Turner a subglabra K/otzsch! Msc. in Rieh. Schomb. Faun. u. Flor. 

 Brit. Guian. 984. 



Rami vetustiores glabri v. glabrescentes, epidermide nitida brunneo-cinerascente 

 obtecti, manifeste subirregulariter striati, teretes, hornotini pilis curvato-erectis v. ad- 

 pressis brevissimis flavescentibus, saltem ad apicem, laxe v. dense adspersi, subangulati, 

 gemmis serialibus inter ramulos floresque ac ramos manifestis, nunc evolutis et flori- 

 feris. Stipulae rninutae 0,7—1 mm longae, anguste subulatae. Folia 5 — 10 mm 

 longe petiolata, 3,5—5 cm lata, margine basi excepta subregulariter v. duplicato- 

 crenata, nervis supra obsolete, subtus magis prominentibns, in ramulis serialibus duplo 

 et ultra breviora. Pedunculi compressi, superne paullatim dilatati; prophylla basi 

 appendieibus minimis solitariis setaeeis v. longioribus profunde v. fere usque ad basin 

 in lacinias 3 — 4 subulatas fissis stipulata, acuminata, integra v. papillis nonnullis 

 flavis serrulata v. parce et remote denticellata, raro inferne ad marginem glandulis 

 2 v. 4 instrueta. Calyx extrinsecus dense et "breviter strigoso-pilosus, tubo sub- 

 cylindrico intus superne densiuscule puberulo, lobis anguste lanceolatis v. lanceolato- 

 linearibus, 3- v. 5-nervibus, nervo medio supra ■ apicem v. in interioribus e dorso 

 0,8-7-1,4 mm longe mucronato-produeto. Petala calycem paullo v. usque parte 4-ta 

 superantia, aurantiaca, obovato-euneata, apiculata, 15 — 22 mm longa, 12 — 15 mm lata, 

 glabra. Filamenta supra basin extrinsecus incrassata, e basi latiore angustata, 

 superne filiformia, longiora 16 — 18 mm, breviora 11 — 12 mm longa; antherae juniores 

 oblongo-lineares v. lineari-subulatae, 4 — 5 mm longae, 1 — 1,3 mm latae, obsolete 

 apiculatae, basi non v. vix (usque ad 10-inam partem) emarginatae, dorso in coneavitate 

 ampla affixae, defloratae reetae. Styli basi remotiusculi glabri v. inferne parce hirsuti, 

 breviores 8— 9 mm longi, a basi antherarum 3 — 5 mm distantes, apice flavo er. 1,5 mm 

 longe lobulato-nagellato. Ovariurn ovato-trigonum , truncatum, pilis brevibus v. 

 brevissimis sericeo-puberulum v. inferne subglabrum, 50— 75-ovulatum. Fructus 

 globulosus v. ovato-globulosus, 7 — 8 mm diametro; valvae dorso brunneae, pilis erectis 

 brevibus obsitae v. subglabrae, intus ferrugineae glabrae. Somina obovata, inferne 

 valde attenuata et parum curvata, 2,5 — 3 mm longa, 1,5— 1,8 mm lata, brunnea, hilo 

 breviter prominente semigloboso, chalaza paullo protraeta coneaviuseula, arillo semen 

 dimidium cingente et fere usque ad apicem ascendente. 



Habitat in Guiana Anglica in planiliebus arenosis ad Essequibo et Rupunony. Roh 

 Schomburgk n. 291, Rieh. Schomburgk n. 306 et 1267, Pollard n. 16, ad Essequibo : 

 Appun n. 330, Jenman n. 988, 1087, ad Mazaruni: Jenman n. 785. — Flor. April., 

 Sept.— Oct. 



12. Turnera velutina Benth. petiolis sub apice glandulas 1 + 1, 



raro 2 + 2 gerentibus; foliis ovatis, apice obtusis, raro acutatis, basi 

 leviter cordatis, 4—6 cm longis, 2-plo longioribus quam latioribus, ad- 

 ultis supra brevissime et dense pilosis, subtus griseo-tomentosis, margine 

 subtus ad incisuras obsolete glanduliferis; iloribus dimorphis; peduneulis 

 8 — 12 « longis; prophyllis lanceolato- v. lineari-subulatis, 3 — 5 mm 

 longis, 0,6 — 1,2 mm latis; calyce 20 mm longo, in J / 3 alt. coalito; 

 filamentis tubo vix 1 mm longe adnatis, in 1 / 3 alt. pilosulis. 



Turnera velutina Benth.! in Hook. Journ. of Bot. IV, 116; Walp. 

 Repert. II, 229, — non Presl. 



Turnera Benthamiana Rieh. Schomb.! Faun. u. Flor. Brit. Guian. 

 1166. 



