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supremis sensim v. cito minoribus usque ad 0,3 cm long, decrescentibus ; 

 calyce 7 — 10 mm longo; petalis calycem parte 1 /. i — 1 / 2 superantibus, 

 flavis v. luteis; ovario 20 — 40-ovulato; seminibus obovatis v. obovato- 

 oblongis, parum v. subcurvatis, nodis reticuli interdum elevato-tuberculatis. 



Var. a. lanceolata Urb. caulibus 15—50 cm altis, 1 — 2 mm crassis, 

 foliis lanceolatis v. lineari-lanceolatis, acutis v. interdum acuminatis, 

 1—6,5 cm longis, 0,3 — 0,5 cm latis, 4 — 20-plo longioribus quam latioribus. 



Turner a lanceolata Camb.l in St. Hü. Flor. Bras. mer. II, 155 (214); 

 Walp. Repert. II, 228. 



Var. ß. oblongifölia Urb. caulibus 15 — 50 cm altis, 1 — 3 mm crassis, 

 foliis rigidis rhombeis, ellipticis, oblongis v. lanceolatis, acutis v. inter- 

 dum acuminatis, 1 — 5 cm longis, 0,5 — 1,5 cm latis, 2— 5-plo longioribus 

 quam latioribus. 



Turnera oblongifolia Camb.l in St. Hü. Flor. Bras. mer. II, 156 

 (215); Walp. Repert. II, 228. 



Var. y. minor Urb. caulibus 6 — 12 cm altis, 0,7 — 1,5 mm crassis, 

 foliis magis membranaceis, orbicularibus, ellipticis v. subrhombeis, apice 

 obtusis v. acutis, 0,8 — 2 cm longis, 0,6 — 1,5 cm latis, aequilongis ac latis 

 v. duplo angustioribus. 



Icon: Urb. in Mart. Flor. Bras. Xlll, 111, t. 40 f. 11. 



Caules hornotini 1 — plures, erecti stricti v. ascendentes flexuosi, siiuplices v. raro 

 rampsi, pilis simplicibus adpressis v. curvato-ereetis, parcis v. crebris, crassitie caulis 

 2— 4-plo brevioribus, albidis v. flavis vestiti, nunc longioribus crassitieui caulis aequantibus 

 v. duplo longioribus patentibus v. divaricatis intermixtis v. his solum provenientibus 

 hirsuti. Folia nervis utrinque prominentibus, suprema 1,5 — 3 mm longe petiolata 

 omnia v. fere omnia subtus margine ad basin glandulis 1 + 1 circumcirca pilosis satis 

 amplis rotundis brunneis v. nigrescentibus ornata. Flores plus minus perfecte dimorphi, 

 sub antbesi ad apicem caulium in fasciculum collecti, postremo inferiores v. omnes 

 internodiis elongatis remoti; pedunculi 2—6 mm longi, inferne v. usque ad prophylla 

 cum petiolis coaliti; prophylla linearia v. lineari-subulata, 2,5 — hmm longa, 0,2—0,8 mm 

 lata, hirsuta, raro supra basin glandulis 1 v. 2 prominentibus ornata. Calyx extrinsecus 

 adpresse pilosus, breviter hirsutus, pubescens v. raro subglaber, in '/s — 2 /s a ^- m 

 tubum cylindricum v. cylindraceo-campanulatum intus superne albido-pilosum v. pubes- 

 centem coalitus, lobis oblongis usque lanceolato-linearibus 3-nervibus, obtusis v. acutis 

 v. nervo medio supra apicem usque 0,5 mm longe producto apiculatis. Petala trian- 

 gulari- v. obovato- v. oblongo-cuneata, apice rotundata v. truncata, 8 — 12 mm longa, 

 3 — 7 mm lata, supra basin plerumque pilis longiusculis parcis strigosis obsita. Fila- 

 menta tubo imo 0,5 — 1 mm longe adnata et hoc loco plus minus incrassata, glabra, 

 longiora 6 — 1 mm, breviora 3,5 — 5 mm longa; antherae juniores ovatae, rectangulares 

 v. elliptico-oblongae, 1,5 — 2,5 mm longae, 0,7— 0,9 mm latae, dimidio v. usque 2 T /2-plo 

 longiores quam latiores, apice obtusissimae v. truncatae, dorso in 2 / 5 — Vs a lt- affixae, 

 basi ima in parte 6— 10-ma emarginatae, defloratae superne plus minus recurvae. Styli 

 glabri v. raro parce pilosi, longiores 5 — 7 mm longi, in parte 2 / 5 — T / 4 superiore 4—15- 

 partiti, antheras 1-2,5 mm superantes, breviores 3,5 — 5 mm longi, in parte 2 / s — '/ 2 

 superiore flagellato-partiti, antherarum basin attingentes v. usque 1,5mm longi distantes. 

 Ovarium semi-ovatum, ovato-globosum v. globoso-conicum v. conicum, turtum v. hir- 



