisimiliter pallide flava, 15 — 18 mm longa, intus 

 inferne secus nervum medium puberula. Filamenta tubo imo 1 mm longe adnata 

 et hoc loco dilatata et sese attingentia, longiora 6— 8mm longa; antherae juniores 

 oblongo-lineares, 3 — 3,5 mm longae, 0,7—0,8 mm latae, in '/* a lt. affixae, basi in '/ 6 — V» 

 alt. emarginatae, defloratae superne subrecurvatae. Styli breviores 2,5 mm longi 

 crassiusculi, pilis erectis dense hirtelli, ab antheris 1,3— 1,5 mm distantes, in parte 3 / 5 

 superiore flagellatim multipartiti. 



Habitat verisimiliter in Brasilia septenlrionali, culta in Rio de Janeiro: Glaziou 

 n. 9852 et 9857 (Herb. Kew.). 



8. Turnera Brasiliensis Willd,, fraticulüs, stipulis 0,3 — 0,5 mm 

 longis; petiolis 2 — 15 mm longis, margine glandulas 2 + 2 ad 4 + 4 amplas 

 praebentibus; foliis oblongis, elliptico-lanceolatis v. lanceolatis, 2 1 / 2 — 4-plo 

 longioribus quam latioribus, supra brevissime hirtellis, onmibus aequa- 

 libus; Üoribus in capitula axillaria et pseudoterminalia 5 — 12-flora cymosa 

 collectis; pedunculis et pedicellis nullis; calyce 6— 8 mm longo; filamentis 

 densiuscule pilosulis; antheris obtuse apiculatis glabris; ovario glabro 

 7 — 12-ovulato; valvis dorso verrucis cylindraeeo-elongatis dense obsitis; 

 seminibus subcurvatis obsolete et tenuissime impresso-punctulatis, striis 

 reticuli vix conspicuis, tenuiter puberulis. 



Var. «. foliis 5 — 15 mm longe petiolatis, 8 — 15 cm longis, 3 — 4,5 cm 

 latis, 3 — 4-plo longioribus quam latioribus. 



Turnera Brasiliensis Willd. Msc. in Roem. et Schult. Syst. V, 678 et 

 Herb. n. 6084!; DC. Prodr. III, 348. 



Icon: Urb. in Hart. Flor. Bros. XIU, III, t. 37, f. 1. 



Var. ß. brevifolia Urb. foliis 2 — 5 mm longe petiolatis, 4,5 — 7 cm 

 longis, 2 — 2,5 cm latis, 2 1 j 2 — 3-plo longioribus quam latioribus. 

 Icon; Urb. I. c. t. 37, /'. //. 



Fruticulus 0,4—1?« altus multicaulis; rami vetustiores brunnescentes v. nigres- 

 centes, postremo tandem subglabrescentes, hornotini pilis brevissimis sursum curvatis 



