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longis; propliyllis linearibus v. lanceolatis 3 — 6 mm longis, 0,5 — 1,5 mm 

 latis; calyce 8 — 10 mm longo, in 2 / 5 — 1 / q alt. coalito; lilamentis tubo 

 imo 0,2 — 0,5 mm longe adnatis, medio parce et tenuissime puberulis. 



Rami vetustiores glabrescentes, purpurascentes, tenuiter striati, teretes, hornotini 

 pilis sursum curvatis v. crispulis brevissimis flavescentibus densissime adspersi v. superne 

 subtomentosi, inter pedunculos et ramos gemniis serialibus saepius bene evolutis. 

 Stipulae setaceae v. subulato-setaceae 0,8 — 1,5 mm longae. Folia 0,8 — 1,5 em longe 

 petiolata, 2 — Q am lata, margine piano basi excepta simpliciter v. duplicato-crenata, 

 nervis supra parum, subtus valde prominentibus; folia ramulorum serialium pluries 

 minora v. bracteiformia, serrata, magis approxiinata. Pedunculi compressiusculi, 

 superne dilatati; prophylla margine dentibus nonnullis subulatis serrata, basi utrinque 

 appendice fere usque ad basin 2— 5-fida 1 — 2 mm longa stipulata. Calyx extrinsecus 

 dense et adpresse tomentoso-hirtellus, tubo subcylindrico v. inferne paullo ampliato intus 

 glabro, lobis linearibus v. lanceolatis 3- v. sub-5-nervibus, circa 0,5 mm longe apiculatis. 

 Petala calycem paullo superantia, obovata v. obovato-oblonga, cuneata, apice obtu- 

 sissima, 6 — 1mm longa, 2,5 — 3 mm lata, supra basin puberula. Filamenta basi ex- 

 trinsecus vix incrassata, 8—9 mm longa; antherae juniores ovato-oblongae obtusissimae, 

 obsolete vel manifeste apiculatae, 1,5 — 2 mm longae, 0,5 — 0,8 mm latae, dorso in 2 / 5 — '/., 

 alt. in concavitate ampla affixae et usque ad hunc locum emarginatae, defloratae superne 

 subrecurvae. Styli 6 mm longi, usque ad Stigmata pilis erectis villoso-hirsuti, apice 

 tripartiti et iterum dividendo 15— 20-fidi, flagello vix lmm longo. Ovarium breviter 

 ellipticum v. ovato-globosum densissime flavido-hirtellum, 50 — 70-ovulatum. Fructus 

 globulosus, paullo longior (8— 10 mm) quam crassior (7 — 9 mm); valvae dorso pilis ad- 

 pressis brevibus v. brevissimis obsitae et dense tuberculatae, intus plus minus flaves- 

 centi- v. ferrugineo-punctatae, glabrae. Semina obovato-piriformia, vix v. parum 

 curvata, interne valde attenuata, 3 — 3,5 mm longa, 1,5-1,8 mm crassa, hilo non v. vix 

 prominulo, chalaza gibboso-protracta concaviuscula, arillo laterali fere longitudine seminis, 

 semen dimidium v. supra cingente, flavescente. 



Habitat in Brasiliae prov. Alto Amazonas in fruticetis litoreis lacus Egensis m. Dec. 

 flor. et fruct.: Poepptg n. 2848; in Brasilia septentrionali: Wallis; in andibus Peru- 

 vianis: ßde herb. Acad. Petropol. 



10. Turnera acuta Willcl. petiolis sub lamina glandulas 1+1 v. 2 + 2, 

 raro 3 + 3 gerentibus; foliis ovatis usque lanceolatis, utrinque aequaliter 

 v. ad apicera magis angustatis, acutis v. breviter acuniinatis, basi plus 

 miDus cuneatis, majoribus 5 — 12 cm longis, 2 — 4-plo longioribus quam 

 latioribus, glabrescentibus v. subtus v. utrinque, praesertim ad nervös, 

 brevissime pilosulis, eglandulosis v. ad incisuras obsolete glanduloso- 

 incrassatis v. subtus glandulas bene evolutas gerentibus; floribüs di- 

 morphis; pedunculis fructiferis 3 — 10 mm longis; prophyllis ovatis usque 

 oblongis 8— 12 mm longis, 2,5— 8 mm latis; calyce 12 — 18 mm longo, 

 in 2 / 5 — 1 /, 2 alt. coalito; filamentis tubo imo 1 — 1,3 mm longe adnatis, 

 usque supra medium v. fere ad apicem tenuissime et dense pubescentibus. 



Turnera acuta Willcl. Msc. in Schult. Syst. Veg. VI, 678 et Herb, 

 n. 6082! — non Spreng. 



Turnera carpinifolia H. B. K.! Nov. Gen. VI, 125; DC. Prodr. 

 III, 347. 



