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superiores petiolo plus minus adnati, post delapsum cicatricem orbi- 

 cularem relinquentes. Calyx in 1 j 4 — 3 / 5 alt. coalitus. Filamenta basi 

 ima tubo calycino adnata, plerumque glabra. Styli glabri, nunc parce 

 pilosi. Valvae dorso laeves (cf. n. 15). Semina obovata usque oblonga. 



aa. Perennes, stipulis (cf. n. 19) et ramulis serialibus non evolutis, foliis obovatis 

 usque oblongo-lanceolatis, floribus magnis, calyce 8 — 20 mm longo. 



15. Turnera sidoides Linn. caulibus 5 — 30 cm altis, pube brevi 

 v. elongata, nunc tomentosa; foliis 0—5 mm longe petiolatis, obovatis 

 usque oblanceolato-cuneatis, serratis, crenatis usque pinnati-partitis, 

 intermediis 1,5 — 5 cm longis, 0,8 — 2,5 cm latis, dimidio v. usque 3-plo 

 longioribus quam latioribus, basi eglandulosis; floribus plus minus per- 

 fecte dimorphis; pedunculis inferioribus 4 — 12 mm longis et 1 — 4 mm 

 longe adnatis, supremis usque 2 mm brevibus et fere ad prophylla 

 coalitis; prophyllis linearibus, 8 — 15 mm longis, 0,2 — 1 mm latis eglan- 

 dulosis; pedicellis 4 — 1 mm longis v. supremis subnullis; calyce 8 — 13 mm 

 longo, in */ 4 — 2 / 5 alt. coalito; stylis glabris obsolete 3-lobis v. mani- 

 feste 1 mm longe flagellato-multipartitis ; fructibus sub indumento tuber- 

 culatis; seminibus gibberosis. 



Var. a. holosericea Urb. foliis antice grosse serratis, utrinque 

 velutino-tomentosis; caulibus pilis brevioribus densissirais sursum cur- 

 vatis adpressisque et longioribus patentibus mollibus flavis villoso- 

 tomentosis. 



Icon: Urb. in Mart. Flor. Bras. XIII, III, t. 39. 



Caules 15 — 30 cm longi, 1,5-2,5 mm crassi, erecti v. e basi ascendente erecti 

 teretes simplices, inferne plerumque subnudi, caeterum foliosi. Folia subsessilia 

 v. 1 — 3 mm longe petiolata, obovato- v. subrhombeo- v. oblongo- v. oblanceolato-cuneata, 

 intermedia 2,5—5 cm longa, 0,8 — 1,8 cm lata, 2 — 3-plo longiora, quam latiora, nervis 

 supra subimpressis, supra viridi-flavescentia, subtus flavo-albescentia v. -cinerascentia. 

 Flores ad apicem caulis aggregati, nonnullis infimis saepius distantibus, imperfecte 

 heterostyli; pedunculi inferiores 4 — 12 mm longi, 2 — 4 mm longe adnati, supremi 

 usque ad 2 mm decrescentes, fere ad prophylla coaliti; prophylla 8 — 12 mm longa, 

 0,2 — 0,4 mm lata angustissime linearia; pedicelli 4-1 mm longi v. supremi subnulli. 

 Calyx 9 — 13 mm longus extrinsecus villoso-hirsutus, intus in tubo superiore dense 

 pubescens, in l / s — 1 / l alt. coalitus, tubo subcampanulato, lobis lanceolatis acuminatis, 

 praeterea obsolete v. usque ad 0,5 mm longe e dorso apiculatis, 3-nervibus. Petala 

 calycem parte '/s — 'U e J us long, superantia, ex sicco verisimiliter rubra v. 

 purpurea, supra basin evidenter cyanea, 15 — 16 mm longa, 7 — 9 mm lata, 

 obtriangulari- v. obovato - cuneata apiculata, glaberrima. Filamenta tubi basi 

 usque ad 0,5 mm longe adnata glaberrima 5—6 mm longa; antherae clausae 

 semilanceolatae vix 2,5 mm longae, 0,8 mm latae obtusae ad v. sub '/ 3 alt. affixae, basi 

 parum emarginatae, posterius superne arcte revolutae. Styli glabri cölorati, apice 

 breviter v. obsolete 3-lobi, lobis verruculosis, 2 — 4 mm longi, ab antheris usque 1 mm 

 distantes v. eas vix superantes. Ovarium globulosum v. breviter ovatum densissime 

 hirsutum, er. 30— 42-ovulatum. Fructus (immaturus) ovato-globosus v. breviter 

 ovatus; valvae dorso densissime villoso-tomentosae, intus albido-fiavescentes impresso- 

 reticu latae. 



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