— 117 — 



' / 5 — '/io a ^- einarginatae, dorso in i l i — i l 1 alt. affixae, defloratae rectae v. superne 

 recurvatae v. revolutae. Styli ad ramulos stigmatosos saepius hirtelli, longiores 

 5 — 6 mm longi, antheras 1,5 — 3 mm superantes, breviores 2,5 — 4 mm longi, 

 antheras attingentes v. 1 — 2 mm distantes, flagello iterum dividendo 7— 20-radiato, 

 0,5 — 2 mm longo. Ovariurn 10 — 25-ovulatum. Fructus depresse v. ovato-globosi 

 v. globuloso-conici, dorso flavescentes v. rufescentes, pubescentes, intus flavae v. ferru- 

 gineae glabrae. Seinina obovato-oblonga v. oblonga, plus minuscurvata, 1,6 — 2,7 mm 

 longa, 0,7 — 1 mm crassa, brunnea v. postremo nigrescentia, chalaza paullo prominula ; 

 hilo semigloboso v. obtuse et breviter conico. 



Habitat in Brasilia; var. a. in prov. Pard: Riedeln. 1544, Spruce n. 743, Trail n, 

 343. — Var. ß. in prov. Piauhy et Bahia: Gardner n. 2171, Martins. ■ — Var. y. in prov. 

 Pernambuco , Maranhdo et Bahia: Gardner n. 6031, Martins. — Var. J 1 . in prov. 

 Goyaz, Ceara, Älagoas: Riedel n. 948, Burchell n. 8860, 8979, 8983, 9247, 9250, 

 Gardner n. 1247, 1664, 1667, (Glaziou n, 9649, 10879). — Var. f. in prov, Alto 

 Amazonas: Spruce n. 1075, 1278- . — Var. L in prov. Minas Geraes: Laruotte. — 

 Flor et totum per annum, 



31. Turnera opifera Mart., fruticulus usque metralis, ramis bre- 

 viter et deusissime flavido-strigosis v. ad apicem toraentosis; stipulis 

 0,2-0,5 mm longis; foliis 3 — 8 mm longe petiolatis, obovato-oblongis 

 usque anguste lanceolatis, acutis v. obtusis, 2,5 — 6 cm longis, 1 - 2,5 cm 

 latis, 2 1 / 2 — 4-plo lougioribus quam latioribus, subtus plus minus lutes- 

 centi-tomentosis, supra basin glandulas 1 + 1 parvas parurn conspicuas 

 gerentibus ; floribus dimorphis , ad apicem ramorum et ramulorum 

 postremo quoque confertis, fasciculis in panicula terminali dispositis 

 pedunculis 3- 4 mm longis v. superioribus brevioribus totis adnatis; 

 calyce 9 — 11 mm longo, in 1 / 3 — ' 2 / 5 alt. coalito; petalis calycem parte 

 1 / 4 v. fere duplo superantibus luteis; stylis glabris subglabrisve; fructi- 

 bus 5—Smm diametro. 



Turnera opifera Mart. ! Reise 552 ; DC.Prodr. 111,346 (sub T.apifera) 

 — non Benth. in Hook. Journ. of Bot. IV, 115. 



Turnera lutescens Camb.l in St. HU. Flor. Bras. mer. II, 157 (217); 

 Walp. Rep. II, 228. 



Icones: St. HU. Flor. Bras. mer. II t. 119!; Urb. in Marl. Flor. Bras. XIII, 

 III, t. 48 f. II. 



Stipulae brunneae v. nigrescentes, breviter lineares v. subulatae, sub indumento 

 parum manifestae. Folia ad basin in petiolum cuneato-angnstata, margine piano v. 

 recurvato basi excepta subaequaliter v. inaequaliter cienata, nervis supra prominulis 

 v. subimpressis, supra pilis simplicibus brevissimis curvato-adpressis dense adspersa, 

 subtus papillis luteis sessilibus perpluribus intermixtis, suprema flores gerentia cito v. 

 subito decrescentia, vix 1 cm longa v. breviora, iuferne glandulis 2 amplis brunneis v. 

 nigrescentibus omata. Prophylla anguste linearia v. lineari-subulata, 3 — 5 mm longa, 

 0,3 — 0,7 mm lata, integra. Calyx extrinsecus pilis erectis dense birtellus v. tomen- 

 tosus, tubo intus superne piloso v. pubescente, campanulato-cylindraceo, lobjs lanceo- 

 latis v. lineari-lanceolatis, 3- v. sub-5-nervibus, nervo medio supra apicem vix v. usque 

 0,8 mm longe producto. Petala obovata, basi subcuneata, 9 — 15 mm longa, glabra. 

 Filamenta tubo imo 0,3 — 1 mm longe ad n ata et hoc loco non v. parum incrassata, 

 glabra, longiora 7 — 8 mm, breviora 6 — 7 mm longa; antherae clausae ovatae v. ovato- 

 oblongae, apice obtusae v. apiculatae, in '/s — '/« a ^- eoaarginalae, 1,3 — 2 mm longae, 



