- 125 — 



abbreviatis incrassatisque glandulas parvas utrinque 1- 4 gerentia; bracteae 30 — 3 mm 

 longae, 8 — 1,5 mm latae, late orbiculares, obovatae, v. intimae oblongo-lanceolatae v. 

 lanceolatae, obtusae v. apiculatae v. acutae, margine praesertini intimae integrae snb- 

 integraeve, sed manifeste ciliato-pilosae, ad basin petioliformi-contractae v.- angnstatae. 

 Pedunculi 2 — lmm longi liberi; prophylla spathulata, saepe satis longe petioliformi- 

 angustata, 7 — 3 mm longa, concaviuscula, apice acuto v. apiculato saepe recurva, 

 margine integro circumcirca ciliato-hirsuta, ramosi- v. plurinervia, ad basin brevissime 

 stipulata, intus glabra, dorso papülifera et ad nervös parce birsuta. Calyx extrinsecus 

 inferne glaber, superne ad lobos, nunc parce, hirsutus, tubo intus superne v. ad faucem 

 pubescente subcylindraceo, lobis oblongis v. lanceolatis 3- v. 5-nervibus, muticis et ob- 

 tusiusculis v. brevissime mucronatis. Petala calycem paullo superantia, inferne intus 

 dense pubescentia. Filamenta basi eximie inter sese in annulum circa lmm altum coalita 

 et hoc loco tubo adnata, tenuissime et dense patenti-pilosa, basi extrinsecus glanduloso- 

 incrassata, longiora 5 — 6 mm, breviora 3 — 4 mm longa; antherae clausae basi in 1 /« — Vi 

 alt. emarginatae, sub meclio alfixae, effloratae subrectae. Styli flagello 0,5 — 1 mm 

 longo, 15 — 20-partito, ab antheris er. 2 mm distante, longiores 4 — 5, breviores 2 — 3 mm 

 longi. Ovarium 10 — 16-ovulatum. Fructus ovatus v. breviter ellipticus, 4 — 5mm 

 longus, 3 — 3,5 mm diametro; valvae patentes et apice recurvae, dorso parce pilosulae, 

 nunc ad basin glabrae, apice hirsutae, intus ferrugineae v. badiae glabrae. Semina 

 breviter obovata subreeta brunnescentia v. nigrescentia 1,5 — 1,8 mm longa, 1 — 1,3 mm 

 crassa, reticulato-lacunosa, chalaza paruin prominente coneava, hilo hemisphaerico ob- 

 tuso v. acutiusculo, arillo unilaterali flavescente plerumque ad medium, raro fere usque 

 ad apicem ascendente. 



Hahitat var. k. prope Rio de Janeiro: Lund, Glaziou n. 6812; in prov. Bahia: 

 Blanchet n. 1267; in collibus siccis prope Parahyba m. Maio flor. et fruet.: Riedel 

 n. 8. — Var. ß. in prov. Bahia prope Cachoeira : Casaretto n. 2074, in campis siccis 

 ad Joazeiro m. April, flor. etfruet.: Martins n. 2293. 



Series VI. Microphyllae. 



Fruticuli v. frutices. Stipulae e petiolis supra basin dilatatam prodeun- 

 tes. Folia basi eglandulosa, 0,5 — 3 cm longa, margine recurvata v. 

 revoluta, nervis supra profunde impressis. Pedunculi liberi usque ad 

 4 mm longi, petiolis inter stipulas inserti. Valvae dorso obsolete v. 

 parum pronrinenti-tuberculatae. Semina obovata v. obovato-oblonga. 



39. Turnera diffusa Willd. pube valde variabili, sericea, tomen- 

 tosula v. lanata, nunc paene deficiente; stipulis 0,2 — 1 ■mwlongis; foliis 

 obovatis usque oblanceolatis, raro suborbicularibus, 0,5—3 cm longis, 

 0,2 — 1 cm latis; calyce 5 — 7 mm longo, in 1 /2~ 3 /ö a ^- coalito ; petalis 

 flavis glabris v. supra basin intus parce pilosis; filamentis glabris v. 

 raro extrinsecus breviter puberulis; seminibus arcuato-curvatis. 



Turnera diffusa Willd.! Msc. in Schult. Syst. Veg. VI (1820), 679 

 et Herb. n. 6092!; Urb. in Archiv d. Pharm, vol. 220 (a. 1882) fasc. 3 

 et in Therap. Gaz. (Detroit 1882). 



Turnera Pumilea Poir.! in Lam. Encycl. VIII, 143 (excl. syn. 

 plurim.), — non Linn. 



Turnera microphylla Desv. in Hamilt. Prodi'. (1825) p. 33; DC. 

 Prodr. III, 347. 



Bohadschia humifusa Presl! Reliqu. Haenk. II, 98. 



