— 127 — 



burgk n. 45, Egyers n. 298; in Mexico: C. Ehrenbery n. 1054, 1230, Haenke, Wawra 

 n. 542, Coulter n. 798, Linden n. 831, Parry et Palmer n. 93, Galeotti n. 4077 ; in 

 peninsula Californica: comm. Parke, Davis et Comp.; in Brasiliae prov. Bahia: 

 Blanchet n. 2939 {p. p.), 3840. — Flor, et fruct. m. Jul.—Jan. 



Var. ß. aphrodisiaca ürb. foliis ramorum elongatorum 1,5 — 3 cm 

 longis, 0,5—1 cm latis, 2 1 / 2 — 3-plo longioribus quam latioribus, adultis 

 glabrescentibus v. glabris, pleruinque oblongis; pedunculis 1 — 2 mm 

 longis; stylis glaberrimis. 



Turnera aphrodisiaca Lester F. Ward in Virginia Medical Monthly 

 a. 1876 (m. April.) p. 49 ex Britten's Journ. of Bot. IX, 20; Urb. in 

 Archiv d. Pharm, vol. 220 (a. 1882) fasc. 3 et in Therap. Gaz. 

 (Detroit 1882). 



Damiana Mexicanorum. 



Icon: Urb. I. c. 



Rami undique v. praesertim ad apicem pilis albidis brevibus tenuibus crispulis 

 v. subrectis puberuli v. lanuginosi. Folia sensim in petiolos 1,5 — 6 mm longos an- 

 gastata. Prophylla plerumquo subopposita 2 — 5 mm longa, plerumque integra, nunc 

 ad medium dentibus 1 — 2 apice glanduliferis aucta, margine infero manifeste ciliata, 

 caeterum glabra. Calyx 5 — 6 mm longus. Petala calycem dimidio v. duplo super- 

 antia 6 — 9 mm longa glaberrima. Antherae clausae ovatae v. ovales 1,2 — 1,3mm 

 longae, dimidio v. vix duplo longiores quam latiores. Styli lougiores 5 mm, brevtores 

 \ix 2 mm longi, ab antheris 1,5 — 2 mm distantes. 



Habitat in Mexico occidentali, locis siccis saxosis : comm. Parke, Davis et Comp. 



40. Turnera hebepetala Urb. ramulis junioribus pilis brevissimis 

 sub lente conspicuis griseis v. flavidis sursum curvatis v. adpressis ob- 

 sitis; stipulis 0,5 — 1,5 mm longis; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, apice obtusis, 

 0,6 — 1,5 cm longis, 0,2—0,5 cm latis, antice utrinque crenis 1 — 3 incisis; 

 calyce 4 — 5,5 mm longo, in 1 / s alt. coalito; petalis albis, intus inferne 

 dense et breviter pubescentibus; filamentis, nunc parce, patenti-pilosis ; 

 seminibus parum incurvis. 



Fere 2-metralis. Rami vetustiores brunnei v. cinerascentes teretes subirregulariter 

 striati, glabrescentes v. glabri, juniores plus minus angulati; ramuli abbreviati den- 

 sissime foliosi v. foliorum delapsorum basibus continue gibberoso-obtecti. Stipulae 

 siibulatae v. subulato-setaceae. Folia vix 1— 2 mm longe petiolata, basi paene usque 

 ad insertionem valde sensim cuneato-angustata, 2'/ 2 — 4-plo longiora quam latiora, supra 

 pilis brevissimis sub lente conspicuis, ad nervum medium manifestioribus scabriuscula 

 v. subglabra, subtns ad nervös adpresse pilosa, inter nervös brevissirne hirtella et pa- 

 pillis pallide flavidis densissime adspersa. Flores axillares et in apice ramulorura 

 abbreviatorum saepe pseudoterminales; pedunculi subnulli v. vix 0,4 mm longi; pro- 

 phylla opposita linearia v. liguliformia acuta 2 — 4 mm longa, 0,3 — 0,7 mm lata, paullo 

 supra basin dilatata et ex apice dilatationis stipulifera, 1-nervia; pedicelli nulli. Calyx 

 extrinsecus obsolete puberulns, tubo intus subglabro, hemisphaerico v. breviter cam- 

 panulato, lobis oblongis v. oblongo-lanceolatis obtusiusculis apice v. dorso sub apice 

 obsolete apiculatis, exterioribus sub-5-nervibus, interioribus 3-nervibus. Petala calycem 

 parte '■/, — 2 / 3 ejus longitudinis superantia, 6 — d mm longa, obovato-cuneata. Fila- 

 menta tubo 0.2-0,4 mm longe adnata, longiora 4,5— 5,5 mm longa, Styli breviores 



